Soooo I bought the Ebay header :)

The only problem is I have a 2006 2.5i

 

I've done a lot of reading on the site and also noticed the custom one which is in the process.

 

I'm going to get it installed tomorrow and it looks like its gonna cost me around $300, with a new high flow cat and new O2 bungs, we'll find out tomorrow and I'll try to get as many pics as I can

 

Wish me luck!

Good luck, it'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Pictures are always good!

Which "the" Ebay header?

Don't froget to post before & after dyno results.

Before and after pics please!

 

I also might be interested in buying your old stuff at some point if you're not keeping it

Well get used to the CEL and I hope you have a good exhaust. Other than that keep your stock parts bc you will probably switch back to it soon:eek:

 

Also there is a really good chance they won't fit and will need to be cut a fitted and you might have to extend the rear O2 sensor

 

It will sound amazing a far cry from the hmm of the stock config

What cel code do you throw? Now im concerned lol

I was also thinking of doing an N/A 94 octane tune I have a knN drop in and ss catback and soon the header

He shouldn't throw a CEL if his O2's are extended and wired up right, correct?

Header is bolted up to the block high flow cat is being fitted.

 

Looks like we need to bend the header to clear the power steering lines and 02 bunts are here and were gonna extend the wires also

 

Here goes nothing

No need to bend the header, just tap the power steering lines with a hammer. I used a 3lb club hammer and tapped on the rubberized portion of the lines and it tucked them up nicely. They will easily bend upwards and then the header will clear. I hope you read this first!!

Read and thanks

Thanks again for the info bent the lines and waiting for good wire connectors to extend the O2s looks like it's gonna cost me closer to 400 but everything looks really good!!!

Ps I got the $100 impress and legacy header 95-06

He shouldn't throw a CEL if his O2's are extended and wired up right, correct?

 

Yes his car is going to throw a P0420 Catalyst deficient code very soon You can blame 06+ factory ECU tuning for that, not a big problem if you don't mind the flashing Cruise light and no cruise control.

 

Anyway I figured they wouldn't fit b/c every pair i have ever owned (4 pairs total) did not fit they were too narrow.

 

Anyway you will learn to live with the setup or hate it, it is that simple

Header fit fine, I made a custom pipe with high flow cat with O2 sensors in factory place, eliminated the small resonator but kept the long one. 2hrs of driving no cel yet. Worse case could we do the resistor

Mod?

I am in for pics!!!!!

sorry crappy iphone 3g pics... :S

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/BGWAGON/Stock.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/BGWAGON/Header.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/BGWAGON/installed.jpg

 

So we deleted the pre-cat which is in the header and the cat further down with the small resonator after it. We used a high flow cat made in Ontario (very good quality) and mated a 2.5" pipe to the rest of the stock piping. After the Y pipe my car has a bolt on axle back. Oh yea we bent the power steering lines with a pry bar...carefully and extended the wires for both O2 sensors and kept them in relatively similar positions as stock.

 

Again I've been driving around and just loving it!! So Far no CEL but we'll see I'm going to take a 4 hour drive on friday and see how it holds up.

 

AND IT SOUNDS AMAZING

Didn't realize you were in the GTA Vam, whereabouts are you? Wouldn't mind hearing it sometime if you come out to some of the local meets.

Sauga, Brampton what about you?

 

I don't really get time to get out to meets to much, but I could always stop by for a coffee or something

I don't come out too often either because it's mainly turbod imprezas, and legacy guys are always too lazy to meet up.

I live in sauga as well, will have to figure out sometime to meet.

ok so, you needed to extend the o2 sensor wire, and did you choose to get a high flow cat or is it required b/c of fitment? I take it from reading the posts, it's not completely bolt-on, you do need other mods? I suppose the o2 sensor spacer will prevent the CEL?

for sure not bolt on. The header fits the block well, clears the engine mount. The hard part was coming up with something to replace the Pre-cat and the main cat. We used a high flow cat and I've been driving around for a bit and no light still. An O2 spacer would probably prevent any CEL's but So far I like it quite a bit, I'll try to get some audio up this weekend!

Again, which header is this?

And what is it that you like about it?

Nice nice and I like that you used a larger cat it may be the key too long life nonCEL operation. I also think the axle back mated to the stock y is key get audio up asap-ish :-)

what header is it?