iisylentii

so the only place that has the header buddy thing is the place you went to huh ?

01suncls

well look it up online... some gasket corp. bought the idea from him so it wouldn't get out on the market... but if you can't maybe he will sell me a couple laying around.. let me know..

iisylentii

some day i will take my car to a muffler shop to get the front flex pipe taked off and if i still have resonce i will let you know thanks

Phesto

so final estimate,does this work or should I just buy the DC's,My megans are wrapped including flex pipe,still have slight resonance when I really gun it------------pissing me off

blueglows

does anyone know any good muffler shops in the NYC area other than the retards at Midas or however u spell it? And i told them 100 times its not the CAT its the headers down pipe..its not illegal and he wouldnt listen...w/e

SatinSilverTypS

iTrader: (1)

yes, i wrapped the headers previously, including my flexpipe. you can see my post about it here . however, i found that if you wrap the flex pipe that eventually the wrap will work it's way loose since it *will* flex a little. or at least that's what i found.

you may be thinking of when people say not to wrap your headers because you can get water and dirt under the wrap and cause the headers to corrode. this is a reality but doesn't happen very often. plus it helps if you remove the wrap once a year and make sure everything is clean.

many people (including me) have wrapped their headers with no issues. properly made headers should be able to withstand much higher temperatures than our exhaust can actually produce. v8 headers on old stangs and such get much much hotter than ours and don't show any problems. i wouldn't worry about this.

SSTS

01suncls

I was just told by the who does my exhaust NOT to wrap the bottom pipe... only do the headers... he told me the bottom pipe gets the most heat and that heat wrap will cause them to get hot, crystalize, then eventually crack.. this is coming from a guy who has been doing exhaust on ALL cars for about 30 years... just relaying a message..

SatinSilverTypS

iTrader: (1)

i'm not saying he's wrong, it just didn't sound right. when you say it like that though (only wrap the headers) it makes more sense. i misunderstood you before thinking he said not to wrap anything at all.

SSTS

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01suncls

no, i wrapped mine at the bottom, and he wouldn't work on them until i took the wrap off the bottom! so i never went back and re-wrapped them after he worked on them..

iisylentii

by removing the front flex pipe will it give you the same hp gains as the comptech ?

01suncls

i don't see why it would hurt any gains.. but then again, i don't know if my megan's gave me the gains as comptech? i need to go get mine dyno'ed b/c i might break down and buy a better set of headers

iisylentii

yes i was thinking about getting a better set too but i was wondering if this really works ? and is it worth it ?

blueglows

um ok i just did it.. i put a streight pipe by the flex pipe and the resonance sound is still the but a little quieter and it almost fades away passed 3.5k rpm but it is still there and pretty loud!!! WTF!!!

blueglows

um ok i just did it.. i put a streight pipe by the flex pipe and the resonance sound is still the but a little quieter and it almost fades away passed 3.5k rpm but it is still there and pretty loud!!! WTF!!!

blueglows

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iisylentii

did u get the new gaskets ?

blueglows

no but they are only a cupple of months old and he did not take anything off he just sawed it off and weleded the streight pipe in... do you think there is anything loose?? he checked his work for leaks and told me to look at it too and there was no leaks by the streight pipe,,,???
and if i am reving while in neutral, it my mufflers pop when i rev it up to 3k rpm and let of quickly... i will get a video tonight but i will need some 1 to host it...

