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ResIpsa · 02-20-2019, 04:31 PM

Last month I installed solid motor and transmission mounts so I removed my cats and exhaust to give me a little more room to work. While I was there, I thought I might as well do the headers because everything is pretty much off.

Keep in mind I have swaped the motor in my civic and swaped the transmission in my Ford excursion.

I got as far as removing the header heat shields when I realized this just was not worth it. The lack of working space and maniacally sharp heat shields made my hands look like I was a UFC fighter. And to make matters worse, I couldn’t just run with the heat shield removed because they were wedged between the fender and headers. I was forced to reattach them. I lost track of the hours I spent and how much blood I lost.

Spartan 1771 · 02-20-2019, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Last month I installed solid motor and transmission mounts so I removed my cats and exhaust to give me a little more room to work. While I was there, I thought I might as well do the headers because everything is pretty much off.

Keep in mind I have swaped the motor in my civic and swaped the transmission in my Ford excursion.

I got as far as removing the header heat shields when I realized this just was not worth it. The lack of working space and maniacally sharp heat shields made my hands look like I was a UFC fighter. And to make matters worse, I couldn’t just run with the heat shield removed because they were wedged between the fender and headers. I was forced to reattach them. I lost track of the hours I spent and how much blood I lost.

This is why I plan to have MA Motorsports do this work for me.

Rusty · 02-20-2019, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Last month I installed solid motor and transmission mounts so I removed my cats and exhaust to give me a little more room to work. While I was there, I thought I might as well do the headers because everything is pretty much off.

Keep in mind I have swaped the motor in my civic and swaped the transmission in my Ford excursion.

I got as far as removing the header heat shields when I realized this just was not worth it. The lack of working space and maniacally sharp heat shields made my hands look like I was a UFC fighter. And to make matters worse, I couldn’t just run with the heat shield removed because they were wedged between the fender and headers. I was forced to reattach them. I lost track of the hours I spent and how much blood I lost.

The driver side heat shield is a ROYAL PITA.

The left side took me 45 minutes to do. The right side 6 hrs. Yeah, my hands looked like and felt like they was in a fight with one very pissed off puty cat.

ResIpsa · 02-21-2019, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

The driver side heat shield is a ROYAL PITA.

The left side took me 45 minutes to do. The right side 6 hrs. Yeah, my hands looked like and felt like they was in a fight with one very pissed off puty cat.

There was one good thing to come out of it. At the time had a client who was being Charged with armed robbery. It was a court-appointed case so of course he did not trust me. But when I went to visit with him in jail he looked at my hands and almost gasped. I can’t tell you why, but from that time on he always respected me.

Rusty · 02-21-2019, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa

There was one good thing to come out of it. At the time had a client who was being Charged with armed robbery. It was a court-appointed case so of course he did not trust me. But when I went to visit with him in jail he looked at my hands and almost gasped. I can’t tell you why, but from that time on he always respected me.

Thought that you beat the crap out of your clients if they didn't pay up.

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ResIpsa Track Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 564 Drives: 09 RACING HEN Rep Power: 340	Last month I installed solid motor and transmission mounts so I removed my cats and exhaust to give me a little more room to work. While I was there, I thought I might as well do the headers because everything is pretty much off. Keep in mind I have swaped the motor in my civic and swaped the transmission in my Ford excursion. I got as far as removing the header heat shields when I realized this just was not worth it. The lack of working space and maniacally sharp heat shields made my hands look like I was a UFC fighter. And to make matters worse, I couldn’t just run with the heat shield removed because they were wedged between the fender and headers. I was forced to reattach them. I lost track of the hours I spent and how much blood I lost. Spartan 1771, JARblue, DarkJak and 1 others like this. __________________ The Reed Law Firm; Michael Fasano VA Attorney and Counselor at Law: A Virginia Traffic, Criminal, and Family Lawyer.https://reedlawva.com/ Last edited by ResIpsa; 02-20-2019 at 04:35 PM.

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