- 1. Headers (score: 1)
- Author: PhastPhill@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:12:19 EDT
- Don't mean to bomb the list, but I have done a search and would like more info if available. Going to start fitting my headers this weekend, CAT club ones, going to test fit, then jet coat then putem
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00162.html (7,660 bytes)
- 2. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:34:46 -0600
- Two things that come to mind are to check the header flanges for squareness and straightness before you start, and to do all test fitting with the gaskets in place. Buy an extra set of exhaust manifo
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00163.html (7,619 bytes)
- 3. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Frank P. Marrone" <itswonderful@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:44:12 -0700
- With my car (and I emphasize that as YMMV) the drivers side had to be installed first, to do this the engine had to be moved as far as possible toward the passenger side and the drivers side of the e
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00164.html (9,380 bytes)
- 4. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: 65Tiger@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:43:07 +0000
- Tom Hall has done an excellent article on fitting the CAT headers to the Tiger. He has promised to post this and his other excellent articles to a website. His Tech Tip describes where to file, grin
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00178.html (8,891 bytes)
- 5. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: Landcmitch@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:57:01 EDT
- So...that's the secret: smooch 'em! Charlie B9470574
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00179.html (7,370 bytes)
- 6. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Someone" <tonythetiger@onecliq.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:28:28 -0500
- Phil- I dont know if it will work for anyone else but I did away with header bolts. I bought stainless steel allen head bolts. Much easier to get an allen wrench socket on than a socket or end wrench
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00180.html (8,220 bytes)
- 7. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Frank P. Marrone" <itswonderful@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:41:48 -0700
- Unfortunately everyone seems to have a slightly different set of problems with these headers. I've talked to several people who had to grind and smooch in places I did not need to and vice versa. I h
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00181.html (9,284 bytes)
- 8. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:05:42 -0600
- At the last SUNI, Doug Jennings Sr. had some pointed comments about Allen head bolts on headers... My header bolts came undone without too much hassle when I took the engine out, although I could see
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00184.html (8,350 bytes)
- 9. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Someone" <tonythetiger@onecliq.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:05:07 -0500
- Theo- thanks for your thoughts on the thread lock/antiseize. I was of the same in thinking but actually wasnt positive about aluminum heads. I have known and respected Doug Sr and Jr. for that matter
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00186.html (9,215 bytes)
- 10. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:55:49 -0700
- Since I do not have headers, I don't want to venture too far into an unknown area. I can understand that allen bolts might not put the force of the bolt over as large an area as a normal bolt. What I
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00187.html (8,480 bytes)
- 11. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:09:00 -0600
- The headers I had on the car had flame-cut flanges and MIG welded joints. Any place where the welds might interfere with the bolts, had been "dressed" with an angle grinder, from its appearance, and
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00188.html (8,891 bytes)
- 12. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Fisher, Curtis" <Curtis.Fisher@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:51:34 -0700
- I purchased the expensive Earl's metal gaskets and used them on my aluminum heads. Perfect seal. After a very short time I removed the motor and made some changes and put it back together. I had some
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00189.html (9,457 bytes)
- 13. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:33:01 -0700
- I'm just curious if anyone has ever dyno-ed their Tiger before and after ONLY installing headers (and tuning mods relating to the headers - richer jets etc.). The reason I ask is that I have a Mopar
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00190.html (9,542 bytes)
- 14. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Frank P. Marrone" <itswonderful@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:01:59 -0700
- Damn good question. I have not done any real life dyno testing. I do have Performance Trends Engine Analyzer Pro. This is a fairly sophisticated engine simulation program, a big step up from "Desk T
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00191.html (12,018 bytes)
- 15. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:41:29 -0600
- Don't forget that the headers weigh about half as much as the cast manifolds. Less is more.... To answer the other query about Doug Sr's comments at SUNI, he wasn't too specific other than that Allen
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00192.html (8,902 bytes)
- 16. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "PHILLIP SILK" <musta32188@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:48:15 -0400
- My first job out of high school (and probably the coolest job I'll ever have) was at a fairly well known old school performance shop in Atlanta. The boss there, whom I regard as nothing short of an a
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00197.html (9,242 bytes)
- 17. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 11:44:42 -0600
- Hi Phillip, You must have one of those Tiger exhausts where the muffler shop tried to go over the rear axle or something. Even the factory exhaust, with its admittedly small 1 5/8" tubing, went nearl
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00201.html (8,752 bytes)
- 18. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Frank P. Marrone" <itswonderful@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:53:50 -0700
- For what it is worth, according to the simulator the increase in HP going from a "typical street" 1-5/8" dual exhaust to a "typical street" 2-1/4" dual exhaust is worth more than twice as much HP as
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00202.html (9,162 bytes)
- 19. Re: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:29:26 -0700
- Thanks for running the numbers. Interesting how the torque (and therefore HP) actually was closest at 6,500 RPM. You would think it was the other way around, that's how the Mopar was. Philip, Can't
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00203.html (9,067 bytes)
- 20. RE: Headers (score: 1)
- Author: "Frank P. Marrone" <itswonderful@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:08:21 -0700
- Not sure exactly what you mean, but I will admit that my combination has a head configuration that is more tuned toward the high end. I was torn between building for big HP potential and streetabili
- /html/tigers/2005-08/msg00206.html (8,666 bytes)
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