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Best header for the money?

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Stainless still rusts. Depending on the grade it may take a long time, but stainless will still rust.

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Stainless corrodes......If it rusts, its because something that rusts has been up again'st it.
 
I have thorleys, fit good, noticable boost in bottom end, and the O2 sensor isn't down in the collector but up in the first "y". I have noticed no drivability problems since install ie; no check engine light. Based on this feature you may not need a 3 wire O2 sensor. Come winter time I may have a problem /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif only time will tell.
 
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The farther downstream in the exhaust that the 02 sensor is it will not get hot enough for the computer to go into closed loop, this is why you may end up needing a heated 02 sensor, to allow the computer to go into closed loop. When the computer is running in the open loop it is running on set parameters rather than all the sensor inputs in the closed loop mode.

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UMM the heaters in the O2 sensors are there to, for example, keep the sensor warm if the car is at a light, idling where it could cool off. Not to heat them because they are a ways down the exhaust pipe. You shouldnt need a HO2S.
 
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The farther downstream in the exhaust that the 02 sensor is it will not get hot enough for the computer to go into closed loop, this is why you may end up needing a heated 02 sensor, to allow the computer to go into closed loop. When the computer is running in the open loop it is running on set parameters rather than all the sensor inputs in the closed loop mode.

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UMM the heaters in the O2 sensors are there to, for example, keep the sensor warm if the car is at a light, idling where it could cool off. Not to heat them because they are a ways down the exhaust pipe. You shouldnt need a HO2S.

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Boy do you have a thing or two to learn.
 
JBA's, and join the "try to keep your plug wires from frying" club.

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JBA's, and join the "try to keep your plug wires from frying" club.

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Zip ties buddy, ugly but functional. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
I currently have a set of hookers that I was going to use on my truck but the clutch linkage doesn't seem to agree with those plans...would short headers help? Thanks
 
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JBA's, and join the "try to keep your plug wires from frying" club.

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and trying to get at the header bolt on the back side of the number 5 cylinder....

I resigned from that club recently. With hedman tork steps. to get by until i can get some Tri Y's..... i vote tri Y's.
 
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JBA's, and join the "try to keep your plug wires from frying" club.

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and trying to get at the header bolt on the back side of the number 5 cylinder....

I resigned from that club recently. With hedman tork steps. to get by until i can get some Tri Y's..... i vote tri Y's.

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For mine, it's getting the plug in, "Good old #6" /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
 
oh yea, having to tighten with a wrench, Kinda crooked. those headers were the most Cussed out part of my truck, glad they are somone elses problem now. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif
 
Whatever header you buy, send 'em to jet - hot or HPC and get 'em coated. I bought a set of dynomax headers for the wife's camaro that were supposedly "coated" out of the box, and they looked like crap inside of a year. 8 years ago I had the hooker headers and H pipe on my camaro sent to jet hot, had 'em coated black and they still look great.

BTW, a 5/8 offset combination wrench works great for getting the plugs out once the headers are on. Just cut off the "open" end so you can swing it near the firewall. Stage 8 locking fasteners with the small heads are a good investment too.

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The farther downstream in the exhaust that the 02 sensor is it will not get hot enough for the computer to go into closed loop, this is why you may end up needing a heated 02 sensor, to allow the computer to go into closed loop. When the computer is running in the open loop it is running on set parameters rather than all the sensor inputs in the closed loop mode.

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UMM the heaters in the O2 sensors are there to, for example, keep the sensor warm if the car is at a light, idling where it could cool off. Not to heat them because they are a ways down the exhaust pipe. You shouldnt need a HO2S.

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Boy do you have a thing or two to learn.

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Hows that? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif If the cat has to get 600 degrees before it will operate, why would you need a heater for the O2S because it was further down the exhaust? There just as I said, to keep the O2S from cooling off, they help it warm up quicker also.
 
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