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Another major underway - along with a header disection

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  1. hacker-pschorr

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    #1 hacker-pschorr, May 2, 2009
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    Since I'm taking a lot of pictures during my father's 355 major, might as well share a few :)

    These headers were replaced under warranty (with new catalytic converters) with around 8,000 miles on the odometer in 2003, car currently has just over 17k (yup, went the full five years). I cut apart the heat shields, removed the air pump lines in preparation of having them coated by Swain Technologies.
    A local speed shop that specializes in custom turbo applications is currently making a set of high flow cats and a replacement secondary cat pipe (without any cats). Eventually test pipes will be installed to replace the high flows. That will come later when we dyno test the various configurations.

    So far the only surprise is the electric water pump in the nose appears to be leaking.
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  2. hacker-pschorr

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  3. cavlino

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    #3 cavlino, May 2, 2009
    Very nice detailed pictures, keep them coming :)
     
  4. zero

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    #4 zero, May 2, 2009
    Great job:) keep the pictures coming.
     
  5. f355jimv

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    #5 f355jimv, May 2, 2009
    Another great thread.

    Keep the pics coming.
     
  6. darrenliu

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    #6 darrenliu, May 2, 2009
    man, those headers are ugly when the heat shield is pulled away to expose the insulation material!

    Thanks for the pics.
     
  7. Billdemart

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    #7 Billdemart, May 2, 2009
    I was wondering what that was, thanks :)
     
  8. PAP 348

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    #8 PAP 348, May 2, 2009
    Cool thread! Love the pics. :D:D
     
  9. cuneo

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    #9 cuneo, May 2, 2009
    Yeah, it's like a mummy or something. Cool post, HP
     
  10. saw1998

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    #10 saw1998, May 2, 2009
    Thanks for taking the time to post, Hacker. These type of pictures are extremely educational.
     
  11. fatbillybob

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    #11 fatbillybob, May 2, 2009
    I like that protective tape on your car. Can you post what it is and where to get it? I have seen carpet tape to protect carpet but you can't use it on hard surfaces because it leaves a residue on hard but does not on carpet...weird.

    Does anyone know if that header insulation is for heat noise reduction or both?
     
  12. UConn Husky

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    #12 UConn Husky, May 2, 2009
    great pics! I saw the same thing taking apart the secondary bypass pipe...

    any holes in the headers yet? I've seen some that were baaadly wrinkled and burned through
     
  13. 285ferrari

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    #13 285ferrari, May 2, 2009
    Great pics!
     
  14. gothspeed

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    #14 gothspeed, May 2, 2009
    Great pics :)!!!!! .............. now what are you gonna do with the air-rails no longer in the pictures ....... they could save me some work in the future ...... ;)?? Did you get your resonator-delete cap yet? I sent it out last tuesday ....... :)
     
  15. hacker-pschorr

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    #15 hacker-pschorr, May 3, 2009
    Glad you guys like the pictures. I get a bit trigger happy during projects. :)

    http://www.uline.com/BL_6408/Glass-Protection-Tape?keywords=glass%2520protect

    I "discovered" this stuff at the local speed shop. They had a freshly painted car covered from bumper to bumper during the duration of the project (couple of weeks). Works great.

    No signs of any holes or soft spots that I could find. With the headers coated and a free flowing CAT (or no cat at all) I'm positive these headers will hold up.

    I am adding some additional heat shields to areas like the alternator, motor mounts etc.. just to be safe.

    Plan A was to hang them on the wall, I have a hard time throwing away parts from a Ferrari :D
    I'll probably save the heat shields too :p

    In other words, I have no plans for them.

    Yes I did, thank you. An awesome part!!

    This engine needs more billet aluminum under the hood.


    I also received the alternator upgrade parts. I'll attempt to throw together a how-to on that process. My searching did not pull up one already posted.
     
  16. RossoCorsaItaly

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    #16 RossoCorsaItaly, May 3, 2009
    Look forward to seeing the dyno configurations between the cats and test pipes.

    Great thread and thank you for the pictures.
     
  17. hacker-pschorr

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    #17 hacker-pschorr, May 15, 2009
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  18. hacker-pschorr

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  21. pyroguy

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    #21 pyroguy, May 16, 2009
    In post #17, what is the material you used to heat shiels the motor mount?
    Naive minds want to know!
    Thanks.
     
  22. hacker-pschorr

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  23. AceMaster

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    #23 AceMaster, May 22, 2009
    I have heard of people using suran wrap - not the one that you use to wrap lunch sandwiches, but the industrial wrap that use to wrap and hold boxes on a skid.
     
  24. pyroguy

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    #24 pyroguy, May 22, 2009
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    #25 jssans, Jun 13, 2009
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    Did you get rid of the entire "AIR INJECTION DEVICE"? From what I understand air pumped to the headers is purely for emissions & has no other value. If so I'm interested in doing the same.
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