Cheap Headers, Expensive Install

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by TimAustinW

So then the $2200 price is WAY pricey right? I'm still trying to figure out why so much.

My advise would be to look elsewhere.

[blinkwatt]

http://boxcar-racing.com/forum/index.php?topic=643.0

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

http://boxcar-racing.com/forum/index.php?topic=643.0

That guy has NO catalytic converters. Of course he's going to get a check engine light. I posted a little while back a solution to trick the ECU into thinking it's seeing a clean signal by some wiring work. Dangling the rear O2 sensors will probably work too but Tim still has the main set of cats from what I can tell. He may as well keep things emissions legal.

[yellowboxster01]

My exhaust job is in the works right now. I found a local muffler shop that has mandrel bent tubing. He's fabbing me up some secondary cat deletes with the elbows to connect to my Stebro. I ordered some high flow cats to fit and am trying to get the proper o2 sensor bungs. Then I'm going to weld the bungs in the secondary cats and extend the wires to the rear cats. Those same ebay headers you purchased I'm going to also.

[steve00s]

At the independent euro garage that I use, labor to install the headers was $200. I bought the Maxspeed headers that had two bungs per header so they just had to place the O2 sensors in approximately the same location. I get a CEL every other month or so but it takes 30 seconds to clear with an OBDII reader. I bought a couple of sensor extenders that will move the rear sensor out about 3/4 of an inch. I've seen similiar extenders prefabbed on some 996 headers. Thought I'd give it a try as they are only about $10.