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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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Default Headers splitting open?

Quick sanity check... Give the vibration of the TC88/96 engine, how common is it to have headers crack at the bolt on point? Which cylinder is more likely to have this happen?

(Yeah, I've actually got some money riding on this.)

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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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Rear from my experience.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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Ive welded the point where thecrossover pipe joins the front header twice on my 01 RKC. And it vibrates a bunch at idle.
JL
 
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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Default RE: Headers splitting open?

Here, photographic evidence [8D]thats what mine looked like when I went over to TD's

 
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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Is there any preventative maintenance you can do for this? Or is this something that I can expect to have to fix sometime down the road?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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So, would that be considered a minor leak? [8D][8D]
 
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 01:11 AM
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yea...get rid of the stock $hit


ORIGINAL: TowJam

Is there any preventative maintenance you can do for this? Or is this something that I can expect to have to fix sometime down the road?
 
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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ORIGINAL: Bryan TTM

yea...get rid of the stock $hit


ORIGINAL: TowJam

Is there any preventative maintenance you can do for this? Or is this something that I can expect to have to fix sometime down the road?
[/align][/align]that'd be the best way. [8D][/align]
 
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