Pypes Long tube headers fitment issues!

[beefcake]

[MENTION=16083]GTBOB[/MENTION] could you please take a pic of how they hang? [MENTION=10926]beefcake[/MENTION] Is it possible pypes could have sent the wrong part? I dont see how mine could hang so low while others dont?

i honestly don't see how they could have bolted up, if they weren't the right headers,

anything is possible though

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[JuRuKi]

Maybe they are headers for the previous gen mustang? Arent their engines almost identical to ours?
I contacted pypes and they say they shouldn't hang lower than stock but dont really know what could be wrong...

 

[Popo5ohh]

what has to be done to the ac bolt?

 

[JuRuKi]

I dont see how i could do anything to pull them higher since my driver side header pipes are almost touching the heat shield already:

 

[JuRuKi]

what has to be done to the ac bolt?

I think you are supposed to relocate it somehow

 

[GTBOB]

I think you are supposed to relocate it somehow

I removed the bolt entirely and just swung the bracket up on the a/c line. It's tight and won't go anywhere. Unfortunately, this needs to be done with the header removed.:doh:

 

[GTBOB]

Here are some pics of the passenger-side. I have about 1 1/8th" clearance between the frame and nearest primary tube . Then 2 1/4" at the collector. I took a pic of the o2 sensors too. I have no fitment issues. "HDR78SK-2" label on the Pypes box.

 

[GTBOB]

Here is a pic of the collector taken from the passenger-side. Farthest point below frame box is 1/2".

 

[JDVisualz]

Wow thats crazy..barely any clearance if not any on those :eyebulge:

 

[JuRuKi]

Here are some pics of the passenger-side. I have about 1 1/8th" clearance between the frame and nearest primary tube . Then 2 1/4" at the collector. I took a pic of the o2 sensors too. I have no fitment issues. "HDR78SK-2" label on the Pypes box.

Thanks for the pictures GTBOB! My clearance in the spot where you measured is similar to yours. Its a little higher up the headers, near the engine bay, thats almost touching. You DO have a lot better clearance where the O2 sensors are. Maybe its because i have the catted version.

 

[JuRuKi]

Here is a pic of the collector taken from the passenger-side. Farthest point below frame box is 1/2".

Mine seem to be hanging just like yours judging by the pictures but i measured a full inch in mine. My car isnt even lowered that much and i cant get a full fist under the pipe and i have small hands. The scariest part is that the part that is exposed is exactly where the weld is.

 

[Popo5ohh]

hmmm. idk whether to go with these. stainless power or borla

 

[JuRuKi]

[MENTION=10926]beefcake[/MENTION] do you know if a muffler shop could maybe heat up the pipe and bend it a little inwards? Some types of stainless steel crack others bend.
My pipe is just waiting to get ripped by a speed bump!

 

[JuRuKi]

hmmm. idk whether to go with these. stainless power or borla

If i knew i was gonna have so many issues i would have gone ARH. Thinking about paying $500 to remove them again makes me feel nauseous lol

 

[Popo5ohh]

i hear ya. im trying to stay under 1000 for headers since wife is buying them

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