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Old 07-24-2008, 02:16 PM   #15
angman
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Just FYI I had installed one of those cheap chinese headers yesterday (ones sold on ebay) that I picked up from 986speedster (thanks!). My shop didn't tighten the screws that cover the O2 sensors properly (my 97 doesn't need them) so they fell off after a few blocks of driving. My friend that was with me thought the rusty van beside me was trying to race me. I knew that it was the bolts that fell off which left two small holes in the headers. My car sounded worse than an old Corolla with a hole in its exhaust. It was so embarassing to drive a Porsche around that sounds worse than a horribly modified cheap asian rice rocket. I will gladly go back to my old integra with a straight pipe any day.

Oh and the cheap chinese headers (once installed properly) sound great. It comliements my Dansk exhaust and seems to have gotten rid of some of the resonance that I had in the lower RPMS. The quality of the stainless is very good quality. if you try hard enough you can even see them behind the rear wheels. I feel that I lost a bit of low end torque though.
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97 Arctic Silver/Boxster Red

Carbon Everything
De-ambered
De-snorkled
Litronics
Eibach Pro Kit
Dansk Sport exhaust
Cheap Chinese headers
Silver console and bumperettes
AVIC D3
15mm H&R spacers in the rear
SSR GT3 19's
GT3 Carbon Replicas
Alcantera door panels
JL Aduio 5 channel powering Polks and Clif Designs

To do/complete:
Elemental Designs 10" subs in fiberglass enclosures behind seats
Carbon 3 spoke install with custom stereo control buttons (tiptronic wheel)
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