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by Trail X » Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:30 pm

I think my 3 month old manifold is cracked... hearing that unmistakable single-cylinder exhaust leak sound again... ugh
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by DustinC1989 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:36 am

Time for a header
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by KingBird » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:02 am

Is there an aftermarket header for the 4.2?
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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:04 am

Yes
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by KingBird » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:12 am

Holy crap! I didn't even think there was a need...
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by KingBird » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:29 am

Yeah, for $750, they can keep it!
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by DustinC1989 » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:19 pm

Just shy of a grand for a 06-09 catted header...
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by KingBird » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:31 pm

What do you need the cat for??? Lol!
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by Bacnbit » Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:31 pm

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by ErikSS » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:48 pm

DustinC1989 wrote:Just shy of a grand for a 06-09 catted header...

I wish mine was that cheap.
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by ErikSS » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:49 pm

KingBird wrote:What do you need the cat for??? Lol!


I paid a bunch extra for a Y pipe that had high flow cats in it. Gotta love emissions!
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by DustinC1989 » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:31 pm

ErikSS wrote:
DustinC1989 wrote:Just shy of a grand for a 06-09 catted header...

I wish mine was that cheap.


You have multiple options and are getting headerS, I only have one option and is a single header
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by ErikSS » Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:12 am

DustinC1989 wrote:You have multiple options and are getting headerS, I only have one option and is a single header

Good point. :-)
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by DustinC1989 » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:25 pm

Im surprised PaceSetter never made a header for out I6, probably would have sucked like most of their stuff... but would have been an option
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by ErikSS » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:01 pm

DustinC1989 wrote:Im surprised PaceSetter never made a header for out I6, probably would have sucked like most of their stuff... but would have been an option

Since it was never an option for me, I never paid attention. What brand is the option you DO have? I ended up with Kooks. They fit better. The entire header is inside the frame, only a small part of the Y pipe isn't. I should be able to space something onto the cross member and build a transmission skid that covers both.
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by dvanbramer88 » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:16 pm

ErikSS wrote:
DustinC1989 wrote:Im surprised PaceSetter never made a header for out I6, probably would have sucked like most of their stuff... but would have been an option

Since it was never an option for me, I never paid attention. What brand is the option you DO have? I ended up with Kooks. They fit better. The entire header is inside the frame, only a small part of the Y pipe isn't. I should be able to space something onto the cross member and build a transmission skid that covers both.


Kooks makes the 4.2 I6 header.
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by Cable810 » Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:57 pm

And I managed to blow up my disco tonight....
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by TBYODA » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:27 pm

That blows
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by Cable810 » Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:51 am

Yep if you recall I had to rebuild it last spring... Needless to say I had to get pulled out... If I could have gotten my tires to clean themselves I would have never been stuck..

In another note I'm sick of this 4wd system... It sucks
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by TBYODA » Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:44 pm

In my talks with Jason (V7guy) and his current long travel IFS quest, I think a real lasting mod to the front 4wd system would be to make rear sump oil pan and use a front diff out of a Colorado. You will have to make some support brackets to hold it to the subframe and some custom Colorado to TB CV's (different spline count) but what you would gain would be a real front diff system with ability to add ARB air locker.

I know I am over simplifying however I really think you could do this with all stock TB suspension but I also think Colorado IFS suspension could be adapted.
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