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Sorry, I don't have a link either. I've tried finding them with Google as well but when you search for "JR" you tend to get all kinds of irrelevant stuff.
Out of all the places I've phoned, they are the cheapest. I know that doesn't always mean good quality, but I wanted to find out what I could so I could make an informed purchase.
Originally posted by blackbeauty Out of all the places I've phoned, they are the cheapest. I know that doesn't always mean good quality, but I wanted to find out what I could so I could make an informed purchase.
Flowtech and Dynomax both make $99 headers for 3rd gens but you really don't want to go cheap, I have them and regret it. Buying cheap headers will come back to haunt you.
If you want cheap get flowtechs, 89 bucks for the headers, 89 bucks for the y pipe. If you want good headers, dont get flowtech! Seriously, I got the cheapo flowtechs, and while they perform ok, thier fitment was horrible. The collectors hit the rails on both sides, I could have done better welds, and the flanges that bolt to the engine were warped. It took me like an hour to bolt on headers, while the engine was on the stand!! Do yourself a favor, and at the very least spend on some hedmans. They seem to be the cheapest, and they still work good.
we put headmans on our 84 z28 when we built the engine for it they went right on lj you remember those they were pretty easy to installed compared to the ones we put on yours .....
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yep, I just had to go with the best buy whn Ibought mine. If it didnt matter cost, I would have me a set of SLP's. But, as I have said before, I am poor so I love my flowtechs. After all the key to happiness isnt having what you want, its wanting what you have.
Originally posted by ljnowell yep, I just had to go with the best buy whn Ibought mine. If it didnt matter cost, I would have me a set of SLP's. But, as I have said before, I am poor so I love my flowtechs. After all the key to happiness isnt having what you want, its wanting what you have.
yep i remember when i bought the headmans i wanted a good set of coated headers but didnt have the 400 bucks to get them back then ....LOL...budgets suck
__________________ •"I work on my chevy because I want to ..I work on your ford because you pay me too"------THEGENERAL
•"If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?"-------George Carlin
•There's a place for all of gods creatures .....right next to the Potatoes & Gravy!
•R.I.P. Johnny Carson, 1925 - 2005 You will be missed.......
•"Never argue with an idiot, they'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience".....METALICAMARORS
Actually, I was thinking of a set of Hedman's. They'd probably need modding for my car so they'll fit as I've got a right hand drive Trans Am. Either that or I go custom headers.
Originally posted by blackbeauty Actually, I was thinking of a set of Hedman's. They'd probably need modding for my car so they'll fit as I've got a right hand drive Trans Am. Either that or I go custom headers.
noone on here ever thinks of you guys with the right hand drive cars thats a good question on what you do for headers...hmmm..
are they the same on your cars or are they different ???
how does your steering shaft run is it just like the left hand drive cars just on a different side????
lol
hey post up a couple pics of your cars engine compartment and interior if you can that always amazes me to see a car with right hand drive i like the way they look .....just dont know if i could drive one i have a hard enough time getting used to the way we have to drive...LMAO
__________________ •"I work on my chevy because I want to ..I work on your ford because you pay me too"------THEGENERAL
•"If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?"-------George Carlin
•There's a place for all of gods creatures .....right next to the Potatoes & Gravy!
•R.I.P. Johnny Carson, 1925 - 2005 You will be missed.......
•"Never argue with an idiot, they'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with experience".....METALICAMARORS
Originally posted by thegeneral noone on here ever thinks of you guys with the right hand drive cars thats a good question on what you do for headers...hmmm..
A while ago someone posted about how he put Edelbrock TES headers in his ~87 GTA and pipes for cylinders 4 and 6 needed changing but that was it. I tried to contact him but I never got a response.
are they the same on your cars or are they different ???
how does your steering shaft run is it just like the left hand drive cars just on a different side????
Yeah, it's the steering shaft that's causing me grief, it gets in the way of off the shelf headers. The power steering box itself is from a Holden HQ.
lol
hey post up a couple pics of your cars engine compartment and interior if you can that always amazes me to see a car with right hand drive i like the way they look .....just dont know if i could drive one i have a hard enough time getting used to the way we have to drive...LMAO
I've got a homepage where you can see some pics of my car before I started fiddling with it. Go to http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~acorn/sam and then click on "The car" on the left hand side.
Also, check out these pics, the second one is where my steering shaft is in relation to the exahust manafold. Pretty close isn't it?
BlackBeauty-- Thanks for posting those pictures. Thats the first passenger side drive 3rd gen engine compartment I have ever seen. Look really interesting. I bet changing the fuel pump is a real PITA.
sellmanb - Yep, they are stock electric seats, but not for the 1982 year. I got them from an 89 GTA and retro fitted them and they work nicely. When my studies for this year have finished I'm going to make a remote control for the passenger's seat. Why? Cos I can.
ljnowell - No worries. If you go to the link I posted above you can see more picture of the car, even a shot of the engine bay. I did have to change the fuel pump once but I didn't think it was difficult. The steering shaft didn't get in the way fortunately. What is a PITA however, is pulling out the heater core to fix it. I can't think of a worse job I've ever had to do.
__________________ Right hand drive '82 Trans Am, 1989 305 TPI, 3.23 rear
Mods: shift kitted 700-R4 trans, aluminium driveshaft, custom subframe connectors, GTA electric seats, 36mm/24mm sway bars, boxed control arms, wonder bar
Engine mods: head work, plenum porting, 24lb SVOs, custom Lazer camshaft, true 9.5:1CR, PROMinator Pro, headers, 3" exhaust
Best ET: 14.37s@95.74MPH
I changed my heater core back in 2000, and it was a massive PITA. I have done lots of worse things, but that one was right up there. However, I would rather change the heater core than drop the gas tank.
Seriously, I got the cheapo flowtechs, and while they perform ok, thier fitment was horrible. The collectors hit the rails on both sides, I could have done better welds, and the flanges that bolt to the engine were warped. It took me like an hour to bolt on headers, while the engine was on the stand!! Do yourself a favor, and at the very least spend on some hedmans. They seem to be the cheapest, and they still work good. 
