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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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do you think a j pipe from one brand of header will fit up against
the the manifold pipes from a different header brand?.

i have these megans.
the front flex was all f'd up and leaking.
i got a hatchet job done to cut out the flex pipe and got some shit pipe(non stainless) with clamping on it, put in there...with some crappy welding.
now this is leaking.

now instead of replacing the whole set of headers...i was thinking of just replacing
the j pipe.
much less work.
for instance...do you think the XS power j pipe will fit the Megan manifold pipes?.


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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by joseph_99tl
do you think a j pipe from one brand of header will fit up against
the the manifold pipes from a different header brand?.

i have these megans.
the front flex was all f'd up and leaking.
i got a hatchet job done to cut out the flex pipe and got some shit pipe(non stainless) with clamping on it, put in there...with some crappy welding.
now this is leaking.

now instead of replacing the whole set of headers...i was thinking of just replacing
the j pipe.
much less work.
for instance...do you think the XS power j pipe will fit the Megan manifold pipes?.


Most likely No.
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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do you think my stock j pipe will fit?.
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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No. You will either have to repair what you have or get a new set, and install it all
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Old Aug 17, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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Gotta agree with Kris.

People have a hard enough time getting the non-Comptech headers to fit with all the same mfgr parts, trying to mix and match is probably not gonna happen.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 10:58 PM
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Megan racing downpipe only cost me 110$ shipped.. go to a good muffler shop and reweld yours .. mine is not leaking since 1 years..
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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That or buy the XS header set for 150 and replace the whole thing...
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by joseph_99tl
do you think a j pipe from one brand of header will fit up against
the the manifold pipes from a different header brand?.

i have these megans.
the front flex was all f'd up and leaking.
i got a hatchet job done to cut out the flex pipe and got some shit pipe(non stainless) with clamping on it, put in there...with some crappy welding.
now this is leaking.

now instead of replacing the whole set of headers...i was thinking of just replacing
the j pipe.
much less work.
for instance...do you think the XS power j pipe will fit the Megan manifold pipes?.


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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by adamlee05
f u.
i don't want to take the manifold pipes off.
it was alot work to get them on.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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Cut your downpipe where the old flez was before and reweld a new one, shouldnt cost more than 50$.. i have this done since 1 year without problem !
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