98AcuraCLpimp

how long did the total istall take you? minus the muffler shop excusion?

dustbuster4

Barring any problems, I would say that it takes 3 hours tops (with a helper).

98AcuraCLpimp

how did you know what type of gasket to ask for?

dustbuster4

Gaskets came with the OBX headers.

You can also use OEM gaskets as well (we did this on dajuice27's install--I had an extra set, and his headers didn't come with gaskets).

ghost_masterCL

wow, so just a simple move of the rear downpipe to the drivers side of the car and it fit perfectly? That's really nice to know. I jsut spent all my money on getting my CL, so I think I'll be waiting a while before I actually do anything to it. It's funny because my car is better than any of the other cars in my family. Well, I just paid off $1000 of the money I owe my mom who helped me buy this yesterday. As soon as I get my previous car sold, I'll pay off another grand, and then there will only be $800 to go. THEN I can start buying shit for it, IF the insurance isn't off the charts.

liloj

haha..brought back from the dead

ding069

It's funny, i was thinking about these the other day Maybe i might invest into a set....

ding069

BTW, on ebay right now i can get the obx's for $300 at my door. Any problems with extended use of them? If all they need is a small 1" bend, they will be on my car soon!

dustbuster4

I've had them on since Oct. 7, 2002 and there's been no problems.

CL-

i wish i had a yeard to do these stuff.

good luck.

97Acura3.0CL

talk about a thread from the dead

DrDre1443

word!

ib_jimmy

its a good thread tho.

DrDre1443

yeah, i just printed off the whole post with pics and im taking it to midas saturday morning and showing it to them. and if they pussy out, i don't know.....

ib_jimmy

if midas wont do it just take it to any muffler shop....they should be able to bend that downpipe.

ghost_masterCL

I'm still a bit confused on how the downpipe should be bent. the picture he supplied doesn't totally make sense. Here's my question with pic:


nos is it supposed to be bent at circle 1, 2, or 3? That can make a big difference. if it's in two then where in 2 should it be bent? if it's in 3 then are we just twisting the pipe to move the upward part of that downpip over? Is that what causes the twist in the exhaust system? If it's at 1 then we are just pushing that rear section of the downpipe closer to the pipe that connects to the cat right?

Anybody have an answer for me?

ghost_masterCL

oh yeah, and I have a strange question for you all. Would it mbe more efficient or less efficent to have seperate exuast pipes for each of the sets of 3 cylinders of the V6? meaning the front 3, woud have it's owndownpipe to it's own cat, and then from there it would have it's own muffler on the drivers side of the car, and the rear 3 would have it's own downpipe to a sepaerate cat, and it's own muffler on the passenger side of hte car? Would that make any gains? And I don't just mean in our cars, I mean in any V6+ car.

I'm sure something like that would be used only in racing applications so lets just say without the cats, just straight from teh cylinders to back with their own piping and mufflers.

wilp99

im pretty sure he meant to bend it at #1

ju5tchi11in

at circle 2 bent it an inch towards the flex pipe... pretty easy to understand. right when the tube stops curving... u use that as the axis point of the bend.

ghost_masterCL

so right between 1 and 2 then? or about an inch into 2 from 1?and is it exactly an inch or is itabout an inch and I'll have to measure it myself to find out?

ju5tchi11in

dude look at the pipe that you have... if you set it on the ground like in the picture the pipe is verticle and bends in an L shape and becomes horizontal... where the pipe becomes horizontal somewhere in circle 2 you make the bend using that point as the axis for the bend...

you bend at that point the pipe one inch inward towards the flex pipe.