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Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639064 05/19/03 07:36 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ I IonNinja OP Hard-core CEG'er
OP IonNinja Hard-core CEG'er I Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ	but to install the shorty headers do you just have to get a high flow cat and thats it or what? IonNinja 2005 Saturn ION-2 Sedan 1996 Ford Contour GL - Collecting dust...Zetec project anyone?

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639065 05/19/03 07:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 405 Tulsa OK B blury CEG\'er
blury CEG\'er B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 405 Tulsa OK	Now thats where it gets tricky. I dont think so. After you get the cat you will have to get flex pipe (youll need a flex pipe with the Race header also) and then take the car to a mufflet shop to have them build as system form the Flex back since there is no aftermarket exhaust sytem for the tour zetec( not a good any way) if your going N/A all the way you will want 2.25 flex and exhaust if you plan on upgrading to a turbo you will want 2.5 flex and exhaust. If you can weld your self you can bulid your own exhaust. If not take it to a shop. 95 Tour ATX Zetec EGR Block OFF Polished TB Polishe Vavle cover Energy suspension Greaseable sway bar bushings Front and rear Red interior lights 1/2 done Home made short ram intake Custom Grills Watch this space grow

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639066 05/20/03 05:00 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL L Loco4G63 CEG road warrior
Loco4G63 CEG road warrior L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL	Originally posted by blury: Now thats where it gets tricky. I dont think so. After you get the cat you will have to get flex pipe (youll need a flex pipe with the Race header also) and then take the car to a mufflet shop to have them build as system form the Flex back since there is no aftermarket exhaust sytem for the tour zetec( not a good any way) if your going N/A all the way you will want 2.25 flex and exhaust if you plan on upgrading to a turbo you will want 2.5 flex and exhaust. If you can weld your self you can bulid your own exhaust. If not take it to a shop. I hope you read up before posting this. Hector 2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII 257HP/259TQ 2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED 160HP/141TQ

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639067 05/20/03 06:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ I IonNinja OP Hard-core CEG'er
OP IonNinja Hard-core CEG'er I Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ	that doesn't seem to difficult... IonNinja 2005 Saturn ION-2 Sedan 1996 Ford Contour GL - Collecting dust...Zetec project anyone?

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639068 05/20/03 04:33 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL L Loco4G63 CEG road warrior
Loco4G63 CEG road warrior L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL	Originally posted by ZetecNinja: that doesn't seem to difficult... Look at my pics and then tell me it wasn't difficult! Hector 2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII 257HP/259TQ 2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED 160HP/141TQ

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639069 05/20/03 04:37 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3,345 Land of the Newfs B Bullet Hard-core CEG'er
Bullet Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3,345 Land of the Newfs	Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0: Originally posted by ZetecNinja: that doesn't seem to difficult... Look at my pics and then tell me it wasn't difficult! Where are these pics? 1996 MM Zetec, ATX 192000 kms...not dead, but I'm not fixing it White people love Wayne Brady because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639070 05/20/03 04:42 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL L Loco4G63 CEG road warrior
Loco4G63 CEG road warrior L Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 17,248 IL	Originally posted by Bullet: Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0: Originally posted by ZetecNinja: that doesn't seem to difficult... Look at my pics and then tell me it wasn't difficult! Where are these pics? Hector 2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII 257HP/259TQ 2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED 160HP/141TQ

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639071 05/20/03 06:55 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ I IonNinja OP Hard-core CEG'er
OP IonNinja Hard-core CEG'er I Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 8,143 AZ	okay one thing I did notice that doesn't even have to do with the headers but you have another small air filter...some dude gave me one when I first got my intake... what did u do with the tube that used to run from there and what about the hole in the intake?? I never put it on because to me it didn't make sense to have it free flowing then put the intake sensor inside the tube when there was no aire coming through that tube from the intake... IonNinja 2005 Saturn ION-2 Sedan 1996 Ford Contour GL - Collecting dust...Zetec project anyone?

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639072 05/20/03 09:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 405 Tulsa OK B blury CEG\'er
blury CEG\'er B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 405 Tulsa OK	Originally posted by LoCoZ2.0: Originally posted by blury: Now thats where it gets tricky. I dont think so. After you get the cat you will have to get flex pipe (youll need a flex pipe with the Race header also) and then take the car to a mufflet shop to have them build as system form the Flex back since there is no aftermarket exhaust sytem for the tour zetec( not a good any way) if your going N/A all the way you will want 2.25 flex and exhaust if you plan on upgrading to a turbo you will want 2.5 flex and exhaust. If you can weld your self you can bulid your own exhaust. If not take it to a shop. I hope you read up before posting this. Actually i did and just re read and noticed i left somthing pretty damn imprtant out. On my 95 the stock cat will not bolt up to the shorty header of the focus. I have a square flange and it has a trinagular flange. The reason why i never noticed this is because im going to buy a Race header for tour. Since that will delte the cat i never checked it. I was looking at pics of the shorty header i recently bought for my focus and noticed this. It doenst really matter as i said before the header will destroy the stock cat anyway. Anf if your reffering to the sizes yes i have. Through dyno tests that I cant rember where there at or i would show you. You lose a little HP with 2.5 on a N/A well you dont gain as much as if you had 2.25 Turbos are the same the way. 3 you will not gain as much as if you had 2.5. These motors like a little back pressure. I have researched this talked to many many pepole on and off line and this is the genreal consesus. Last edited by blury; 05/20/03 09:36 PM. 95 Tour ATX Zetec EGR Block OFF Polished TB Polishe Vavle cover Energy suspension Greaseable sway bar bushings Front and rear Red interior lights 1/2 done Home made short ram intake Custom Grills Watch this space grow

Re: Whatever happened to the headers?? #639073 05/20/03 09:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 405 Tulsa OK B blury CEG\'er
blury CEG\'er B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 405 Tulsa OK	Ohh and buy the way Loco nice engine. Have you dynoed it? 95 Tour ATX Zetec EGR Block OFF Polished TB Polishe Vavle cover Energy suspension Greaseable sway bar bushings Front and rear Red interior lights 1/2 done Home made short ram intake Custom Grills Watch this space grow

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