no megan headers! mine didnt fit. it hit the oil pan really badly so i sent it back. not worth the hassle search for a good brand name used header. But if you like to deal with bull buy the megan header.
Megan headers are probably the top of the “budget” line of headers. Never had a problem fitting them to customers cars, always perform, and haven’t had any weld or hardware issues. Get the one made for your car.
Another quick question, how does having vtec affect the way a header will perform on my car? Since I have a b16a2 dohc vtec engine, wouldn’t choosing a header designed for a non vtec engine affect overall performance gains negatively?
they don’t offer a header for the 91 teg that has vtec…
That’s why I asked if i should get the one for the del slo or not because the dohc del slo is vtec.
Get a header made for your year car. If you get anything else it won’t clear the cross member and won’t fit. I have a Megan Header on my 93 GS and it fit just fine.
First off, the outlet pipe was like 3 inches short compared to my stock exhaust header outlet pipe. so i had to use a c-clamp to pull the exhaust towards the header in order to be able to get the bolt screwed in.
needless to say, there is now a huge gap and the exhaust system is not sealed, i now have a leak where the two pipes connect…
so basically i need to get my exhaust extended in order to make the two connect properly.
also the header pipe does clear the cross member, but due to the bolt placement, it is very tricky to tighten the last one because there is no room to work with.
Sounds like you had some exhaust parts originallly for a 92-93 (unless things were different in Japan). When using a 92-93 cat-back for example you need an extension adapter of about 2 inches to reach the header.
By using that C-clamp I think you are putting a lot of stress on some points of the exhaust.
First off, the outlet pipe was like 3 inches short compared to my stock exhaust header outlet pipe. so i had to use a c-clamp to pull the exhaust towards the header in order to be able to get the bolt screwed in.
needless to say, there is now a huge gap and the exhaust system is not sealed, i now have a leak where the two pipes connect…
so basically i need to get my exhaust extended in order to make the two connect properly.
also the header pipe does clear the cross member, but due to the bolt placement, it is very tricky to tighten the last one because there is no room to work with.
it came with 3 gaskets. no donut gasket though, would my old headers have one on them?
the previous owner had a bosal exhaust system installed onto it, as far as i can tell it was nothing major, has the stock cat on it all banged up from bottoming out.
i think im gonna go to the hardware store and get a couple of bolts and just take out the spring loaded bolt that is on there now… just for the time being.
also when i was under the car i pulled on the exhaust and as far as i could tell, it was hanging on by just the rubber hangers. is that normal? it doesn’t move around much when im driving, there’s like 4 hanger pieces, so the stress is being placed on those.
