Kleemann Headers Question!
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Kleemann Headers Question!
Im looking at picking up a set of used kleemann headers for my e55 and they do not have the downpipe piece that connects to the stock exhaust. My question is will there be any performance loss if I have an exhaust shop bridge the headers to the stock exhaust with a piece of straight pipe? This will also eliminate the flange from the headers to the stock exhaust altogether. Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!
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Shouldn't be a performance loss. Only consequence I could think of being possible would be extra stress on the welds from the motor torquing? I don't know if the flange allows some degree of flex, but I am doubtful. For example MBH long tubes weld straight onto the mid section so it must be fine!
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Shouldn't be a performance loss. Only consequence I could think of being possible would be extra stress on the welds from the motor torquing? I don't know if the flange allows some degree of flex, but I am doubtful. For example MBH long tubes weld straight onto the mid section so it must be fine!
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They prone to leaking and performance loss probs best to not bother or have a flange welded in so exhaust can be dropped if neccesary without removing headers (big job).
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I just did manifolds on my car, after having the secondary cats and resonator removed with an x pipe in place, and I can tell you that having a flange would have been really nice! It was comical to juggle a transmission jack in the center and tie down straps in the back to get the exhaust down one end at a time. My advice - have them put a flange in somewhere. If in the future you need flex disc work etc it will make life much easier, or less expensive if having a shop do work.
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I just did manifolds on my car, after having the secondary cats and resonator removed with an x pipe in place, and I can tell you that having a flange would have been really nice! It was comical to juggle a transmission jack in the center and tie down straps in the back to get the exhaust down one end at a time. My advice - have them put a flange in somewhere. If in the future you need flex disc work etc it will make life much easier, or less expensive if having a shop do work.
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It's too quiet! I thought I liked it until I realized a lot of the new sound was the crack that finally let go on one of the manifolds ha. It seems like it's 5-10% louder than stock. I've heard with the C63/E63 mufflers it sounds much better. Current debate is to do that, or wait until I can afford LT headers and leave the stock mufflers in because I think with headers all the way back to louder mufflers it would be too loud..
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I just did manifolds on my car, after having the secondary cats and resonator removed with an x pipe in place, and I can tell you that having a flange would have been really nice! It was comical to juggle a transmission jack in the center and tie down straps in the back to get the exhaust down one end at a time. My advice - have them put a flange in somewhere. If in the future you need flex disc work etc it will make life much easier, or less expensive if having a shop do work.
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I just did manifolds on my car, after having the secondary cats and resonator removed with an x pipe in place, and I can tell you that having a flange would have been really nice! It was comical to juggle a transmission jack in the center and tie down straps in the back to get the exhaust down one end at a time. My advice - have them put a flange in somewhere. If in the future you need flex disc work etc it will make life much easier, or less expensive if having a shop do work.
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I recently had Eurocharged mid-length headers installed on my 2003 E500 and am really happy with the results. Got them ceramic coated at a local shop before they were put in. Personally, I would be a little leery of buying used headers, especially if they don't come with downpipes. This is a project you only want to do once, and have done right so you don't encounter issues down the road. I called around numerous local European Indy mechanics before I found a guy that used to work for Renntech and had performed the installation many times before. Just my two cents.
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I recently had Eurocharged mid-length headers installed on my 2003 E500 and am really happy with the results. Got them ceramic coated at a local shop before they were put in. Personally, I would be a little leery of buying used headers, especially if they don't come with downpipes. This is a project you only want to do once, and have done right so you don't encounter issues down the road. I called around numerous local European Indy mechanics before I found a guy that used to work for Renntech and had performed the installation many times before. Just my two cents.
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I recently had Eurocharged mid-length headers installed on my 2003 E500 and am really happy with the results. Got them ceramic coated at a local shop before they were put in. Personally, I would be a little leery of buying used headers, especially if they don't come with downpipes. This is a project you only want to do once, and have done right so you don't encounter issues down the road. I called around numerous local European Indy mechanics before I found a guy that used to work for Renntech and had performed the installation many times before. Just my two cents.
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I installed the headers and was able to use a generic 3 bolt flange. The install was a huge PITA. Took me about 6 hours! I dont think someone could pay me to install headers on another E55 ha! End rant.
The local exhaust shop only could only do crush bent tubing but the butt dyno feels pretty good regardless. I'm just waiting on my RaceIQ tune from Tony to get rid of that pesky CEL and get the most out of the headers. I'm going to order a mandrel bend kit and have my exhaust fabbed up from the headers to the rear section of the exhaust.
Should I go 3" inch or 2.5"???
The local exhaust shop only could only do crush bent tubing but the butt dyno feels pretty good regardless. I'm just waiting on my RaceIQ tune from Tony to get rid of that pesky CEL and get the most out of the headers. I'm going to order a mandrel bend kit and have my exhaust fabbed up from the headers to the rear section of the exhaust.
Should I go 3" inch or 2.5"???
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Post a photo of the bend. Mandrel is much better but if it is working fine I wouldn't bother changing it. You dealt with the extremely restrictive bottleneck in the system already. The rest of the exhaust isn't bad. Unless you have a very high performance goal consider leaving it. Most people only play around with it for the sake of noise.
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Post a photo of the bend. Mandrel is much better but if it is working fine I wouldn't bother changing it. You dealt with the extremely restrictive bottleneck in the system already. The rest of the exhaust isn't bad. Unless you have a very high performance goal consider leaving it. Most people only play around with it for the sake of noise.
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It’s hard to tell from your last pic. But is that pipe hanging down really low past the floor of the car?
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