VG33ERGazelle?needs....dose headers.
needsssss demmmmmm
OK Kids gather round.
Grandpa is gonna tell ya a story...
Long long ago, in a galaxy far far away, there began a struggle to liberate the oppressed gases from planet VG-30E. These gases were under the restrictive overlord OEM...
Anyway. Here are the final shots of the Experimental Engineering exhaust header install. Nose to tailpipe complete. Hoo hoo hee hee ha ha haaaaaa.
This is the aft-most section with the tack welds in, now I just need to connect the dots. And yes, remove the useless part of that hanger.
This was the last weld performed. Man I am happy I do not have to make any more trips back under to check the fit.
Here is the finished product ready to go in, don't know how long the paint will last, but I have the first (baby) pictures that I can look back on in a few years.
OK here is the underside. I will be removing the rusty rear cradle to replace it with the complete rear end from the front SE, that one I refurbished a couple of years ago and it has the uber rare MMR bushing kit all around. The cradle I remove will get a proper refurbishing as well as a slot-job.
Here is the basic side view. The primer spots around the window are where I had to grind out some rust and weld shut. Basically this car has no rust, now.
This shot is a little lower, frame level, not much sticking down, eh? No bumping or thumping either.
Same Level looking forward, just the small portion at the Y collector sticks down really. I have the skid plates that will protect that area.
I am keeping my fingers crossed, so the planets will all align this weekend for a first start-up. I will have a fresh charge on the camera, fer shur.
Peace, Wolf
looks awesome...
please have video, with sound. please
JordanMan, you lucky SOB. How did you get a gig making porn equipment? Talk about a sweet gig.
demonic s12looks awesome...
please have video, with sound. please
system came out great and very well tucked up. a lot better than mine lol. and it'll sound tits. we all wish just a lil that it was a dual system with x-pipe though lol
Awesome work.
nice! i need to make one for my se, did you follow the stock routing?
IggyEGuanasystem came out great and very well tucked up. a lot better than mine lol. and it'll sound tits. we all wish just a lil that it was a dual system with x-pipe though lolI second this mans comments.
bluke1did you follow the stock routing?
Mr.510No problem, you're down for set #4 of this run drilled for 3.3 studs and Kromex coated. I will PM you when I have the bare steel headers in-hand for confirmation/payment arrangements.
I hope you'll shoot a video with good sound, I'd love to hear a supercharged VG with headers and good exhaust! When I did my first VG510 I ran it almost a year with S12 exhaust manifolds and 2-1/2" exhaust. The driver's side manifold was ground seriously thin and still rattled against the steering box enough to drive me nuts. When I finally scraped up the huge $$$ to produce the headers I put the first set on my car with a 2-1/2" Y pipe into an auger muffler and 3" single exhaust with a Flowmaster at the back. It was probably the first 510 in history with 3" exhaust?! It sounded great but ran like crap with the new system as it was lean, lean, lean! I was running a Nikki 400cfm four barrel carb and had to go up three jet numbers on the mains and two on the secondaries to correct the mixture. That's a *huge* change due to increased exhaust flow. I believe the stock S12 exhaust manifolds suck even worse than most people think!
they really do. We pulled off the manifolds from the stock vg and set them up on the vg33...they fit alright, and we considered bolting them on for about...a nanosecond. then pulled them off and felt ashamed for letting the thought cross our minds.
I'll definitely shoot a good video. I've got a lot to prove with this swap, apparently lol
Headers are back in stock and the great news is I am able to drop the price! They are now $395.10 in bare steel.
FWIW: They've been $425 since the Chinese drove steel prices through the roof a few years ago. My website is way out of date but I'm planning to revamp it soon.
Chromex polished ceramic coating is still a $200 option.
I installed these header on my vg33e swap into my S-12. These header were a breeze to install as fitment was perfect. These headers are of great quality as well as the ceramic coating that was installed as an option. If your in the market for a set of headers I would highly recommend the set from Mr. 510. They are shipped completely wrapped with brown paper to protect them and the finish. Thanks again Mr. 510 for the great set of headers you shipped me. I'll post a couple of pictures soon.
Thanks,
Calvin
I second Dave's headers are first rate. I have been running my set (cerma-chromed) for over two years and they still look fresh.
Wolf
I will be ordering a set hopefully in a few months :-)