Well some of you know I bought a used Comptech header, cleaned it up and then was waiting to install it this weekend. Well finally got the time to and it was more then I bargained for. Upper heat shield,lower heat shield and header bolts....some of which you barely can even turn it inch by inch. Thank God for Comptech's quality, it bolted up with no problems whatsoever. Glad I didnt give up! If someone need me to do a write up on how to install a header and give some pointers on what you'll encounter, please let me know. There is a few things that can benefit you if you know it before hand instead of figuring it out along the way. Here are the pics.

When I first got it.


After I cleaned it.


Install done.


Question:
NOW, with the install done. Has anyone who installed a header NOT reinstall the upper heat shield? If you did not reinstall the upper heat shield, did you have any problems with melting parts or any issues? I'm supercharged and I'm not sure if it'll make much of a difference with heat but I'd like to know if I might have any problems(AC line/battery). I like how it looks better without the upper heatshield and rather not have it on, but if its gonna pose as a problem, I rather put it back on.

 

I had a mugen header and i took the heatshield off....I had no problems.....IMHO it looks muuuuuch better without the heatshield...

 

wrap those heat insulating cloth thingys around them if you're afraid of excess heat. what are those things called? lol

 

what did you clean the header with??

 

OGPackin, thats what I'm saying...

j03chu, that kinda defeats the purpose of repolishing them up.

batikan, check my thread below on how to polish your header/exhaust.....

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...pic=423656&hl=

 

I had the heatshield off for about a week after I installed my comptech 4-1 and did not see anything melting. Im CTSC as well.

 

I did the same thing with my Mugen header ... no problems.

 

You did a great job polishing it!

 

Thanks for the confirmation guys! I guess that does it, heat sheild is staying off to show the bling.

Thanks for the props Xclusive.

 

I have a downpipe and a turbine like 2 inches away from my fuse box...nothing has happened yet...knock on wood