So as a few of you guy that helped me know, I got new headers. Here are some pics of the product and what it looks like installed, very pleased with the performance and under-hood look of these





And finally here is a pic of the quality of the header, impressive for 300 if you ask me, notice smoothed out flanges and interior and also take note of the welds

 

Sweet azz man!! Where did u pick up the headers?? If u dnt mind me askin

 

Got em off ebay through a seller named dailod I believe, its all authentic came with papers and everything. Plust obx is stamped into my rear header. Beware of gaskets though I had a problem with one of them, but the seller seems to be helpful with it. They carry a lifetime warranty from defect.

 

Did you get'em snugged up good now ? weld's look good.

 

Sweet man! Thanks for the info. Never really look on Ebay for car parts for fear something mite be wrong with them

 

Nah i love Ebay, I always trust it. Just make sure seller is reputable

yeah rich finally got gaskets today, re-tightened the right way and so far so good no leaks....man what a relief to have a car again

 

Cool beans. I shall try this Ebay now. Again thanks for info man

 

Self-installed or installed by mechanic? And if a mechanic installed, how many hours and what was the cost?

 

Had these on my TL, loved em.

 

Self installed, cost I am pretty sure would be a around 150 to 200 by a mechanic since they have the right tools. It took me about 4 days to get it all said an done but I was extremely sick and I had to cut parts of my old header off to et it off due to some bolts stripped

Overall Im very pleased with these, at idle car sounds completely stock. When you open it up it almost has this low grumble, i love it.

 

These fit fine on your cl? your not 6 speed are you? I want some for that price, but with minor fitment issues

 

He has an '01, it's in his sig.

 

Fitment problem I believe was mainly an error on my part, I tightened everything ass backwards which caused a leak I believe. I got my new gaskets yesterday and tightened it up in sequence and I haven't had a single problem since...except being out of gas from driving it around all day and not getting paid till later

 

Damn, I really want some for my 6 spd

 

is there possibility to make them fit 6 speed ? i can weld.

 

you can make them work...there was a thread a while ago where someone put the bend (required for 6speeds) into a header made for the auto.

FYI: The rear header has a kink in the pipe right where it bolts to the engine (drivers side?) to make it around the rear engine mount.

 

I believe that was jproy, and I think he grinded some of the rear mount bracket to make it fit. Thats always an option.

 

you had these on for a couple of weeks now.Now what do you think about them.
I'm thinking about getting a set tonight or start buying pieces for the 09 mani setup.Headers can go on now,mani would have to wait since I would not have all the funds for all parts.
So let me know how you feel about them as soon as you see this.

 

headers are the shyt... nothing will prepare you for the difference

 

I'm wanting both NOW.but can only afford the headers right now.
I have a set of lower runners,the spacer like rajca,and with the 09 manifold,I'm sure would give me more hp ported and polished.I would only have enough for the manifold and the TB adapter.Althou I would have all pieces needed to get everything started I don't have the funds to complete right now.
The headers can go on and make power right away.
I just want this and that and everything now.
feel like my brain is running in circles
I have a window open to buy the headers and one open for the manifold...

 

im going to install auto header in my 6 speed but im considering which one to choose...
DC or OBX... OBX is cheaper

 

What are you going to do to make them fit? If it is simple enough I might consider trying it..

 

^ https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-2001-2003-50/acura-tl-cl-comptech-auto-trans-headers-6mt-734182/

 

use oem gaskets, those gaskets suck.
and congrats the the pick up

 

yes for my header install I re-used the header gaskets and it worked perfectly.... buying new ones is a waste and can still cause a leak if u can believe it... the old one seat better to the block.

I also did everything by hand without a tq wrench and still ZERO problems.. car is clean sounding a deep when i throttle it.

Since I wrapped the shit outta my headers and they're CT there's no hissing or anything noise since muffles the sound out. also the header wrap prevents rattles. if the fitment isn't exact under where the oil pan is. it may just touch and header wrap would ensure you don't have a nice phat rattle.

