Looking at the Raceland 4-2-1 header and wanted some feedback on installation.
I can work it on the driveway slab but will I need to have the car lifted on a hoist
to install ?
Any help would be great....
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Looking at the Raceland 4-2-1 header and wanted some feedback on installation.
I can work it on the driveway slab but will I need to have the car lifted on a hoist
to install ?
Any help would be great....
Don't have one personally. From some quick reading on the ::Batman:: board, looks like fitment is decent. NA owners generally didn't have much issue with install and only need to lift the car a bit to work at the header-cat connection point. NB owners seem to have to disconnect at least one of the motor mounts and, in some cases, extend the O2 wiring.
I did not have any problems. You will need to buy an O2 sensor with a longer wire or extend it yourself.
I did mine on jack stands.
JRJ512, did you have to push your motor over to the passenger side for install? Does this header attach directly to the head without
a gasket ? I seem to be getting the impression thats what happens. Seems wrong though.
I did not have to move the motor at all. I am pretty sure that I used the gasket that came with the header.
I installed an e-bay special on my '91 a while back. It really wasnt too bad. I did have to enlargen the bolt holes to allow it to properly seat itself against the engine block. I also found that it was very easy to get the header into the engine bay if I pushed (just by hand, no pry bar) the engine towards the passenger side. As for the O2 sensor, I just bought some electrical wire and extended the cable. Never had any trouble from the header or sensor.
Interesting ! Did you have to enlarge all the bolt holes or just a few ? And when you say Installed a while back how long ?
1 year, 6 months, or ?
Thanks to all for the info, Makes me think this Raceland header will do the trick.
I know it's not going to pull big gains in power, Thats fine even a few will be fine.
Many people on these sites are power junkies And I get it that turbo power is
awesome, huge gains and so on.
The issues I have with this mod is all the handshake mods that must accompany
the turbo installation. Even installing everything myself it can still be more then
$3000. Turbo, exhaust, wiring, fuel management system, clutch, rear dif, motor
mounts, ect.
It's not all plug and play....