Invidia header install With pics and info
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Originally Posted by S2KPUDDYDAD,Oct 3 2007, 10:39 AM
The car instaled on was a 2004 AP2, Dean will be on the dyno at Stage 6 in Jax. Florida next week. He or I will post the numbers on the HP gain/lose
I wish I could say that I now have a hundred more HP, get a hundred MPG, and that the header has completely reversed my male pattern baldness and made me look thirty years younger, but alas...
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I wonder how Invidia even produced this with the difficulty behind the install, you'd think they might reduce the 4th runner length.
Then again there is no compromise for ultimate performance. Let the Dynoing begin!
Then again there is no compromise for ultimate performance. Let the Dynoing begin!
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Originally Posted by Tyraid2K,Oct 3 2007, 11:21 AM
excited to see some numbers, I thought this thing would make 12 hp somewhere though?
I will be hitting the dyno a week from this Saturday, but I will not have a baseline, without the header, for comparison. When this header comes off, it'll be with an acetylene torch.
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I installed the same header bout a month ago. Definitely a PITA. I took out most of the same stuff except the valve cover. I got a jack and lifted and lowered the motor a bit to jimmy it in. I got a few scratches on the valve cover, but eh, she's not a show car.
Haven't done a dyno yet, but it's gotten louder to the point where the wife won't drive or ride in it.
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Haven't done a dyno yet, but it's gotten louder to the point where the wife won't drive or ride in it.
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Originally Posted by s2kbtos,Oct 3 2007, 04:55 PM
do you have a catalytic converter? have anyone dynoed this header in a ap1, i wanna buy one but i don't know if is worth the labor and cost.
Here is a few more pics of the install
Very, very tight to the frame
Modification of the OEM heat shield is necessary if you want to use it
The blue tape shows were more metal has to be removed.
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Originally Posted by dean,Oct 3 2007, 07:07 AM
Quit yer bitchin'. That 7+ hours was the most fun you've ever had with your pants on, and you know it.
Those vendors that you and I talked to that supposedly had experience with the Invidia header and said it would slip into place like any other after-market S2000 header were obviously talking out their asses.
I'm not totally unhappy with the header, but knowing what I do now, I would not make the same choice again. I'll see how it does with a tune on the dyno and I'm predicting that the Invidia header is a lot more trouble than it's worth. I wouldn't recommend this header to anyone. It's nicely made, but very poorly designed.
Those vendors that you and I talked to that supposedly had experience with the Invidia header and said it would slip into place like any other after-market S2000 header were obviously talking out their asses.
I'm not totally unhappy with the header, but knowing what I do now, I would not make the same choice again. I'll see how it does with a tune on the dyno and I'm predicting that the Invidia header is a lot more trouble than it's worth. I wouldn't recommend this header to anyone. It's nicely made, but very poorly designed.
