kiahatsiu wrote:Well, headers went on today. And knowing how much Rome loves illustrations I decided to take my camera with me.
Firstly, the pipes from Kando. As detailed above, I had some dramas with the post, but here they are, all nicely coated in high temp black. For those of you new to playing with cars note the fact that the right side pipe work loops back on itself, creating further for the air to travel before the up pipe, making it an equal length to the left heads gas path.
pipes by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
Compared to the ones that came off. Notice the design of the old ones, the air from the left hand cylinder head has a lot further to flow than the right side. Hence the unequal lenth headers, and the "boxer rumble." Also note, the are a fairly efficient design. I don't think they would be hurting power too much.
old by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
I had the Dump off, so I thought I would take a couple of pics of it. TCP makes a nice exhaust I must say.
dump by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
Looking into the dump flange.
flange by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
The left hand side with them fitted up
pipeon1 by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
And the right side with the up pipe. Note the manifold now runs around the oil filter.
uppipe by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
Oh, and if you want to play with the big boys, you need one of these. It came off a well known 2j powered corolla.
turbo by kiahatsiu, on Flickr
Results? Well, the car is a lot quieter now, and smoother to drive. I cannot say if there is any difference in performance as I don't feel like standing on it until after the tune, well, let me rephrase that, as i feel like standing on it all the time....I won't give it berries until I know it is safe to do so.
Nice photos! Thanks for taking them just for me
That turbo looks massive compared to the other one! Love the finish on the headers too. When is it going in for a tune?EDIT: To bring the photos onto this page
I have to have some faith otherwise I'll be dismally disappointed when it's my turn!
