Well the time has finally come today to say good riddens to my old Mac EL headers. Those who know me well enough know that I'm always ranting about how much of a PITA equal-lengths are in general. Well here's a pictoral guide as to exactly why you shouldn't get them:
1: Your spark plug wire on cylinder #3 will ALWAYS look like this after about 6 months or so no matter how much they cost or how its positioned
2: Yes, even if you use those high-heat boot protector sleeves (this came off the plug wire pictured above, notice the huge white spot where arcing had occurred)
3: Obviously, this arcing of the plug wire onto the header will cause an occasionaly misfire, that can inevitably lead to confusion, loss of temper and mental anguish
4: How the f*** are you supposed to get this damn whale of a header in or out of its dwellings????
I hope this changes the minds of any of you who are considering buying equal-length headers, especially Mac ones. I'm replacing mine with BBK standard shorties, and so far I've got the passenger side all buttoned-up, it was ridiculously easy to install.
As for the driver's side, I'm stuck. I faught with it for 4 hours trying to get it out from the top, but its not gonna happen. Tomorrow morning I will remove my X-pipe and steering shaft and try to take it out from the bottom.
I hate these things so much, I want to go bash them in the head of the previous owner for putting them on in the first place
1: Your spark plug wire on cylinder #3 will ALWAYS look like this after about 6 months or so no matter how much they cost or how its positioned
2: Yes, even if you use those high-heat boot protector sleeves (this came off the plug wire pictured above, notice the huge white spot where arcing had occurred)
3: Obviously, this arcing of the plug wire onto the header will cause an occasionaly misfire, that can inevitably lead to confusion, loss of temper and mental anguish
4: How the f*** are you supposed to get this damn whale of a header in or out of its dwellings????
I hope this changes the minds of any of you who are considering buying equal-length headers, especially Mac ones. I'm replacing mine with BBK standard shorties, and so far I've got the passenger side all buttoned-up, it was ridiculously easy to install.
As for the driver's side, I'm stuck. I faught with it for 4 hours trying to get it out from the top, but its not gonna happen. Tomorrow morning I will remove my X-pipe and steering shaft and try to take it out from the bottom.
I hate these things so much, I want to go bash them in the head of the previous owner for putting them on in the first place