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Dazzla
10-16-2010, 08:14 PM
Hey guys, I'm still running my KA and since I'm pretty low the lowest part of my car is the bottom of that header/heat shield/downpipe thingy.

It's pretty much the object that continuously comes into the contact with bumps and stuff umm so what can I do to fix it? It's not a shield or anything so it doesn't seem removable. I think its damaging my headers/heat shield from the continuos contact.

Should I buy new headers? Whats my option? Its a pita cause I think its vibrating when I let off the throttle and sounds like somethings broken.

CleanAndLegit
10-16-2010, 08:39 PM
the shield thing on the down pipe is removable

mrphams
10-17-2010, 01:02 AM
Same sort of thing happened with my S15 (SR20DET), so I had a custom dump/front pipe made and now it sits above the chassis. No more scrapping for me.

Either ask around for what people use or you'll have to go the custom route.

Here's a product I was considering, but it's SR not KA:
Moonface - Exhaust Chamber Pro - Nengun Performance (http://www.nengun.com/moonface/exhaust-chamber-pro)

Bushido
10-17-2010, 05:25 PM
think your stock header hangs really low?

look at my S&S longtube header. it scrapes road reflectors on the reg... and im not even thaaat low.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/domeniccucunato/my%20240sx/CIMG2153sm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/domeniccucunato/my%20240sx/CIMG2448sm.jpg

i hate it.

mrphams
10-17-2010, 05:53 PM
Here is what mine was looking:
http://stereosonics.com.au/mestuff/thumbs/imgp3564.jpg (http://stereosonics.com.au/mestuff/?v=imgp3564.jpg) http://stereosonics.com.au/mestuff/thumbs/imag0066.jpg (http://stereosonics.com.au/mestuff/?v=imag0066.jpg)

Dazzla
10-17-2010, 07:59 PM
Ok so I'm reffering to the first big bottle neck thing at the front of the exhuast in the pic attached. I've already removed the heat shields that are on the piece between the cat and that bottle neck thingy (is that the downpipe).

The cause of my problems is that big fat peice lol and it doesn't look like it has any removable heat shields...

Dazzla
10-19-2010, 12:48 PM
Here's better pictures. This is the POS itself lol anyone delt with this before?

This is a KA on a s14 btw

daftphunk
10-19-2010, 01:23 PM
I'm not dealing with that unfortunately.. but I am dealing with my mid pipe scraping every bump/dip in the road and I'm ~1inch from stock until I get new wheels. Would love to fix this as well, I was thinking of going PBM downpipe

BoostSlideWayz
10-19-2010, 01:24 PM
nice wheels

808drft
10-19-2010, 02:34 PM
[QUOTE=Bushido;3688511]think your stock header hangs really low?

look at my S&S longtube header.QUOTE]


haha yea i have the same one. mine is about 1" 1/2 off the ground. its flat and has stress cracks in it.

fckillerbee
10-19-2010, 02:47 PM
Here's better pictures. This is the POS itself lol anyone delt with this before?

This is a KA on a s14 btw

i have the same problem...it's called custom route. although i'm also worried about the sway bar...lol.