Originally posted by 86 toy: ... thanks for everyones interest in my product i will do my best to make a quality header that FITS right the first time
As you may have gathered from my first post, I was all prepared to be indifferent at best, when I first saw your thread. (Didn't help that I was posting from work and was quite busy at the time.) We have a fair number of dreamers and wannabes who post pie-in-the-sky ideas that never seem to work out for them. Cynicism comes easily.
With that said.... It certainly looks like you do some really nice work. Very pleasant to look at, at the least. I wish you luck in your endeavors. If I ever find myself in the market, I will give you some major consideration.
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I really commend any guy who is willing to take on making headers for fellow enthusiasts.
It is hard to make even a respectable amount for your time doing this on a custom basis. So, please accept these observations as constructive criticism.
Just a little update as to where I stand with the start of building headers.. as of Thursday I was laid off from my job so i took the extra money i had saved and bought myself a tig machine so i can weld them up in my garage and not have to take them to work and weld them like I had planned before.. the welder is scheduled to arrive next Monday so in the meantime I will be setting up my mock up engine and cradle.. I will make a thread in the mall when i am ready to start taking orders.. Thanks
I'd love to get a price quote (not including shipping) for a set of 3500 headers. I will have Air Conditioning on the engine so the lines need to clear without melting It would be mated to a 5-speed manual getrag just like yours.
If you want to be taken seriously as a vendor, you need to start cranking out some parts pretty soon and list them for sale.... There have been too many flaky vendors here who disappear like the morning mist once the time comes to actually make parts.
I and several others are in the market for headers. Are you going to make them?
I'm still here.. not going anywhere.. the thing is when I get to work on these it will be in my spare time.. I work 48 hours a week and have a family at home.. right now things have been very busy for me and I haven't had a lot of free time to put into this.. I assure you that I soon will be moving forward with this project..
OK, plans have changed. Instead of 3400 headers, I will be needing headers for a pushrod 3.4 V6. When you're ready and available to build them, please let me know.
OK, plans have changed. Instead of 3400 headers, I will be needing headers for a pushrod 3.4 V6. When you're ready and available to build them, please let me know.
I just re-read my previous post, and realized I may have come across as being pushy. That wasn't my intention. Sorry about that.
I do understand that you need to make a living. The headers will probably just be a sideline project. And I respect that. (I've been there, too) But if you do decide to make headers to fit the 2.8 / 3.1 / 3.4 iron head engines, I would be interested... especially if you could make it from stainless steel.
I currently have the Trueleo headers. I love them, but they're rusting out. The wet Florida weather is really taking its toll. They may not last much longer.
I would be vey interested if you could replicate the header system used on the "Taiwan Fiero" the pipes various cylinders were rerouted in a way that gave the 2.8/3.4 PR motor a very exotic sound. Do a search on Taiwan exhaust or Taiwan Fiero to hear this system. If you can do it, I would purchase a set of these.
I'm sure that there is a market for headers fabricated for the 3800SC but according to ZZ performance they must use 1 3/4" primary tubes and exit the Y pipe to the exhaust at 3". The around the back routing is the way to go with these. As for Y pipes there is a ready market for these as well as many 3800SC and 4.9L swaps really need around the back routing to allow a longer exhaust that will get them quiet enough to be street legal (in many locations) and to make the cars easier on the ears while driving. IMO there might also be a need for a better Y pipe for the 3.4l p/r swap and stock 2.8L's but the Fiero Store already offers an improved Y pipe design.
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Just a little update.. I am currently working on designing an equal length header for the 3800.. I'll post some pics of my work later.. I'm just throwing some scrap bends to a stock manifold flange to get an idea if it will work or not..
spent today doing a little r&d and this is what i came up with. this is by far a finished product its just to get an idea of how i will build these.. I was shooting for equal length primaries but they would be way to complicated to produce i got them close but not equal so we will call these long tube headers.. rear header
All of a sudden I'm interested in a set for my 3800SC... although I have the F23 manual.. if you can make the crossover not interfere with the shift cables that would be awesome! I also would prefer not to cut my trunk.
All of a sudden I'm interested in a set for my 3800SC... although I have the F23 manual.. if you can make the crossover not interfere with the shift cables that would be awesome! I also would prefer not to cut my trunk.
Thanks.. can you send me a pic or 2 of your shifter cables so I have an idea where they are..
spent today doing a little r&d and this is what i came up with. this is by far a finished product its just to get an idea of how i will build these.. I was shooting for equal length primaries but they would be way to complicated to produce i got them close but not equal so we will call these long tube headers.. rear header
front header
let me know what you guys think
I really like those, I'm doing a HX-40 turbo on my 3800 I would be very interested in exactly what you have pictured there in mild steel, finish welded, with the collectors and V-band flanges (no X-over)
