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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Default headers done finally but...
my steering knuckles hits very slightly...anyone know what to do its annoying lol.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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grind the steering knuckle a little...
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what headers do you have?
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if its thoes thin aluminum "ear" looking things, just cut them off.
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Maybe you have a ripped or saggy motor mount? Depends on headers brand everyones bends are differant. Just something to look at.
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i just made a little dented in my header to make clearance shouldnt affect the flow.
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ok thanks...a few more questions...i have a rattle thats really anoying could the driveshaft brace be hitting? that and now my starter is real slow...is it dead? god this car is killing me. oh! and somehow i have like 3 inches of ground clearance.... is that bad?
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Mine seems to be hitting my torque arm that runs from the tranny to the rear end.

I discovered my starter had a nasty crack while installing my headers... not that it matters...

My Headers tucked up rather nice, but my cutout hangs a little lower than I'd like, but overall it turned out nice....

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yea ive been driving it around and it is nice...u do notice the drop in low end tho. ill hopefully fix the few problems this weekend
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COMPUTER tune will fix low end, I had the problem with the stearing hitting the header I smacked a dent in the header.
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whatd you use for a computer tune....besides trhe computer lol
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