Header questions...different than normal.

5spd GT

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I have some Equal Length Mac 1 5/8th's that have some age on them. They never have bolted up right to my AFR's. One side always seems to short. I believe they need to be "trued". Do machine shops do that? I don't think it seals up flat

Also I need the right exhaust gasket (FEL-1416?) that actually will fit over and still seal against the 1 5/8ths...because the FEL-1415's overlap the exhaust ports on the AFR 165's. I don't like that restriction...any thoughts?

What is a good way to clean out the inside of the headers?

Also I bottomed out my car and put a nice little dent (disrupts air flow) at the kink where the hpipe starts going up towards the header? What can I do? Special tool? It pushed it up probably a good 1.5 inches.

Thanks

 

Modular2v

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ummmm buy new headers... probably cheaper and alot less hassle

 

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Well having them trued would be probably $20 bucks and they flow fine. Cleaning is free with some elbow grease. The dent is in my h-pipe and I'm sure I can "remove" that for much less that the price of a new h-pipe.

Thanks for the response

 

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5spd GT, they make an exhaust system tool designed to remove "dents" in exhaust pipes. Generally, this tool is used when someone over tightens a muffler clamp and pinches the pipe, but it should work for you as well.

If your local auto parts stores don't have it in stock, I believe that Summit sells it.

 

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To clean out the inside of your headers you can probably get away with soaking them in gasoline and running some kind of steal brush through them.

 

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5spd GT said:

Well having them trued would be probably $20 bucks and they flow fine. Cleaning is free with some elbow grease. The dent is in my h-pipe and I'm sure I can "remove" that for much less that the price of a new h-pipe.

Thanks for the response

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sorry i read wrong i thought u said the dent was in your headers

 

5spd GT

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I'm thinking of going with longtubes now and changing somethings while I'm doing them...I don't know what I want to do

Thanks for the replies...suggestions are welcome

 

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Get longtubes.