misterp Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 steve are they 2.5" or 3" collectors? They are 2.5", but they are merge collectors not just plain coffee-can style. Too bad there's not enough room under the truck for a megaphone Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobradh77 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 cool deal Steve hope you like your new headers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evallejo Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hey Mr P, it's cool to see someone else w/these same headers (but mine are on a 5.3)! I had no trouble getting mine in after cutting off the cats, but after driving it around I noticed there was a horrible rattling sound at times. I took a look and noticed a the driver side header was not just touching it, but right up against the firewall heat shield! Not trying to hijack here, but you think it will be all right to take it off or maybe cut off the area where the header hits? Other than these clearance issues, these headers are pretty badass, hope you like em. P.S. I had no problems with the passenger side, so hopefully you don't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivierakid55 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Glad to see you are pioneering something new. Good luck with them. OBX would have fit with no issues and for half the price...I know...I'm a dick...carry on. i dont think thats true...you can buy the aem's for less than 400 on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 (edited) Hey Mr P, it's cool to see someone else w/these same headers (but mine are on a 5.3)! I had no trouble getting mine in after cutting off the cats, but after driving it around I noticed there was a horrible rattling sound at times. I took a look and noticed a the driver side header was not just touching it, but right up against the firewall heat shield! Not trying to hijack here, but you think it will be all right to take it off or maybe cut off the area where the header hits? Other than these clearance issues, these headers are pretty badass, hope you like em. P.S. I had no problems with the passenger side, so hopefully you don't either. The driver's footwell heat shield is held in with three nuts, undo them and you can probably pull the heat shield out; you might have to undo the driver's side motor mount and lift the engine with a jack on that side to make enough room to slip the tin out. You want to remove this, because any "ringing" will be heard by the knock sensors and the knock sensor module will tell the PCM to pull timing on you. I saw the heat shield there, and I guessed that with removing it I could probably squeak the header in there but still it would probably rub against the firewall when the tranny shifted and I am a believer in generous clearance anyways so I bashed on the heat shield/floor until I had enough clearance, there's a finger-width between the header and the heat shield/floor now. A good general rule of thumb to remember is that you want MINIMUM 1/4" clearance between all moving parts; if the parts are heat-sensitive, you want minumum 3/8" clearance; on any accessory belt where the "span" is longer than about 5-inches between pulleys you want 3/8" to 1/2" clearance (belts will 'whip' a lot). Thanks for the luck on the pass-side, my only worry is on the tranny cooler lines, we'll see how that shapes-up tonight. Mr. P. Edited February 15, 2008 by Mr. P. (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evallejo Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Thanks, I had no idea that could happen. If that's the case I will get it done this weekend, I havent been too worried about it since the truck has been in the garage for the past couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evallejo Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 i dont think thats true...you can buy the aem's for less than 400 on ebay. For a time, I actually saw them going on ebay for a little above 200$. I haven't seen them since, and that was back around november. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBlueSS Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hey Mr P, it's cool to see someone else w/these same headers (but mine are on a 5.3)! I had no trouble getting mine in after cutting off the cats, but after driving it around I noticed there was a horrible rattling sound at times. I took a look and noticed a the driver side header was not just touching it, but right up against the firewall heat shield! Not trying to hijack here, but you think it will be all right to take it off or maybe cut off the area where the header hits? Other than these clearance issues, these headers are pretty badass, hope you like em. P.S. I had no problems with the passenger side, so hopefully you don't either. Could be the difference between 2WD, and 4WD/AWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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