So i finally installed my header and have had nothing but problems.
Long story so here it goes:
I put my header on and needed some remaining exhaust work done so I took it to a local custom shop, I know the owner so it helps. It helps because I didnt install a cat and a muffler shop will not do exhaust work with out a cat installed. I drove the car to the shop at 7am, it was really loud and smelled badly of gas. I figured the gas smell was because the exhaust was exiting from directly under the cabin. I parked the car in the lot, left the keys in the drop slot, and got a ride to work. I get a call at 3pm, they tell me my car is leaking gas and there was a trail from the parking lot to where they parked it in the shop, SHIT, GREAT!
So i go to the shop after work and find the return line had sprung several leaks. The fuel pressure had shot up to 60psi. I fixed the hose and turned the pressure back to 40-43psi, gas problem fixed. I didnt think installing a header would make the pressure jump that much.
I drove the car for about a week now and when I got home from work last night I parked the car in the garage. After about an hour and a half of being home I decided to go open the hood and check things out. I tapped on the header to see how warm it was, I had it ceramic coated, and it was actually cooled down enough to grab a hold of. However the valve cover and intake manifold were still very hot and almost untouchable, not sure if thats normal or not? I closed the hood and noticed the gap of the passenger side fender to hood was pretty bad, SHIT, GREAT! I had the car on jack stands for about 2 months, installing headers and having the wheels powder coated, so I figure the body got tweeked for being on the stands that long, SHIT, GREAT! I opened and closed the hood a few times to see what was up and noticed the hinge where the hood strut is was kind of buckling and moving wrong when I was shutting the hood. I move the washer bottle and notice one of the tabs where the hood strut assembly is mounted had popped loose, SHIT, GREAT! I figure the body did tweek a little? I loosened the hood hinge up front and adjusted it make the gap better. I go to shut the hood and its now shutting hard, open it back up and the washer bottle is in the way and the hood bent the tab on it. So I put it back in place and shut the hood, it shuts fine and the gap is good except now there is a small outwards dent where the bottle was hitting, SHIT, GREAT! I paint cars for a living so gaps and dents and scratches and stuff drive me crazy.
Today I went to lunch and it started to drizzle rain a bit so I turned the wipers on for a second and shut them off. Problem was they wouldnt shut off, SHIT, GREAT! You know when you pull the wiper lever back to squirt the washer fluid and the wipers swipe 3 or 4 times then shut off? Yeah well thats what they are doing except not shutting off. So I just unplugged the electrical to the washer bottle and now they work just fine except the washer bottle doesnt work so I need to fix that.
After work I went to warm my car up and noticed the idle is really lopy like it has a huge cam or something, SHIT, GREAT! It wasnt that way before the header. I popped the hood and checked things over and I can hear what sounds like a vaccum leak coming from the firewall area on the drivers side but cant find it, SHIT, GREAT! I did some searching and found this http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...mileage&page=2 . Hopefully thats my problem, loose intake manifold.
I have noticed that im getting shitty gas mileage and I hope the vaccum leak is why. The engine doesnt have any power loss or anything it just idles bad and every once in a while when I come to a stop the check engine light comes on, but once I rev it up the light goes off. I have no idea what is going on.
The moral of the story is DO NOT INSTALL A HEADER, you will have many problems after and you will have 8 or more SHIT, GREATS! in your story.:D
Long story so here it goes:
I put my header on and needed some remaining exhaust work done so I took it to a local custom shop, I know the owner so it helps. It helps because I didnt install a cat and a muffler shop will not do exhaust work with out a cat installed. I drove the car to the shop at 7am, it was really loud and smelled badly of gas. I figured the gas smell was because the exhaust was exiting from directly under the cabin. I parked the car in the lot, left the keys in the drop slot, and got a ride to work. I get a call at 3pm, they tell me my car is leaking gas and there was a trail from the parking lot to where they parked it in the shop, SHIT, GREAT!
So i go to the shop after work and find the return line had sprung several leaks. The fuel pressure had shot up to 60psi. I fixed the hose and turned the pressure back to 40-43psi, gas problem fixed. I didnt think installing a header would make the pressure jump that much. I drove the car for about a week now and when I got home from work last night I parked the car in the garage. After about an hour and a half of being home I decided to go open the hood and check things out. I tapped on the header to see how warm it was, I had it ceramic coated, and it was actually cooled down enough to grab a hold of. However the valve cover and intake manifold were still very hot and almost untouchable, not sure if thats normal or not? I closed the hood and noticed the gap of the passenger side fender to hood was pretty bad, SHIT, GREAT!
I had the car on jack stands for about 2 months, installing headers and having the wheels powder coated, so I figure the body got tweeked for being on the stands that long, SHIT, GREAT! I opened and closed the hood a few times to see what was up and noticed the hinge where the hood strut is was kind of buckling and moving wrong when I was shutting the hood. I move the washer bottle and notice one of the tabs where the hood strut assembly is mounted had popped loose, SHIT, GREAT! I figure the body did tweek a little? I loosened the hood hinge up front and adjusted it make the gap better. I go to shut the hood and its now shutting hard, open it back up and the washer bottle is in the way and the hood bent the tab on it. So I put it back in place and shut the hood, it shuts fine and the gap is good except now there is a small outwards dent where the bottle was hitting, SHIT, GREAT! I paint cars for a living so gaps and dents and scratches and stuff drive me crazy.Today I went to lunch and it started to drizzle rain a bit so I turned the wipers on for a second and shut them off. Problem was they wouldnt shut off, SHIT, GREAT!
You know when you pull the wiper lever back to squirt the washer fluid and the wipers swipe 3 or 4 times then shut off? Yeah well thats what they are doing except not shutting off. So I just unplugged the electrical to the washer bottle and now they work just fine except the washer bottle doesnt work so I need to fix that.After work I went to warm my car up and noticed the idle is really lopy like it has a huge cam or something, SHIT, GREAT!
It wasnt that way before the header. I popped the hood and checked things over and I can hear what sounds like a vaccum leak coming from the firewall area on the drivers side but cant find it, SHIT, GREAT! I did some searching and found this http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...mileage&page=2 . Hopefully thats my problem, loose intake manifold.I have noticed that im getting shitty gas mileage and I hope the vaccum leak is why. The engine doesnt have any power loss or anything it just idles bad and every once in a while when I come to a stop the check engine light comes on, but once I rev it up the light goes off. I have no idea what is going on.
The moral of the story is DO NOT INSTALL A HEADER, you will have many problems after and you will have 8 or more SHIT, GREATS!
in your story.:D
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