Scion tc performance headers

[rbrick220]

thanx... fyi, you can't put an O2 sensor where the AFR belongs!!!

[ac3 b00gi3]

uh oh .. sounds like bad info .. if u ask me .. jus kiddin
hmm mayb u should take it to a dealer

[bwood87]

Originally Posted by rbrick220

thanx... fyi, you can't put an O2 sensor where the AFR belongs!!!

Yes, the AFR sensor is a wideband O2 sensor, your standard narrowband O2 sensor will not work.

[Baller21kd]

i took out my cat on my tc..all you really have to do is take apart your dash and put a heavy black piece of paper over the CEL and it should do the trick...

[ac3 b00gi3]

lmao .. yea but wat if sumhin duz go wrong .. u'd NEVER kno .. eventually ur engine WILL blow

[Baller21kd]

Originally Posted by ac3 b00gi3

lmao .. yea but wat if sumhin duz go wrong .. u'd NEVER kno .. eventually ur engine WILL blow

your right but most the time you should be able to tell if somethings wrong with your car because of how its driving or smells etc...im only saying this because of the peopel who were having problems with gettting the light off..its quick and simple..but like you said there is a risk

[ac3 b00gi3]

lol .. yea i kno .. buuuut .. if u wanna completey solve the problem jus remove the bulb

[rbrick220]

hahaha clearly neither of you live where there are inspections. i'm jealous. When we do inspections they have to plug into the obdc-II and make sure there aren't any errors. SERIOUS PIMA!!! BUT, if you don't put a 02 sensor where the AFR goes, and you do the CEL eliminator (Weapon R or home made) the light goes away and everything works fine.

[ac3 b00gi3]

lol .. nah .. i hav inspections .. i live in NY
we hav too many rules
i hav a CEL due to the non tune of my turbo-kit
the diagnostic reader says all four cylinders are mis-firing and that can not be true ..
my car would've exploded a LOOOOOONG time ago lol
i jus kno ppl thats all

[navylife59]

Do you have a piggyback ECU? If so, your mis-fire codes maybe from incorrectly wired IGN or wrong IGN type selected in the piggyback software.

[ac3 b00gi3]

yea i have a unichip .. im sure it'll go away once its tuned with the right software

[Baller21kd]

heyy i need some help.

i just bought some performance headers online and i was wondering if i could put them on myself and how hard it would be?

also the stock heat shields over the stock headers, would i need to put them back over my new headers or what...id prefer to leave the heatshield off but if its bad for the headers then i will put them on..

can someone help me out?

[ac3 b00gi3]

its kinda hard .. not too bad .. ur gunna need to get under ur car of course .. so a lift is recommended in my opinion
no .. u can keep the shield off .. u should heat wrap the header tho to keep the heat inside of it .. u may gain a horse or two from that .. but yea i'd get it done at a shop if u havent done it before just for saftey reasons

[navylife59]

Not too hard. A lift would be better but you can get to the lower mount of the OEM header with a quality floor jack and jack stands. I would remove this mount as it is not needed on most headers. Of course, if your header does make use of the lower mount, then use it. Obtain a new metal header gasket and lower donut flange gasket. JET Hot coating or wrapping would keep underhood temps down and create better cylinder scavaging for a slight power increase.

[Baller21kd]

Originally Posted by navylife59

Not too hard. A lift would be better but you can get to the lower mount of the OEM header with a quality floor jack and jack stands. I would remove this mount as it is not needed on most headers. Of course, if your header does make use of the lower mount, then use it. Obtain a new metal header gasket and lower donut flange gasket. JET Hot coating or wrapping would keep underhood temps down and create better cylinder scavaging for a slight power increase.

aight thanks alot guys...i put on my intake no problem but the headers looked difficult just cause i didnt have a jack to get under the car..fortunately my uncle works on cars and has a nice jack so it should get the job done. thanks for the help

[Baller21kd]

ohh and also...navylife...

where did you get that vvt-i engine cover in your photo..ive been makin my engines accent color blue also with the headers and intake if you dont mind tellin me where you got it...

[navylife59]

it is just the actual OEM valve cover that has been polished then powder coated stardust blue. The VVT-i emblem was bought off E-Bay.

[ac3 b00gi3]

Originally Posted by Baller21kd

aight thanks alot guys...i put on my intake no problem but the headers looked difficult just cause i didnt have a jack to get under the car..fortunately my uncle works on cars and has a nice jack so it should get the job done. thanks for the help

no problem man .. post some pics of the progress if u can