All headers leak?

[MBruneaux]

I have everything for a top swap and PEMS but I want to be safe and go with the standard pulley and headers. This is my daily driver and I drive more than 400 miles per week often more far from home. Is there a set of headers that will last for the life of the car and not leak? I don't want to be gooping RTV every six months and worrying about something cracking. It seems like every thread on headers involves RTV parties, I have the original short block and maybe I'll just freshen it up and use it with the PEMS. Thanks in advance.

 

[MoarkatsINmuhtrailer]

get sd's...have the flex section fixed. make sure the studs come out of the heads. your good

 

[Bio248]

if installed correctly all headers seal nicely.

 

[MBruneaux]

get sd's...have the flex section fixed. make sure the studs come out of the heads. your good

Thank you both, is there a thread with this fix?

 

[MoarkatsINmuhtrailer]

no, just take the rear header to an exhaust shop and have them cut the flex in it out and weld a good one in

 

[Mjcanton]

I'd get speed daddys if you wanna keep price down. Get ZZP's flex pipe and weld it in instead of the one it has.

If you want to spend a little more, TOGs are usually a safe bet.

 

[footballplaya3k]

With Speed Daddy's, just make sure you use band clamps and Accuseal clamps, not the crap ones they come with.

 

[Explicit_Spade]

Better than clamps, have your headers welded. I bought my pacesetters pre welded, and I don't have any header leaks.

 

[BillBoost37]

I don't use RTV when installing headers. If you read posts by me, you'll see I dislike the mention of doing it. Get clamps from FrozenBoost.com instead of the ones they give you and one trick.. when putting the crossover/front on, leave the cross over loose and tap the headers at the front/crossover connection area as you tighten the bolts for the front. That'll seat things nicely.

I don't accept leaks from headers. There's no reason to. :th_king-evil:

 

[footballplaya3k]

I don't use RTV when installing headers. If you read posts by me, you'll see I dislike the mention of doing it. Get clamps from FrozenBoost.com instead of the ones they give you and one trick.. when putting the crossover/front on, leave the cross over loose and tap the headers at the front/crossover connection area as you tighten the bolts for the front. That'll seat things nicely.

I don't accept leaks from headers. There's no reason to. :th_king-evil:

Are the clamps from FrozenBoost that you're talking about the T bolts? If so I'm not a fan, the Accuseal clamps worked much better for me.