Greddy Header install

[Free Beef254]

Hey, i wanna get the 1 piece greddy stainless steel 4-2-1 header but dont wanna pay for installation. Just wondering what everyone who's installed their own header would rate the difficulty level at. I've done a few small jobs on my integra and am decent with a wrench but im no mechanic.

 

[EvoEnvy]

well first off which header do you have exactly? a 1-piece header is a collecting 4-into-1 and a 4-2-1 is a 2-piece which you can unbolt and is same style as a stock header. If you have a 2 piece its a little bit easier to install and a 1 piece is a little harder to manuever when installing. Have some long socket tools handy because the stock bolts on the header will take some manpower to take off, hope this helps GL

 

[Bizkit64]

I've heard crappy things about the GReddy header. But I mean a piece of metal is a piece of metal if you ask me... Since I wanted one to go with my GReddy Evo II... Yet I had 3+ people talk me out of it.

 

[JDMxDB8]

I've heard crappy things about the GReddy header. But I mean a piece of metal is a piece of metal if you ask me... Since I wanted one to go with my GReddy Evo II... Yet I had 3+ people talk me out of it.

Would you say that the DC Sports SS header is better than the GReddy?

 

[dc2GS-R]

I wouldn't personally^

BTW, header is easy to install. It's fairly straight forward

 

[JDMxDB8]

I wanna swap out my DC Sports ceramic for a SS one, but I need it to pass emissions. C.A.R.B. FTL.

 

[dc2GS-R]

DC Sport headers are CARB exempt. Excpet the race header obviously

 

[JDMxDB8]

DC Sport headers are CARB exempt. Excpet the race header obviously

So are GReddy and Comptech headers. I wish the Hytech one was C.A.R.B. legal. Lol!

 

[EvoEnvy]

stainless steel cracks!

 

[Free Beef254]

cool, so will i need a torque wrench to install new headers? they got be torqued to a certain spec right?

 

[JimmyRos.]

stainless steel cracks!

you mean ceramic? kinda have to back up your reasoning. seems like you're trying to rack up 50 posts.

 

[Bizkit64]

Would you say that the DC Sports SS header is better than the GReddy?

I mean now a days all i hear is "that header sucks that header sucks blah blah blah..." personally I would take anything compared to my stock exhaust manifold... I mean I guess it depends on the material and how the welding turns out if you ask me...

 

[heykosal]

a 1-piece header is a collecting 4-into-1 and a 4-2-1 is a 2-piece which you can unbolt and is same style as a stock header.

Not all 4-2-1 are two pieces.

stainless steel cracks!

I think you mean ceramic.

But yeah, usually two piece is easier to install(two pieces) and one piece is a little more difficult. Just hope everything lines up, bolts dont give you shit and you should be okay doing it in your driveway. Of course id recommend jack stands.

 

[JDMxDB8]

I mean now a days all i hear is "that header sucks that header sucks blah blah blah..." personally I would take anything compared to my stock exhaust manifold... I mean I guess it depends on the material and how the welding turns out if you ask me...

I agree with you that some headers are better than stock. But a lot of people say that SS is better than ceramic and I agree.

 

[Ominous G2]

thats because Stainless > Ceramic.

Most of those bolts will be close to impossible to get to with a torque wrench.