header install

[DCooper323]

i have searched, and found good pointers, but a question or 2, along with some what ifs...

Ok, I am installing a DC Sport header soon, and my questions are:

I feel like as soon as i look at the manifold studs, they are going to break. are they pretty sturdy? obviously i am going to PB blast them for the couple days before the install.

If i do break a stud, what will it take to replace it?

can i use a air wrench on it? or will that increase the risk of breaking the stud?

any other pointers?

 

[dsmpat95]

PB blast them. I would HIGHLY recommend getting the studs replaced.

 

[H4G64T]

i have searched, and found good pointers, but a question or 2, along with some what ifs...

Ok, I am installing a DC Sport header soon, and my questions are:

I feel like as soon as i look at the manifold studs, they are going to break. are they pretty sturdy? obviously i am going to PB blast them for the couple days before the install.

If i do break a stud, what will it take to replace it?

can i use a air wrench on it? or will that increase the risk of breaking the stud?

any other pointers?

Pointer 1, go attack the studs with a ratchet and then determine the actual situation. There is no point in posting here worried about it, because no matter what they have to be done. There is a million different ways that you could run into a problem, stripping the bolt, breaking the stud, stripping out the stud hole, the bolt doesn't come lose but the whole stud comes out. Etc.

Each has a different way to fix it, each is simple enough. Go take them off and depending on what happens, if anything, post here for pointers on that.

As a rule of thumb, you should be prepared with new stainless steel studs and nuts.

 

[DCooper323]

As a rule of thumb, you should be prepared with new stainless steel studs and nuts.

where can i get those at? local parts store?

how do they come out if i go ahead and replace them?

 

[H4G64T]

ARP Exhaust Stud Kit Eclipse/Talon 420a - CI Motorsports

 

[DCooper323]

Pointer 1, go attack the studs with a ratchet and then determine the actual situation.

done. turned with little effort. excited now! the flange where the manifold meets the downpipe is broken/stripped so i might as well replace it right? i got a DC Sport header for $75... are they decent? its used, but barely.

 

[H4G64T]

Isn't the DC sports header all one piece?

 

[DCooper323]

Isn't the DC sports header all one piece?

DC Sports • Headers • Exhausts • Turbo Manifolds • Air Filters

2 piece

 

[H4G64T]

That should eliminate the part you are referring to that is broken. Either that or I have no idea what you mean, post a picture.

 

[Bud92gsx]

Penatrating oil works great but also..Heat works even better if you let the car warm up a litle bit the bolts should not break..I recently pulled my turbo off this winter and broke bolts..next time i will heat the car up before attempting..Cold bolts are more prone to breaking than warm bolts..

 

[DCooper323]

That should eliminate the part you are referring to that is broken. Either that or I have no idea what you mean, post a picture.

yeah, it would. its just where the manifold meets the downpipe. for reference, where the break is, theres a bad exhaust leak blowing carbons all over my passenger side cooling fan. just as a reference.

 

[DCooper323]

How bad would it be if connecting the downpipe to the cat got delayed for some reason? Other than being an annoyance?

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install went very well today! i was very surprised in the ease of the process. now to get it welded to the cat ASAP! i drove it header dumped, it is annoying as hell.