hey folks,

i'm thinking of changing my plugs soon, where should i goi n town (HI) for these? or are they sooo expensive locally that i should just order online? any toughts?

btw: hey D, i think i know why my light came on....i think the bolt came off again..

 

--Not the one on your header/exhuast joint!? Let's locktite that thing and maybe lockwire it too!

 

what you say...you got a screw loose?

 

long story short....it's one of my bolt for my CAT...

 

do you still enjoy the sound and performance from you header? im thinking of adding one in the future

 

thanks to dakin's recommendation, i think it was a great buy! it's a bit louder, but this just mean you have to crank you stereo louder... but seriously, it sure shaved some weight off my MCS...

 

what kinda header? did you leave the factory CAT? i was looking at one of the cheaper brands like OBX. seems be a good back for the buck along with my one-ball. umm... the MINI's one-ball.

 

Country.. where'd you go for the one-ball?

I saw on MyMini where they have a straight pipe to replace the resonator...

 

Ha! This is the bolt that our local ex-jet engine mechanic dude tightened! Hate to see the bolts on the jet engines!

 

Hey blown and country, I have a used OBX header for sale. Have a brand new Magnaflow ODB2 cat too (you need to get it welded to the OBX). With this cat people have not thrown the CEL codes (this cat was recommended by drobnxs). Let me know if you guys are interested. Keith was but..........

BTW, cwlouis has the Megan header - it comes with a "race" cat.

 

so it sounds like some of these headers, set off engine lights.........is this true? which ones work with the computer system and which dont?

 

Not true. It's the cat. Race cats WILL set it off. Milltek initially won't but it seems eventually they will (cat loses its effectiveness I guess). OBX has no cat; in fact it needs to be mated (with cat or test pipe) to the exhaust system. I ordered the Alta header from ESM (however it seems they are available) and would've used the CEL tricker thing that one of the NAM vendors sells. It works on cwlouis' set-up.

 

thanks for the info Dirk..............lets have a meeting soon.

 

--Hmm no actually jet engine bolts are loctited and lockwired. Now this gets me to thinking the real reason DK sold that header so quick.

Hmmmm ????

Fess up DK! You've dropped header bolts all over Oahu before you sold it to poor poor innocent Louis!

j/k

I'm serious about the loctite Louis, unless you want me to make both your bolts lockwire bolts. I can do that too.

~pyratio

 

No, I just dropped them all over Makakilo and I kept running over the bolts and puncturing my tires. I had to put my RFs back on just to use the Megan header. I don't invite Louis over anymore because I don't want to puncture any more of my tires.

 

at least my CAT never came off think of what kinda mess i'll leave behind..lol