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Apr 20, 2007 | 12:11 AM

TowJam

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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.)

thanks!

Apr 20, 2007 | 12:13 AM

dgriffith

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RE: Headers splitting open?

Rear from my experience.

Apr 20, 2007 | 12:26 AM

Johnny Law

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RE: Headers splitting open?

Ive welded the point where thecrossover pipe joins the front header twice on my 01 RKC. And it vibrates a bunch at idle.
JL

Apr 20, 2007 | 12:49 AM

74_ironhead

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RE: Headers splitting open?

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

Apr 20, 2007 | 12:52 AM

TowJam

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RE: Headers splitting open?

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?

Apr 20, 2007 | 12:52 AM

Kern

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RE: Headers splitting open?

So, would that be considered a minor leak? [8D]

[8D]

Apr 20, 2007 | 01:11 AM

Bryan TTM

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RE: Headers splitting open?

yea...get rid of the stock $hit

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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?