new ebay headers

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These are pics before I had the crossover welded up. Fit was barely off a little. Notice the edge of the pipe pushing out about 1/4 of an inch or so. This made sealing the flanges a little tougher since it was in a slight bind. I used gaskets and no leaks so far.
At worst case you could just cut the crossover in three peices and reweld them elliminating the bind on the flanges. No biggy.
 

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Lets see if i can start another 14 pages of bitching and crying from some and pos feedback from others about a new set of headers i purchased that are probably made in china of some cheap ****ty ass stainless steal. that who knows if they will seal up. here are some pics and they went on without no mods at all. I installed them on my 57,000 mile 87 Gn that i purchased about 3 months ago.I did clean some of the flange welds up alittle, but other than that they look great,. They also have 2 o2 bungs installed.

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its been over a year, i have sold all of my sets of junk headers, how many still using them and how are they holding up?
 
mine are still working, no leaks. etc.. but i wish i had spent the money on the TA's .. due to the slight turbo cocked on my set..
 
SloGN said:
hey guys


I got my JDM motors ebay headers installed today.


The headers fit the heads and block great with no problems at all. the only problem that i ran into was the bottom bolt on the middle tube on the pass side header is entirely too close to the tubes. so a little bit of massaging with a hammer to clearance the tube and it fit using a 3/8 header bolt in that hole.

The cross over fits very good no modding there. The only problem that i have is there is a small leak where the cross over pipe slips together. but thats nothing a band clamp can't fix.

Now the THDP will fit bit you will need a hott wrench to heat up the pipe and dent in the side of the pipe to get it to clear the crossover. OR you can just get a 1/2 inch spacer to go between the turbo and the downpipe.

I just chose to clearance the DP since the pipe has had some other clearnace issues before that had to be pounding out

i will take pics of it tomorrow.

Also i'm going to take some back pressure reading with the new headers to see if changing the headers has made a diffrence in the pre-turbine back pressure.


I have noticed a big difference in the tip-in response on the throttle.


Yeah the headers now have a nice blue tint to them at the flanges and a really nice bronze color every where else.

you really can't go wrong with them. i gave 189 buck plus shipping and that was like 28 bucks
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UPDATE:

ok guys(jan 11 2007) here is when i installed my jdm motorz headers and they have done very well. no cracks at all they have turned a even duller shade of bronze/ tarnished color.but other than that they are still there.

I do believe that i would have had to reweld my stockers again in that amount of time.

so i think that i have got my money worth out .
 
Ebay Header updates!

How is everyone's Ebay Headers doing? Any cracks? cant get them to seal? Well I've had it with the ones on my Gold T, so I took them off and welded up the old stockers and put them back on. Its Quiet as a mouse and I got my low end torque back. I've been to the muffler shop too many times trying to make them work. They leaked a little too much and it was enough to drive me crazy :mad:

Anyone else?

Jason
 
88ZNX said:
How is everyone's Ebay Headers doing? Any cracks? cant get them to seal? Well I've had it with the ones on my Gold T, so I took them off and welded up the old stockers and put them back on. Its Quiet as a mouse and I got my low end torque back. I've been to the muffler shop too many times trying to make them work. They leaked a little too much and it was enough to drive me crazy :mad:

Anyone else?

Jason
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Yeah they are garbage nothings changed
 
When I got mine they sent me 2 sets of headers... The one set I used lined up just fine ...NO cutting etc the cross over needed a ban type clamp...for the money I saved I got more items from our vendors....O-yea I also got the "Ebay ATR FMIC for $150" :eek: and for the $$$$ H$!! it will work for now :D
 
Well, THEY FIT!!!! I ordered a set of the styledjdm. I was expecting the worst, and hoping for the best. They first sent me the set with two of the same elbows! I said here we go, and it wasn't the style ordered! Then talking to a girl who had no idea what i was trying to tell her"I got to of the same Elbow's, i need the other one". Then they said they stop making the style i saw on the site due to fit issues. Finally a guy got on the phone, isent him a picture of what i had, and he saw that i had two of the same elbow, and sent the right one. I received it today, did alittle port work, because my head been ported, had one bolt hole needed to be open a hair, and the crossover fit like a glove!!! I was shocked. Need better V clamps, but all in all the crossover cant leak the way they made it. For $199 shipped i wont complain.
 
That's good. You've made it past the first stage. Now all you have to hope for is that you don't burn through them on your first pass :wink:

I think longevity is the big question. As others have stated, high quality materials are not cheap.
 
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