I bought the cheap header off of ebay for $25 with ceramic coating and here's what I got.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-04...spagenameZWDVW









The holes look smaller on the header due to the soot on the stock one.

It fit great, added hp, especially going uphill and anywhere above 2200rpm and didn't lose any bottom end. It says it's 1.5 inches which is part of why I bought it-too much diamter and it loses torque.

The ceramic coating actually works well and the fit and gaskets were all great. Since it wasn't threaded I had to use new bolts-these work great (about $15 for the pair)

 

stock toyota bolt

 

Nice! How hard was the install?

And its not "$25 Headers" if theres $30 shipping on top of that! lol Still great price though.

 

Do you notice a diff in the exhaust note, is it louder or about same?

 

^^^ your sig brings back memories"institutionalized"..that is some old school right there

 

^^ Haha, hell yea it does!

The header is passable, but yikes! That collector kinda looks like crap.


Compare that to the DC one (which this looks to be a knockoff of)

 

what do you expect for 25 bucks?

clean it up yourself before you install it

 

Yeh, for the money you can't really complain...

 

The insides of the collector took 10 minutes with a round file to clean up-it was all just flashing.

Yeah, $25+$30 ship+$15 for bolts so total $70 but it was still easily worth it.

Took me 1hr15min total from driving in the driveway until it was done-I cooled off the exaust with some room temp water though.

Sounds exactly the same but already had CAI sound and exhaust. Lots more peak power and where it used to climb in power quickly it climbs faster now. No loss of low end and climbs hills better definitely.

 

Nice write up.

 

not bad really for the cost.

 

very cool

 

Can someone inform me about the O2 sensor. The e-bay ad for this product says "O2 sensor position". What does that mean? It is my understanding that the O2 sensor is not on the header, it is on the pipe behind the header but before the CAT. If I put this header in, will I need to address the O2 sensor at all?

Do I understand correctlly that this header will fit exactly and the exhaust system will remain in the same position, not pushed back one inch? The photos look as if the header is slightly longer than the stock one.

And, is there any danger to worry about when removing the spring loaded bolts?

Will I need air tools? What about the dounuts, the crush gasket/fittings, are they re-usable or included?

 

Came with the gaskets, same exact placement. Header just sits different in photos-fits just the same.

o2 sensor not affected as they are both in the main exhaust-just be careful of wires when undoing bolts-don't need and airguns-just wd40 before you do it-like the day before.

Make sure to use spring bolts-otherwise problems can occur with cracked flanges, etc.

 

The ebay listing is universal about the o2 sensor! header looks good!

 

Hey good job, the look of that is great and it sounds like it's a good bang for the buck.

Just keep an eye on the weld's after some time has passed.

 

did nobody notice the holes on the new header pipes are smaller than stock???

 

More back pressure?

 

Anyone have a write up/pics of the instal itslef?

Thanks!

 

That was b4 my time so yea I kinda just discoverd them, my fav song. Still makes people smile.