Wannabe30's s54 swap

[WannaBe30]

I had some before not installed but yes I did. If you have a torch you can bend the headers the other way to clear or just cut and have an exhaust shop finish it out

Are you planning on doing your exhaust yourself or a shop?

Also the shop that did my header work back. (Cause the eBay headers were junk) said they usually use the stock manifolds but cut the cats off and do pipes back.


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[jink0619]

Hey, did u have to buy control arm lollipops to get the ebay headers to fit? cause my stock ones are in the way.

[jink0619]

Thank you sir

[WannaBe30]

Here Ya go jink



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[WannaBe30]

I think it was Amazon or summit I'll get you some info


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[jink0619]

Good work, nice achievement under ur belt! I just got back from my vacay so soon as the snow melts and a nice day I'll continue working on my swap. Hey where did u order ur oil cooler lines from and could u give me the rundown on ur exact order pls? Thanks

[WannaBe30]

It was number 5 coil swapped out and back in business


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[marshallnoise]

I see. That's a mess for sure. Good luck man.

[WannaBe30]

I have a miss

I'm outta practice I use to catch those easy.

Also double up on the gaskets are not the problem the header flanges don't line up with holes for the threads


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[marshallnoise]

You could double up on the exhaust gaskets with a thin layer of rtv between them and probably get the seal right. Then see if you have an actual miss.

[WannaBe30]

Yeah the headers are crap quality and leaking where it mounts to the head I'm gonna have that fixed this coming week


Here's a cold start up this morning

Does it still sound like its missing??https://vimeo.com/120800660


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[marshallnoise]

Nasty exhaust leak the reason for the ticking?

[WannaBe30]

Before the maf was hooked up its a little better now.


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[Jb325is]

Nice work!

I wouldn't drive it much like that, sounds like you've got a big miss.

[WannaBe30]

Been a very long time with no update but I did get it started and drivable.

Next stop is exhaust work. Here's a pic and video

https://vimeo.com/120619621


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