I had an extremely long weekend, becase as many of you know I have been itching to get involved in installing my exhaust for my 4runner. im in the process of putting it all together. but the headers ARE on. I did them all myself, and have no real mechanic experience. so after 14-16 hours of wrenching, I did it. Im very pleased with it and it was such a sigh of relief. I'll be posting videos, pics... the whole nine yards. But first, I figured i'd post up a part and price list of the entire project. its not entirely done yet ( yes Im running straight pipes, for now. The cross over ends right above the crossmember ) the rest of it gets done tomorrow. so stay tuned

How much I've spent so far:

Doug thorley Headers - $618.00 - Summit Racing - Part #DTE-505C
Borla Turbo muffler - $150.00 - Summit Racing - Part #BOR-40981
Magnaflow hi flow cat - $65.10 - Ebay - Part #94105
Summit exhaust tip - $20.00 - Summit Racing - Part #SUM-690051

More to come:

Pipes welded on - $ 190.00
Innerchangeable straight pipe - $40.00

Total cost - $1083.10

 

Nice! Wheres the pics??

 

Ohhh... they're coming. lemme get settled in my house for a little while... I seriously just spend almost 2 days at a friends house... im covered in grease and haven't showered... im exhaust...ed lol

 

I know the feeling Its time for a nice shower, some food and a beer..or two..or three A nice splizang helps too

 

not old enough for beer... but water is refreshing. im just really satisifed with the fact that I did it myself... makes me appreciate it more. though, i'll admit... pulling that crossover pipe down from behind the block made me want to take a sawzall to the side of my truck...

 

Yeah, that crossover is a biatch. Most guys just cut the sob out..

 

I ended up cutting it. lol I didn't have a metal blade with me, so i used a wood one heh jacked it up hella bad. but yeah. I was REALLY surprised when I got the manifolds out. those suckers weigh easy 20-30 lbs each. i was like Whoa! they weighed more than both of my headers combined.

 

heres a little eye candy before installation

 

Yeah, those cast suckers are heavy

So, I gotta ask, how does it sound??

oh yeah, make sure you keep an eye on your fuel lines around the passenger side header. My friends headers burned a hole right through the fuel line!!

 

right now? i sound like a tractor rolling down the road. but jesus... its loud. my pipes are only at the cross over... gonna take it monday to get it all welded up and looking good Im hoping for a really throating smooth hum/rumble to it

 

Haha. good stuff! Let us know how much better she feels

 

honestly, I haven't really noticed a difference yet... maybes its because im too distracted by the roaring of my v6 that sounds like a monster truck but yeah. i'll definitely let you know... the engine DEFINITELY runs alot cooler, that I have noticed. so at least its done some good so far Im gonna swing it by the exhaust shop,get it all welded up then Im gonna take it to a mechanic I always go to and make him check for exhaust leaks, and such... make sure everythings up to speed and done 100% correctly.

 

i bet you i could do them faster than 12 hours or whatever..
and i bet i could get mine done within a hour or so (22re) its called things like im more mechanically advanced with tools. and the hour would be with me working as fast a possible.. if no one thinks i cant do that try me..
and yea the truck sounds like a 350 v8.

 

22re is MUCH MUCH easier than the 3vze...

The 3vze is a v6, double the work, plus there is no room at all to work with

 

yeup... I could barely even fit my hand. no one could beg me enough to get me to do it again... it was rather stressful and quite a drag.

 

exactly, like i said, he took like 12 or so... i bet i can do mine in 1. i have more reasources though

 

dude get out of this thread you aint that cool

 

annd where did you come from? dont come in and talk and then have nothing to say about the thread.

 

Nice! That system is gonna rock when you get it all together.

Now I have exhaust envy.




Does anyone hear a mosquito?

 

its gonna be done by noon tomorrow. you can guarantee a video and tons of pictures tomorrow muffler, cat, tip and pipes go on tomorrow