KahRupt-CL-S03

That pop is from backfire, and it is very strange how your outcome result was. I was just in a meet and people heard the way my car sounds, CLPlatano and others. I installed a ring gasket, (like the OEM one) not the cheap aluminum foil looking one, check your gaskets.

iisylentii

whats a good price i should expect to pay for just the flex pipe removed and the gaskets ? if i go to a muffler shop ? i dont know about going to midas i think they would charge alot since its a big company shop

s0ldiA

Hey I'm new to this forum and I have been reading about the notorious whistling noise. I have an 03 TL-S with some Edge Racing headers which are exactly like Megan headers. I was wondering if anyone has had issues with the downpipe rubbing on the lower radiator support under hard braking. It also does it when turning to the right while accelerating. i need to find a fix for thi or else I'm taking the damn things off. By the way, I live in the North Ga where nobody knows what a TL is.

iisylentii

wussup welcome to the forum. we all learned the hard way not to get cheap when it comes to headers. The best are the comptech. But for your question i think you might want to remove the 2nd flex pipe and weld the stock flex pipe in its place. that sounds like the same problem the 1st batch or megan headers had but im not sure since u have a diffrent brand ? u might want to search the forum

s0ldiA

Thanks for the reply. I will be checking on getting it all fixed. I actually bought these off Ebay and the person who sold them to me said they were Megan. When I finished the aution, he said he was out of the Megan headers so he sent me these. I only paid $120 for them so I really can't complain too much. The performance I got from these headers is well worth it to me, if you know what I mean.

iisylentii

yes i know what you mean. you saved 1000 bucks by not buying the comptech. i just got my flex pipe removed for only 25 bucks and my car sound alot better now pritty close to stock and thats what i want. but i still have a little hissing sound to it but not as bad as it was before. now im thinking about taking the oem flex pipe off and putting them on my megan headers but i dont know because im thinking about getting a exhoust witch will drown out the sound any ways

blueglows

how much does it cost to change just the gaskets? would i still be getting most of the hissing noise from a leak somewhere else... i never retightened my headers after installing them so could this be it???

01suncls

could be... i was told after it heated up and cooled back down make sure you retightened the bolts around the header...

KahRupt-CL-S03

Also try the round gaskets that look OEM, you can get them at the dealer or any local muffler shop and install between the downpipe and the cat.

iisylentii

now that u got this done im very happy with my megan headers and i saved alot of money. the headers only cost me 100 buck and 25 to remove the flex pipe. when they took my flex pipe off there was a big hole in it from going over a speed bump

blueglows

well i went to the muffler shop to check for leaks and they said that it was fine... no leaks... so i dont know wtf it could be... the sound is not that loud but still there and niticible by me and other drivers probablly... so now I am pissed because some how shit never works out for me so this goes to those of you who got it done and it worked

01suncls

haha.. my freaking noise came back so don't be too upset.. i think its the header gaskets not getting a good seal though.. i need to take them off and get the oem ones back on or something...

cls57

why does the fix take away resonance only on some peoples cars. did mines paid $40 i also went a head and changed all of the gaskets exhaust said there were no leaks but the resonance barely went away.

01suncls

i have slight resonance... but it doesn't sound like a bunch of crickets now! i had the flex pipe removed and used oem gaskets instead of using the ones that came with the headers.. i'm happy with the headers so far...

iisylentii

Ok guys now i have another problem. This started happening about 2 monthes ago. When i start my car to let it warm up i hear this rattling noise but goes away after i start driving and now the hissing is back. dose any one els have this problem ?

KahRupt-CL-S03

Rattling must be coming from the cat cover, take it to a muffler shop so that they can tighten, hissing is back, change your gaskets, you might of burned the cheap gaskets those headers came with.

racersky

When I installed my megan headers I used all of the OEM Gaskets that was on the car from my factory headers. Never had a problem at all. I also did the the Removal of that extra flex pipe too. nice and quiet for me hehe

BigLizard

My megans stopped making the loud banging noise a few days ago. It's actually quiet when I start the car. I miss the noise LOL!

iisylentii

Sorry for bumping this old thread but. I got sound fixed again. I guess the welds from when i had my resonator put back on came loose or cracked so that was problem. Not the headers. so this fix really works thanks Kahrupt.

KahRupt-CL-S03

Excellent, yea mine have been on for a year and a half and they are still going strong, love my gains and that G35ish sound at 3k rpm's