cracked header detection?????????

The sound of the car will change significantly. If the holes are big enough you won't even want to drive it to the mechanic. It is more than just a ticking sound. With your windows up you will likely hear a pfftt sound at low RPM under load when the cylinder with the broken primary exhausts into the manifold.

Also you are likely to see small fiberglass strands all over the rear of your car.

 

try putting a hose to your eye and listening for a leak. move the hose from side to aide to compare . listen to the edges of the heat shields where the leaking gases would be escaping . forza

 

i think it might work better if he puts the hose to his ear

 

LOL !

A Stethascope will do the Trick.

 

When mine went it left a metalic looking fiber in the engine compartment every time you drove it as well as the little tick. When the hole became worse the sound was horrible.

 

lol I'm sure you meant ear, at least I hope so.

 

Correct, I've seen it in many different places. I hope this helps

 

Don't know much about the OE ones. I had a customer order a left side manifold and 2 months later it cracked again. He was extremely frustrated and that's when I got the idea to start making some.

I can't speak for other companies but the main reasons:

-No heatshields with ceramic coating reduce the heat as opposed to trapping it.

-We use a merged collector.

- Our setup allows for the air to expand whereas the OE ones don't.

-Throw in the lifetime warranty and worst case scenario something does happen down the road, it will be replaced without a $2,500 fee.

 

i was always under the impression that trapping the heat in the exhaust was good for performance...and isn't there an issue with the heat from the exhaust affecting the alternator?

 

Not that we've experienced. To my knowledge not one car we've sold a set to has had alternator problems.