lt1 swap 240sx?
12-28-2010, 04:35 PM
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You aren't the only one. I made mine from scratch from a box of header parts. You may want to look up Stans headers and just buy a pair of 3" collectors. You can just cut the tubes and reposition the new collector and make it work. Looks like you have room. The Flowmaster merge is a good choice.
12-28-2010, 09:01 PM
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You aren't the only one. I made mine from scratch from a box of header parts. You may want to look up Stans headers and just buy a pair of 3" collectors. You can just cut the tubes and reposition the new collector and make it work. Looks like you have room. The Flowmaster merge is a good choice.
12-29-2010, 09:43 AM
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Extending the collector 20" will give you the power of any long tube and alot easier at this point. You're almost done.
12-29-2010, 11:29 AM
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looks like im going to cut the collector off and weld it back on at another angle. then use a 2 1/2 inch down tube to get around the steering shaft. then ill use my 2 vband flanges to terminate it. the impala headers are supposed to be long tubes, the runners are already about a foot and a half long. plus in order to extend the runners id have to order more tubing and it would not clear the steering as well ether. im on a thin line between trying to use parts i already have, because im becoming broke. and making it look as clean as possible with maximum clearance.
12-29-2010, 08:36 PM
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worked on it all day today. got all the bs wires out of the chasis harness that i dont need anymorebut for some reason with the key on the tack goes to 2 grand and the winshield wipers keep going on and off. im thinking it may be a grounding issue, like maby a ground that used to go to the old 4 cylender through the old engine harness is gone or something, i wound up having to hack my starter to get it to fit over the rack and pinion, so it looks like im gona have to drop a fiew bills on a mean green tiny starter. but my hacked one should work in the mean time., looks like i also still have to figure out what the hell the wires on the alternator plug do and if i need them. and if i do what to conect them to.......
12-30-2010, 08:59 AM
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12-31-2010, 06:20 PM
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01-03-2011, 02:29 PM
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had another pretty good Sunday, here's the updates.
i found the master cylinder i need. its on my truck...
started hacking on the hooker headers and found out how bad they are designed. they probably flow about as good as a briggs and stratton mufler before we went in there and cleaned them out of there flaws. take a look at what we found.
flange sticking a half inch into the colector
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5040658_n.jpg
"bird poop welds"
a large portion of tubeing protruding almost all the way through the colector blocking off 2 of the runners almost compleetly
luckly, we had to modify these anyhow. but i feel sorry for the guy who orders these for an ss impala. and wastes $400 on some junk.
heres with the changes made:
the new passenger side.
and part of the driver side. this took alot of work to make fit around the stereing shaft.
that will change in the future. ill probably buy a colector and redo this. but there is no buget left for a while so were having to make do with the parts we have for now.
the end result however less than ideal provides quality, and proper clearance from moving parts and heat sensitive parts.
now i just have to make the y pipe using my flowmaster merge colector.
alot of changes were made to the driver side header to make room for a master cylinder as well. here you can see one of the runners was bent forward to clear it.
i found the master cylinder i need. its on my truck...
started hacking on the hooker headers and found out how bad they are designed. they probably flow about as good as a briggs and stratton mufler before we went in there and cleaned them out of there flaws. take a look at what we found.
flange sticking a half inch into the colector
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._5040658_n.jpg
"bird poop welds"
a large portion of tubeing protruding almost all the way through the colector blocking off 2 of the runners almost compleetly
luckly, we had to modify these anyhow. but i feel sorry for the guy who orders these for an ss impala. and wastes $400 on some junk.
heres with the changes made:
the new passenger side.
and part of the driver side. this took alot of work to make fit around the stereing shaft.
that will change in the future. ill probably buy a colector and redo this. but there is no buget left for a while so were having to make do with the parts we have for now.
the end result however less than ideal provides quality, and proper clearance from moving parts and heat sensitive parts.
now i just have to make the y pipe using my flowmaster merge colector.
alot of changes were made to the driver side header to make room for a master cylinder as well. here you can see one of the runners was bent forward to clear it.
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that was from a while ago ^, the fun stuff is over. iv just been doing alott of lame wireing. and frustrating things. the good news is the wireing is done.... i think. it started but runs like *** on old gass, no o2 sensors, no knock sensor, no IAT, and a tune for a stock cam and 22lb injectors that have not worked in 8 years. but it ran enough for me to know it might work lol...... i also have to try and figure out how to get these damn dakota digital boxes to freakin work right along with get the things installed that i mentioned are missing from the engine and get my radiator hoses hooked up...... after that im waiting on a drive shaft!!
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