this is the hope .. and so far we are on target .
just about done the "mock up" , and have our first prototype piece . I can then tear it all apart , and start on the individual fixtures and templates .
hope to have the FIRST set for Nick in May (if all goes well)

excited nick ?



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ecstatic! hha

 

well sorry .. little bit of a delay .. again

but this should get you excited ... our new header flanges in 3/8's material





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The longer you take to make these the longer I have to work them into my budget

 

You fellas use the cad program called Inventor? Its been a few years but i use to play around on it (if thats where this pic came from). Im sure there is newer and better software 6 years later than what i have. Looks like the same part preview though.
About these headers. My 94 that im doing the swap on has a 3'' body lift. Previous owner had it installed. Ive been thinking about trashing it and going the scoop route. Obviously a body lift can make a few tasks easier to access. But will leaving the lift benefit the routing of these headers?

 

yup , autodesk inventor 2013 , this is an AWESOME CAD system .

and YES , trying to engineer it so you can install fairly easily .. and so far I think were good , I think the hard part is going to be getting the old one out !!

"mock" up is now DONE ..

and we will starting on the FIRST set here ASAP


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so a little update ..

we have decided to bend our own 2.5" tube , with the exhaust work we are doing , it should help with the header build as well .. so die ordered ..

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Any guesstimate when these ponies might be up for grabs?

 

soon I hope !! , man what a process ........
new die is on it way .. we have the new collectors and pipes flanges and ready to go .. just needing to assemble now into a saleable product ..

our shop is soooo busy right now as well , I just cant say for sure .. but i'm hoping mid to end of june we should have our first set out the door


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ok fellas ... hope you havent lost "faith" in us ..

new dye is in Spokane (as per tracking info) , so it should be here very soon .
we're good to go i think , so as soon as we get the new dye , we hope to be making these avaliable VERY soon



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Sounds GRRR-R-R-REAT! Which kind of exhaust gaskets you recommend using for these, and in general? Donor had trd headers and what i assume are the matching gaskets. I dont know the dif from the two? Plan on selling all that as a package and buying new. But ive read more negative feedback than good on the TRD version's. Plus they might not even be compatible with your headers for all i know! Whatever you recommend im going to buy for my entire exhaust... Hope that die works well up there for you guys. Then pays for itself 500 fold! People will buy these for years to come. I can already assure you that there is money here set aside to be shipped your direction. I appreciate you taking the time to do these right.

 

Better hurry up. Toyonlyswaps is starting to dig into the swap headers market as well.

 

yep , I saw. I also saw 3 seperate mount flanges instead of 1

cant rush perfection

did I mention , with this new dye , we're also going to be doing complete exhausts .. only in our shop for now .. but we' ll see

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One of these days I gotta make it up to Canadia to your shop.
Maybe set up a yotatech meet in that area or something.

 

Dont forget you need a passport. My lady and I were in the Niagara falls area. Tried to cross over to check out the other side (Side that come to find out has everything going on!) and that was a huge unexpected no no. Maybe thats common knowledge? Wasnt anything but a lesson for us. Border patrol had me feeling like i was a terrorist!

 

maybe here is a reason ..

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f229...-shine-266100/

your always welcome !!
I know you cant come this year , but we do plan on a 2nd anual show as well , so maybe next year ..


and yes , you do need a passport .. same for us here in Canada going into the USA .

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well new die is finally "modified" to fit our bender .. should result now in 2.5" full mandrel bends .. cool !!

this is progress


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Any updates to report?

 

just read this whole thread and WOW this is great!! ill be interested in these headers for sure!
i did a 3.4 swap in my t100 a while ago and recently just supercharged it! the headers would be nice addition to ad

 

new 2.5" die is here and all done .. ready for "production" , basically we're ready to go ..
but unfortunately , shop is just bursting at the seams .. just haven't had the time to finish them , with restorations, swaps and fiberglass , these have kind of taken a "back seat" . hopefully soon though



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