Finally... Custom Headers Are Done
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2006 E55
Finally... Custom Headers Are Done
After starting my project back in March of last year, I finally got my car back with the initial headers. This set is a working set, but not cleaned up or coated. Just to make sure fitment is right, and no wires are being melted.
Coated final set should be ready in a few weeks I think.
Anyway, with the headers on, the car just feels alive now! Its a definite increase in power. Car just jumps when you lay into the gas, and when its mashed, it just wants to keep pulling and pulling.
Sound is a bit different. Not louder, but its got a little more bite to it.
Sorry I didnt take any pictures. I dropped my car off and had to bail. Its pretty useless to take pics now. I will definitely get pictures when the final set is ready.
I was driving around with a huge smile on my face this afternoon. Im sure I pissed off a lot of drivers as well. It feels like the first day i got my pulley put on, it's that much of a noticable difference.
Coated final set should be ready in a few weeks I think.
Anyway, with the headers on, the car just feels alive now! Its a definite increase in power. Car just jumps when you lay into the gas, and when its mashed, it just wants to keep pulling and pulling.
Sound is a bit different. Not louder, but its got a little more bite to it.
Sorry I didnt take any pictures. I dropped my car off and had to bail. Its pretty useless to take pics now. I will definitely get pictures when the final set is ready.
I was driving around with a huge smile on my face this afternoon. Im sure I pissed off a lot of drivers as well. It feels like the first day i got my pulley put on, it's that much of a noticable difference.
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yup marco, thats roughly it with some tweaks to give it more clearance.
I have an eisnmann, and its not really a sound difference you would hear on from a video clip. I've heard my exhaust enough to tell a difference. To someone else, it may just sound the same as any other eisenmann.
You can hear a slight "whooshing" though from the engine bay which is kind of cool.
Im not allowed to comment on cost since the maker nor I are supporting vendors.
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cls 55 or FIAT Coupe T20v-6speed
if I correctly understand you have a raw version currently installed but you will soon replace with finished coated product
.... must not be so impossible as it seems to re-re them .. especially bolts on that third port
maybe "whooshing" is because they are not insulated as stocks are .. and sound is something like more "metallic", too ?
..btw, how much is thickness of metal ..inox ?
ciao
.... must not be so impossible as it seems to re-re them .. especially bolts on that third port
maybe "whooshing" is because they are not insulated as stocks are .. and sound is something like more "metallic", too ?
..btw, how much is thickness of metal ..inox ?
ciao
Last edited by dyno; Feb 1, 2008 at 03:38 PM.
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cls 55 or FIAT Coupe T20v-6speed
I was wondering if you had given up on the project.
