A word of advice on header installs
Mar 25, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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From: Lake City, Fl
a "super stock" 22re
remanned block, new head with oversized valves and RV cam ans stiffer springs, new timing chain and cover with steel guides, etc
as well as a few other odds and ends; I new 130amp alt, new PS pump and gearbox, more than likely a Thorely header... yep, it's gunna be an expensive swap/rebuild I've starting saving already
remanned block, new head with oversized valves and RV cam ans stiffer springs, new timing chain and cover with steel guides, etc
as well as a few other odds and ends; I new 130amp alt, new PS pump and gearbox, more than likely a Thorely header... yep, it's gunna be an expensive swap/rebuild
I've starting saving already
Mar 25, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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From: middle of no where Alaska
Mar 25, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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a "super stock" 22re
remanned block, new head with oversized valves and RV cam ans stiffer springs, new timing chain and cover with steel guides, etc
as well as a few other odds and ends; I new 130amp alt, new PS pump and gearbox, more than likely a Thorely header... yep, it's gunna be an expensive swap/rebuild I've starting saving already
remanned block, new head with oversized valves and RV cam ans stiffer springs, new timing chain and cover with steel guides, etc
as well as a few other odds and ends; I new 130amp alt, new PS pump and gearbox, more than likely a Thorely header... yep, it's gunna be an expensive swap/rebuild
I've starting saving already
). I thought maybe you were swapping in a 1uz-fe or something
sounds fun though
Mar 25, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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NO...
another 22re
but a 1uz would be SICK
if gas wasn't so darned expensive...
. Might sound like an airplane though. hell of a dragster with an extra thousand pounds in the rear though
Mar 25, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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22re ftw
I bet a later model 1uz would get better MPG than a 22re with stock gearing and 31x10.5s. Hell, I was getting 15mpg around town in my '93 with that set-up, and that was in 2wd!!!
I'm done highjacking.
I bet a later model 1uz would get better MPG than a 22re with stock gearing and 31x10.5s. Hell, I was getting 15mpg around town in my '93 with that set-up, and that was in 2wd!!!
I'm done highjacking.
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Mar 25, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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Mar 25, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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I did the same freaking mistake with the paper header gaskets. They are total junk. About two months after the install the exhaust leak started, and it has only got worst. The down pipe gasket is also leaking.
I will be swapping them out sometime in April though.
Im also rocking the 22RE
I will be swapping them out sometime in April though.
Im also rocking the 22RE
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Mar 25, 2009 | 09:41 PM
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I had studs fall out and gaskets fail when I did the HG on my 22RE. I think the issue is most likely with the install, not the paper gasket. I'm using a paper gasket (Felpro I think) on my exhaust manifold (not header, but it shouldn't matter unless the header is warped). Use the "double nut" technique and anti-seize on studs, torque them right (35ft-lbs?), check the header for warp, then install it, torquing it again. As soon as there is the slightest exhaust leak, no gasket I know of will survive. Its now been more than a year with the paper gasket and no issues.
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