swtc21

so i installed my header this past saturday with some help from a friend. i started out taking everything out like the old downpipe and the old header. piece of cake right? no not right those freakin brackets were a hella hard to take off. neways so i get the old header and downpipe off. now my friend joins me as i try to put the tsudo header in... it doesnt fit. i see no way to get the darn thing in there. the radiator fan is in the way so my friend and i take 20-30 minutes just trying to get that off. finally after getting that off we have to take one of the brackets off of the automatic lines because they are in the way. we get the header on finally and hook everything up. note to everyone...connect the s pipe to the midpipe first then the s pipe to the header. i did it the other way around i connected the header to the s pipe then to the mid and they were waaaaaaaaaaaaaay apart. so finally we got everything put together and i start it up. it stinks like $hit lol but thats bcuz they are new. also i have a huuuuuuuuge exhaust leak bcuz the gasket from the mid to the s pipe is not aligned right.

moral of the story is to take the fan off before even doing the whole thing and to connect the s pipe to midpipe before connecting to the header

performance wise- i noticed a big jump in power... i start to feel it pull at about 3k rpm and climbs like a ****

rasp=not much... i only start to hear rasp when i get on it and its only at about 3500 and up but its not bad at all

my setup-tsudo header and s pipe, tsudo midpipe with resonator that is already on it and some off brand 12" resonator, hks hi power

all in all i give these headers two thumbs up my fellow scionlife siblings

p.s. pics will be up soon i have no camera so ill have to get my friends

highvoltage1

iTrader: (11)

Yea Headers like this are a biscuit on automatics. We helped a friend put the MMW on his wifes auto tC and you ahve to remove the fans the oil dip stick tube and be very careful not to mess up the radiator. But it goes in much easier from under the car. But GL gettign that exhaust leak fixed.

BAMF4Life

hey bro, i just installed my tsudo header yesterday, and i have a leak too.... i cant tell where but now that you mentioned it the gasket seemed like it wasnt alighnd right.... any idea how i should fix this?

swtc21

i just went to a local shop during lunch and they loosend the bolts and aligned the gasket then re tightend the bolts.. took 5 mins and was free sounds sooooo much better now cuz before i was like man that is alot of rasp but after it was fixed there is almost none

BAMF4Life

oh thank god... yeah the leak is ____in me off... ill take to a shop

Stevetc08

iTrader: (1)

how much did you pay for the header/s pipe and mid all together i wanna get a set lol i alread got tanabe axel so i wanna complete the set

swtc21

got the header and s for 300, the mid was 150 and another res put in was another 40

BZinn1

Yeah putting it into a automatic is a nightmare........it took us about 6 hours to get it in.......pulling the fan and even the radiator to install is a must.

BAMF4Life

the shop fixed the leak... yay

swtc21

congrats... yeah i didnt take out the radiator even though i should have