vibrant hdr/dp no gasket?
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vibrant hdr/dp no gasket?
I ordered the vibrant header and dp from ttr and it came with no freaking header gasket. WTF! so now i leave in 7 days and have to wait for the RIGHT gasket to get sent here and get it put on. Oh and it's the weekend so ttr probably won't respond to me until monday. Like the tiger always says they're GRRRRRRRRREAT!
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Oh ignorance gets me again. Sorry. Thank you guys. But after he put the header and dp on it sounds like there is a rattling noise maybe a leak. he checked for leaks i know cause i helped him. he said there were no leaks. he also said that it could be since the stock piping was an inch longer he had to pull the rear exhaust toward the motor so that he could bolt the dp on the the rest of the exhaust system so he forgot to check and see if any part of the exhaust was hitting the car and could cause a vibration. It vibrates pretty bad and you can hear something that sounds like an exhaust leak which are very unique sounds so im pretty sure it's a leak. but ill find out what it is when i get the rest of my 2.5" exhaust ran. he said if it's still making the noise or vibrating to bring it back to him and he will fix it.
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when i first cranked it up it had white smoke for a few minutes but then it went away. i guess that was the inside of the header and dp burning for the first time. as far as how it feels, i doesn't feel like i lost any power if anything i gained but itjust feels like it's not running right but i did get rid of the catalytic converters so that may have something to do with it. and keep in mind i do not have the whole exhaust installed yet, it's only the vibrant header and dp connected to the stock exhaust.
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Oh ignorance gets me again. Sorry. Thank you guys. But after he put the header and dp on it sounds like there is a rattling noise maybe a leak. he checked for leaks i know cause i helped him. he said there were no leaks. he also said that it could be since the stock piping was an inch longer he had to pull the rear exhaust toward the motor so that he could bolt the dp on the the rest of the exhaust system so he forgot to check and see if any part of the exhaust was hitting the car and could cause a vibration. It vibrates pretty bad and you can hear something that sounds like an exhaust leak which are very unique sounds so im pretty sure it's a leak. but ill find out what it is when i get the rest of my 2.5" exhaust ran. he said if it's still making the noise or vibrating to bring it back to him and he will fix it.
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I'm currently having minor rubbing issues at the flex pipe section. It's hitting the stock front sway bar i think. Please note: I'm an Automatic. I have yet to figure out a solution for it. I may suppress it by putting a layer of heat wrap around that part of the sway bar.
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mine ticks a lil bit, it maybe my injectors, the sound of the exhaust or a leak
im using some bolts that werent supplied so there maybe air leaking thru there
and a week after i installed my header it loosened a lil and it was a loud ticking and went away after i tighten it back up
i had a bolt come off the downpipe and blow a gasket and it sounded like straight header haha
but its probably a baby leak in one of connection areas, no sure and never have a chance to check it out
im using some bolts that werent supplied so there maybe air leaking thru there
and a week after i installed my header it loosened a lil and it was a loud ticking and went away after i tighten it back up
i had a bolt come off the downpipe and blow a gasket and it sounded like straight header haha
but its probably a baby leak in one of connection areas, no sure and never have a chance to check it out
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I don't think its hitting that at all. But I'll have to double check later. I use to have a custom cat-back on with my Vibrant set up. I just recently had the Ark set up put on and that's when the vibrations started. Hmm, maybe its the cat-back hitting something..
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Its only under 25% throttle in first gear and the beginning of second gear. It's very specific to RPM and % throttle. It sounds like metal on metal vibration and it comes from where the Downpipe is. When it vibrates it also alters the tone of the exhaust. I'm going to jack it up when the snow and ice goes away so that I can get a better look at it.
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Flyy, it's good to know im not the only one out there
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