 

i wannt to buy these headers, but i heard that the welding suck from that brand, i hope it works out for you

 

i got comptech headers which u dun have to worry about anything...

wait for a used set to come around and pounce on it.

 

I got 350 now to blow. Still deciding witch way to go.

 

just save it a build that up so when comptechs come around they are yours... thats what i would do

 

369$ + shipping i think they are much better than obx

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DC-SP...#ht_2112wt_939

 

I just bought some obx SS headers.
I got them for 264 shipped, not too bad.
I'll update also the performance gains/quality when I get them.

 

Sorry for the late response, just realized that this thread was brought back to life. Well its been about a month now and I love them, the car really pulls from a roll now and you can tell the power is there. Im not sure if I have a leak or not but I can lightly hear the pulse of the engine with the windows down when I floor it, it may be just because of the thinner walls. I personally think they were worth it completely, the only regret I have is that they do not use stock compression gaskets but rather full flange gaskets only purchasable from obx.

Watch yourself when you install these richardparker, its going to be a pain to get the old stuff off trust me. I ended up having to take the whole thing off in pieces as-in go under the car with a saw zaw and hack away. Despite being heated with no effect and then doused in wd-40 some bolts still stripped, and a-pipe to cat bolts? forget it. I ended up taking my entire exhaust off so that i could re-drill the holes because I had to cut the bolts off.

Also they do not include an a-pipe to cat gasket, I made one from copper gasket maker but that could also be where my leak is from. There is a guy on ebay that sells the full gasket set that also includes that one but its like 25$

 

if you got like 60K mile on her you SHOULD be able to crack everything by hand. (maybe my car was taken well care of for the mileage but I doubt it.).. I was able to do everything in 1hr and 45 mins. Started by cracking off the J pipe, then the stock header/manifolds... Push hard on the socket when you crank off the bolts to make 100% sure you don't get lucky and strip one... I almost did on the rear header.

FYI i'm like 5'7 and 155lbs so when installing the CT headers i did all the bolt work for the headers on the top of the motor... EAZY as pie... 3-4 mins for the front, and like 5-7 for the rear

Just thread the whole nut on the bolts and do not tighten anything!!!!, or else the J pipe will be a bitch to line everything up. Then I did the J pipe.. and once all the bolts and gaskets were lined up. THEN i cranked everything together starting with the front header, then the rear header (did it from to the top of the engine bay, laying on my motor LOL) then went under the car and reefed the J-pipe to the manifolds and the cat, and it's been mint ever since.

I used lock washers on the J-pipe to manifold connections to make sure I don't have an issue down the road.

But all in all I thought it would have been harder.

Oh and B4 I began... I cracked on bolt off each header and manifold and the CAT, to MAKE SURE i could do everything by hand. A lil scouting can save you major headaches.

So I made sure everything was gonna go smoothly b4 diving into it. Last thing you wanna have is create a problem while trying to make ur car better. That when you wanna kick urself in the head.

 

My car is a NC car and probally see's snow 2 times a year if that.
So I'm hoping it wont be to hard .
The only thing I hate about doing exhaust work is I always end up losing some skin.

 

The OBX headers are great until they crack and begin to resonate constantly, you get what you pay for.
I had two sets of these and both gave me nothing but problems, over time you will end up with an issue.

 

Yea I smashed my finger right as I was jacking up the car... did it with my left hand (why I dunno, I'm right handed) in a hurry and the bar slipped out and I didn't notice cause this happened as I was puching down and crushed my pinky between the interlock stone and bar.

Finally looks normal now... took 2 months! so my whole header install I did while icing my pinky whenever I could.

The things we do for HP... love it

 

Haha you're not the only it still looks like I went emotional and slit my wrists, i can't remember how i did it but my hand slipped and I gashed it all the way down right by my veins.

It took me as long as it did because the day I started the install I became deathly ill, and when I get sick im completely outta commision so everything went real slow since I could hardly concentrate on what I was doing.