If you have a few Dremel cut-off disc's and some patience a Dremel will work.
How about an open ended wrench or a speed wrench?
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If you have a few Dremel cut-off disc's and some patience a Dremel will work.
a regular home depot torch...lolCan you run a torch? Get the 10mm screw head out all the way and slice it off!
Ok so I got more header wrap and completed 1 header... This **** was a pita but atleast I know how to tackle the next one. This one came out like **** but I'm not redoing it...
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Perseverance young man Perseverance----and more beer-----LOL
Jay
it really is a ridiculous pain in the ass and time consuming. swaintech was my top choice but after reading their site and their inability to offer a warranty due to the fact that since metal expands when its hot and their coating may not expand as much and therefore crack, I just decided against it... thinking back I figure that my headers would probably never get that hot as Im not racing all day and I probably would be safe... all in all id say this (when complete) would have taken me a combined 5-6 hours of labor and its freaking messy. That's almost $700 in overtime that I could've made and just paid for the damn coating and transport..lolYour header wrap looks good. I hate wrapping headers. I just send my headers to swain tech coatings now.
an hr each side????? da fuq??? next time just come over for pizza and beer and Ill put you to work! lolI've had my Evo X hot side swaintech coated for 6 years and it's holding up just fine.
There is no way your headers are going to expand and contract more than a turbo manifold.
That said, I just wrapped my headers. Only took me an hour each side though...
Yeah I don't know what you're talking about 4-5 hours...You're wrapping headers, it's not some elaborate art project...an hr each side????? da fuq??? next time just come over for pizza and beer and Ill put you to work! lol
lol that’s the way I look at things hmmm I’ll just work over a few hours and pay someone else to do it- did that on my last LT install and I have to say I didn’t miss installing them at bit lolit really is a ridiculous pain in the ass and time consuming. swaintech was my top choice but after reading their site and their inability to offer a warranty due to the fact that since metal expands when its hot and their coating may not expand as much and therefore crack, I just decided against it... thinking back I figure that my headers would probably never get that hot as Im not racing all day and I probably would be safe... all in all id say this (when complete) would have taken me a combined 5-6 hours of labor and its freaking messy. That's almost $700 in overtime that I could've made and just paid for the damn coating and transport..lol
It is for me! I couldn't get the damn measurement going once I got to the actual headers so I wasted a ton of time cutting, wrapping, uninstalling, re wrapping... btw, im counting the time it took to strip them with acetone, coat them with silicone and for it to dry... but still, that was only about 2hrs maxYeah I don't know what you're talking about 4-5 hours...You're wrapping headers, it's not some elaborate art project...
my brother thinks like that... it makes sense but I can never bring myself to doing it... had to change the oil sending unit on my wife's 3.6 avenger... mechanic quoted me $450... took me 7 hours! ***** could've made over $300 over cost in that time!lol that’s the way I look at things hmmm I’ll just work over a few hours and pay someone else to do it- did that on my last LT install and I have to say I didn’t miss installing them at bit lol
Yep now I watch tube before I do anything and the older I get the more I’m like yea **** that I’m not doin that haaaaamy brother thinks like that... it makes sense but I can never bring myself to doing it... had to change the oil sending unit on my wife's 3.6 avenger... mechanic quoted me $450... took me 7 hours! ***** could've made over $300 over cost in that time!
Bro... you have no idea how much im dreading this header install... however, if I don't do it im going to be sick thinking about how I should've done it... its a freaking mental illness... and thanks!Yep now I watch tube before I do anything and the older I get the more I’m like yea **** that I’m not doin that haaaaa
Oh I can TOTALLY imagine haaa!!!! I’ve been way too deep into stuff before and I was like **** why do I start this lolBro... you have no idea how much im dreading this header install... however, if I don't do it im going to be sick thinking about how I should've done it... its a freaking mental illness... and thanks!