Opps forgot about the air tubes, never had that crap on my car(of course now my inspection sticker is about a year and half out). By bad, but my headers do look bitchin, well at least compared to the flowtechs anyway, here is a pic with the flowtechs

 

NICE SETUP

 

It should go in nice with the Hotchkis TVS System I just got. I posted some pics on the suspension board.

 

wow...i just drove the camaro for the first time with open headers. You can feel the car in your chest, it makes your whole body shake. It was so loud...i drove around my neighborhood and some lady mowing her lawn stopped and put her arms at her side with a dirty look on her face. HAHA!!!

 

I just cranked my car up, and it has a completly different tone than with the Flowtech (until it ran out of gas..haha) but the flowtechs where covering up my ports though

 

Oh yea DanTheMan is you Ti-Tech coating still there, just wondering if it is a good coating or not

 

yes its still there......wtf its titanium

 

dont have a hissy fit just wondering i didnt know it was titaniaum

 

im not mad at all

 

WOW I just read three weeks worth of header install... lol. Should have listened to them man. Anyways atleast you're done. Got any pics?

 

i didnt want to tilt my engine cause its bad for the tranny

yes i have pics.....what exactly do u want pics of?

 

How is tilting your engine like 2 inches going to hurt your tranny, that is not true DantheMan

 

oh well i maganed to get them in there without doing it and i wasnt in a rush so its ok

 

 

I was just wondering if you had any pics of the headers on the car with the ti-tech coating to see how its holding up.

 

its holding up fine, no rust. This is after 200 miles

 

One thing that will save you a ton of money at the pump is to ditch those one way valves and get pipe caps They allow lots of air to come into the exhaust and make the O2 see a false lean condition.

Also, what I like to do is to run wire looms on the valve covers and drop the wires down behind the air tubes. I also use a section of split silicone shething from one of the old wires to protect the spark plug wire where the AIR tubes contact it. Heres a pic. Not the best one to show this but it gives you the general idea. Leaving the wires up around the primaries with all the heat will damage the silicone sheathing after awhile if they come in close contact.

 

what kind of pipe caps...where, what brand

 

 

You can also use the brass caps. IIRC, theyre 1/2" NPT pipe caps. Any hardware store should have them.

 

what does iirc mean? People say that all the time on these boards...ive never heard it anywhere else..

 

i think it means if i recall correctly

 

oh...thats kinda lame....


lol

 

i like gooooooooold (actually its just brass but oh well...)

i got these brass 1/2 inch "pipe" cap from ACE hardware and they fit perfectly..no more one-way valve leak





and just for fun (lol, you can see the oid AIR tube on the right)

 

Get a sound clip yet?

 

damnit....now i feel bad cause i dont have a sound clip

i cant afford a sound recorder

 

btw, the pipe plugs are doing great, no oxidation yet

 

I've never seen a thirdgen with the oil fill cap in the front like that.. Weird.

-- Joe

 

My guess is that he just put it on backwards, not that it really matters that much.

 

Well then the lip will be on the inside, which could potentially contact the manifold and warp the ridge of the valve cover.

They only go on one way..

-- Joe

 

IIRC, the ones on my LO3, with the exception of the breather and such, where symetrical. It may vary. Ill have to check later.

 

whats better Shorty Headers or Long tube?

 

3rd gen shorties are easier to install and are a direct bolt on, if you want to call it that. Long tubes will require a custom y-pipe and othe items to get them in.

 

I checked mine. The ones I have are omnidirectional. Mustve revised some of the valve covers for different years.

On a side note, thankfully they are. I swapped the drivers and pass. side valve covers so they would fit and not be obstructed by the stuff over top of them.

 

Weird. Normallyt he ridge is machined flat on the inside as to not obstruct the manifold.

-- Joe