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240booster · 12-22-2001, 02:47 AM

I tried to install my header yesterday lol i started at like 1 and by 4 oclock i managed to have the heat shield off and the nuts loose from the stock manifold .... i couldn't even get the #### O2 sensor off. Neway, welll i had to go to work so i just bolted everything back up and took it to a shop today and he installed it for like $30. WTF!! i don't c how u people put that thing on urself!! My car is a s14 and there was a 2nd sensor that looked like an O2 sensor that came off of the Transmission. There was not even a whole for this on my header he had to cut a whole and weld in the old threads to install this sensor. Plus, when he installed the header it hung way down and he had to heat the rear section and bend it up to get it to line back up with the cat. I thought this was a direct bold up?? Has neone had this problem?? I heard some bad things about these headers but mostly that they r the best out there for our cars. I can't believe they would forget something like leaving out a whole for that sensor!! And btw, i can feel the hps there is definitely more there but i felt more when i added my CAI. I guess i just expected a little more from the header but im still running on stock exhaust so im sure that is killing me some. WHAT YA'LL THINK ABOUT IT?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> TIN

*transient* · 12-22-2001, 12:10 PM

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my240likenoother · 12-22-2001, 08:37 PM

that head is made for racing use so they figure that the 02 wouldnt be used
(better air flow)

(Edited by my240likenoother at 1:25 pm on Dec. 23, 2001)

240booster · 12-23-2001, 01:36 AM

WHAT???!!!   :-p  %$!#^$#^%

*drifterx* · 12-23-2001, 07:13 AM

why didnt u just replace the O2 sensor?
u should have done that rather than putting the old one back

240booster · 12-24-2001, 12:46 AM

cause i didn't have the money and none of the shops had them in stock  .........    WHAT?? My240<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> u mean i don't need to use that Sensor?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>!!! So i HAD HIM CUT A WHOLE IN THE SIDE OF MY HEADER FOR NOTHING!! >:-(   #### HS IS GOIN TO HEAR FROM ME AFTER CHRISTMAS.

12-22-2001, 02:47 AM	#1
240booster Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I tried to install my header yesterday lol i started at like 1 and by 4 oclock i managed to have the heat shield off and the nuts loose from the stock manifold .... i couldn't even get the #### O2 sensor off. Neway, welll i had to go to work so i just bolted everything back up and took it to a shop today and he installed it for like $30. WTF!! i don't c how u people put that thing on urself!! My car is a s14 and there was a 2nd sensor that looked like an O2 sensor that came off of the Transmission. There was not even a whole for this on my header he had to cut a whole and weld in the old threads to install this sensor. Plus, when he installed the header it hung way down and he had to heat the rear section and bend it up to get it to line back up with the cat. I thought this was a direct bold up?? Has neone had this problem?? I heard some bad things about these headers but mostly that they r the best out there for our cars. I can't believe they would forget something like leaving out a whole for that sensor!! And btw, i can feel the hps there is definitely more there but i felt more when i added my CAI. I guess i just expected a little more from the header but im still running on stock exhaust so im sure that is killing me some. WHAT YA'LL THINK ABOUT IT?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> TIN

12-22-2001, 12:10 PM	#2
transient Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 41 Posts: 2,947 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	#Moderation Mode <a href="http://www.zilvia.net/forums/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=2&topic=1270" target="_self">Moved here</a>

12-22-2001, 08:37 PM	#3
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that head is made for racing use so they figure that the 02 wouldnt be used (better air flow) (Edited by my240likenoother at 1:25 pm on Dec. 23, 2001)

12-23-2001, 01:36 AM	#4
240booster Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	WHAT???!!!   :-p  %$!#^$#^%

12-23-2001, 07:13 AM	#5
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 44 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	why didnt u just replace the O2 sensor? u should have done that rather than putting the old one back

12-24-2001, 12:46 AM	#6
240booster Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	cause i didn't have the money and none of the shops had them in stock  .........    WHAT?? My240<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> u mean i don't need to use that Sensor?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>!!! So i HAD HIM CUT A WHOLE IN THE SIDE OF MY HEADER FOR NOTHING!! >:-(   #### HS IS GOIN TO HEAR FROM ME AFTER CHRISTMAS.