RD headers finally installed

[bimmerphile]

Fred,

How about a wider-view of, say, half of the engine bay?

Those pictures seem kinda out of context. I want to see how the "whole picture" looks with those headers.

-Kris

[Stu]

Dont get me wrong Fred, it looks good, but its no where near as cool as I had hoped they would look

How good could've you hoped for? I think they look amazing!! I'm really curious to see what the dyno says (butt or otherwise) because my Stahl header gained me bottom end, but I lost a little up top. May have to look into this.... :twisted: (that is if they are readily available)

The muffler looks great :D
-Ted

You NEED to open up your intake!!!

That is true, however, if you knew Jerry Stahl, you'd know that he is a drag racer from the late 60's, and held a quarter mile record for 11 years, in a Chevelle. My point? His headers are for torque, midrange. They arn't designed to pull at 6000+.

[nkell09]

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Headers look awesome! great job! Hopefully you can get it on the dyno and see how much you got out of them.

[e30gumball]

I think they look sweet.
Mine were specially built and give excellent power gains:

[Fred]

Dont get me wrong Fred, it looks good, but its no where near as cool as I had hoped they would look

I think they came out pretty well ;). But they do look better without that damn expansion tank in the way.

sweet, does it sound way different?

It sounds deeper and "gutsy", almost like there's an exhaust in the front of the car but not quite. But I actually went to a quieter muffler so the whole thing isn't very loud, which is kinda what I was hoping for since I do a lot of highway driving and I can't stand exhaust drone.

damn fred they look nice, damn after i get my pistons i should make an all out k27 motor with hthose headers. are you making a write up on it still?
also how did you get your exhaust manifold gaskets/shields black?

Yeah, I need to upload the write-up online one of these days. The manfiold gaskets actually came that way; I think all of them come black with aluminum lining these days.

sound clips, sound clips! :D

I need to borrow my friend's equipment...we'll see :).

How good could've you hoped for? I think they look amazing!! I'm really curious to see what the dyno says (butt or otherwise) because my Stahl header gained me bottom end, but I lost a little up top. May have to look into this.... :twisted: (that is if they are readily available)

The butt dyno says that there is a little gain off the line but a lot at the top end. That was one of my biggest problems since at about 6500 RPM my car would just run out of steam, like the power curve suddenly dropped off to zero. Now it happily revs all the way up, but I'm very interested to see what numbers it's putting out now as well. I'm still kinda puzzled how your Stahl headers contributed to the power loss, unless maybe the piping is too large. Hmmm...

Fred
It looks awsome. This mod game is too addicting I need to stop coming to this site.
andy

Yeah, that mod bug is very addicting! I have a lot of other projects lined up now and I really don't know where to start (then again, I'll have to put a lot of stuff aside for now and pay off the bill first ;) ).

What did you had to do to make them fit the m20 enginebay ?

You don't want to know. :twisted:

Did you finally find an RD exhaust or just tips?? Either way it looks really good, gotta love those tips man!!

Thanks Chris! Couldn't find the RD muffler, so I just settled with the tips. I'm actually running a (gasp!) E36 M3 muffler.

its funny how more people are interested in the headers appearance than their performance.

I'm interested in both :D.

How are you gonna pass CA emissions?

Technically I'm not. But the tailpipe readings are clean, so I may just have my friend do it and overlook all the not-so-CARB-legal stuff. Otherwise, I'll just register it in Nevda :).

How about a wider-view of, say, half of the engine bay?
Those pictures seem kinda out of context. I want to see how the "whole picture" looks with those headers.

You're right, it's dark now (again), but I'll snap some first thing tomorrow morning with the expansion tank out of the way.

Thanks again to everyone for the compliments! I really want to get this thing to the dyno soon before it blows up again :twisted:. I'll keep everyone posted.

Fred

[Jordan]

Fred shall henceforth be known as "The Quote Masta"

[bimmerphile]

Fred shall henceforth be known as "The Quote Masta"

better than grease monkey

[Bill 84 318i]

Fred shall henceforth be known as "The Quote Masta"

:up:

[Jand3rson]

They look like such a mess, but they are still awesome.

[Fred]

Fred shall henceforth be known as "The Quote Masta"

Hahaha. "RD Bitch" also works for me ;).

Kris, here ya go (expansion tank and coil wire removed for the pic):

[SlammedE30]

Thanks for the info Fred, that's the kind of power that I'm looking for. Maybe when I have a bit more disposable income I'll do a back to back (AND after I get my intake sorted)
-Ted

[Spaz]

DAMN fred i'm so jealous those look stunning,
i can;t wait for the article on it.

keep the good work up man

[e9nine]

..that thing looks stunning Fred. I don't see what else you other guys expect of looks from installed headers... all I gotta say is :up: