New pacesetters recieved, my thoughts
08-16-2005, 08:43 PM
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New pacesetters recieved, my thoughts Bought uncoated/painted through Byun. Welds look decent, F&F pretty darn good. Flange metal a little pitted (normal for mild steel). Stripped the paint off (whew! what a job) and repainted with red 1200* paint I got at Advance Auto. Took a lot of work, some paint stripper and a brush on the drill-boy that paint was on there good!
I would never do this again (strip paint)
but money is tight right now and the Head Bookkeeper must be satisfied.
Bottom line for me, pre-install, is that the quality is good, it is mild steel and not SS after all, but I would advise getting coated headers, even for those on a low budget . As we know, SS is the good, long term alternative. I did lay out/dry fit the ORY (also pacesetters) and the headers and everything looks good.
Will try to install this weekend, if time permits. Have no help and have to work 1/2 day Sat so we'll see how it goes.
Lets see if this 54 year old still knows his stuff. 
I would never do this again (strip paint)
but money is tight right now and the Head Bookkeeper must be satisfied.Bottom line for me, pre-install, is that the quality is good, it is mild steel and not SS after all, but I would advise getting coated headers, even for those on a low budget . As we know, SS is the good, long term alternative. I did lay out/dry fit the ORY (also pacesetters) and the headers and everything looks good.
Will try to install this weekend, if time permits. Have no help and have to work 1/2 day Sat so we'll see how it goes.
Lets see if this 54 year old still knows his stuff. 
08-16-2005, 11:04 PM
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I purchased some 98-02 race headers from Byun took about i say 5 days to get them. Pretty good. Byun is a great guy to deal with. I got Pacesetters coated LT's cant wait to put my z06 motor in my 98z.
08-17-2005, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by josh99ta
Red headers, I dont know about that. Good deal though, I love my Pacesetters.
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08-17-2005, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by keliente
The paint will flake off shortly enough. It doesn't matter what kind of paint you buy from advance auto/auto zone the only tried and true finish seems to be ceramic coating....
08-17-2005, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 777
08-17-2005, 05:14 PM
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Yeah, I know the paint ain't gonna last forever. It will last long enough to get some pics of the bay with those red headers, though. 