Raceland eBay headers??

[scott_is]

hope those fit *crosses fingers* those look wayyyyyy better than the cheap supersprint reps i ordered and for damn near the same price shipped!

Exactly what I was going to say/post

Scott

[StereoInstaller1]

Yeah, but that "No returns" notice on their page kind of worries me...

[z31maniac]

^Didn't notice that, good find.

Those of you who have said you are going to get these and install them, what is your time table looking like? The exhaust components will probably be the last thing I buy, so hopefully that will give you guys some time to try a set.

Also be sure and let us know the details of the rest of your setup.

[AL GReeNeRy]

Yeah, but that "No returns" notice on their page kind of worries me...

yea but have you ever tried returning something on ebay? often, those cheapo ebay stores give you a hard enough time.. if i get somethin messed up on ebay i usually just take it as a loss or sell it on craigslist ;)

[Mr Two]

I got mine. They look purdy. I have a few areas of concern though - I'm gonna go take some pictures.

[Mako18]

I can see some areas of concern also. I have a set of the regular ebay headers, if your interested I might part with them.

[rThor432]

Post up the pictures guys. I want to see the areas of concern.

[mscott]

Yes please do.

[z31maniac]

I can see some areas of concern also. I have a set of the regular ebay headers, if your interested I might part with them.

Pics? The SS reps?

[Mr Two]

I got mine on the car. Fitment issues were as follows - the bolt holes on the flanges were misaligned. I made two cuts, seperating it into three pieces between each runner. I was able to get it on then. Most of the studs had to be removed, then reinstalled to get it on there.

The front header, the longer of the two, nearly touches the engine mount and subframe. Very little clearance - it rattles a bit sometimes. Should be easy to fix, just going to grind down the engine mount arm and the subframe a little.

I have treehouse eyeball arms, and you'll need them too if you want to run them. It touches it too - I'll have to shave it down a little and squeeze the piping there a bit perhaps.

You won't clear the front swaybar. I'm going to make some kind of adapter to mount it to the chassis. A big spacer of some kind or something. Not a bit deal.

I had them attached to dual 2.5" piping and a UUC System U. Basically, a full dual 60mm setup. No H or X pipe, I'll be adding one later possibly. It was put on hold due to time constraints.

Power wise- I did a pull with my friend Alex before and after. He has am S15 Silvia pushing 270whp and 280 ft/lbs at the wheels, with some decent weight reduction (CF hood and trunk mainly) Before the exhaust and headers, he would put two lengths on my. After we were pretty much dead even. I pulled a little bit in lower gears but it evened out due to traction issues.

Earlier that weekend he did a run with a friend's K20 / K24 Civic hatch. It was putting down 240whp, and they were dead even from a roll. I'm a bit heavier than him. I REALLY want to get this sucker dyno'd.


Also it sounds amazing. Sound clips coming soon. I left my camera in my friends car :(

[e30s52]

/\ The ss reps have problems too. I had to mod the front subframe so it would stop rubbing and wouldnt rattle anymore.

[Mr Two]

Did you have any problems with the swaybar?

Right now I have neither swaybar mounted to the car. Thank god for the stiff coilovers otherwise it would be hilarious.

I was only running the front though anyway. Removing the rear helped traction quite a bit.

[e30s52]

I didnt have any whats so ever but I think I might if I get bigger ones.

[e30polak]

/\ The ss reps have problems too. I had to mod the front subframe so it would stop rubbing and wouldnt rattle anymore.

Really? I made sure the heat shield was flattened before I put them on. Next I ran a 3/16th inch washer on the passenger side for sub-frame clearance. No issues after that, it's close but enough. :-|

OP can't wait to hear it!

[Mr Two]

You mean you used a washer on the engine mount? Good idea!

How did you deal with the contol arm bushing clearance though?

e: Nevermind, you're taking about the U.S. SS reps, not the euro ones these are.