Installing Momentum Headers

AlexRaymond19 · 02-16-2013, 09:10 PM

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its soooooooo loud holy ****! I think i have a small leak somehwere on the exhaust because i heard a little hissing noise. But it seemed to go away once it got a little warmer. I cant run car very long because its in my garage under my house and the fumes got pretty bad, so tomorrow i will put insurance back on here and do a proper test drive

SS_Firehawk · 02-16-2013, 09:17 PM

Woot! CG's! Now to wait patiently for some header pron.

DEpointfive0 · 02-16-2013, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexRaymond19

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its soooooooo loud holy ****! I think i have a small leak somehwere on the exhaust because i heard a little hissing noise. But it seemed to go away once it got a little warmer. I cant run car very long because its in my garage under my house and the fumes got pretty bad, so tomorrow i will put insurance back on here and do a proper test drive

Congratulations!!!

Mods, can we now change this thread's title to "Why you shouldn't install headers yourself" LOL

Mike · 02-16-2013, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Huck

this. In my opinion you can't go around bragging and showing off your car if all you did was pay people to do stuff for you lol. There's very few things I don't know how to do on my car, and the things I don't know are quickly being learned. The best thing you can do is ask a crap load of questions and then just get under there and do it. The feeling of accomplishment you get afterwards is totally worth it. Plus when you're showing your car off and people look at you kinda amazed when you tell them nobody has touched your car but you is awesome

I tend to sort of agree. I can understand if you can't do it yourself, but there is a bit of pride to doing it on your own. That being said, I do farm out a lot of my stuff now, not because I can't do it, but with two full time jobs, I can earn more money in the time I would take to do it myself than I have to pay to have it done, and I love freeing a garage space up and leaving my car at Z1 for weeks at a time (not because they are slow, but because they are far away.) I usually drop it off on the way home from a track day in Alabama and pick it up right before the next one when I need stuff done.

gomer_110 · 02-16-2013, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexRaymond19

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its soooooooo loud holy ****! I think i have a small leak somehwere on the exhaust because i heard a little hissing noise. But it seemed to go away once it got a little warmer. I cant run car very long because its in my garage under my house and the fumes got pretty bad, so tomorrow i will put insurance back on here and do a proper test drive

With headers and test pipes some hissing is going to exist on deceleration. It's just the nature of the VQ. Now if you're hearing is an acceleration then there is a problem.

ts-c63 · 02-16-2013, 11:10 PM

Video video video!! I have to hear this thing cold start and fly bys !

AlexRaymond19 · 02-16-2013, 11:45 PM

Im uploading vids now, sorry no fly bys yet. There is still 2 feet of snow on the ground lol. I just have a cold start, some revs inside the cabin, and some about 15 feet behind. I will get better video tomorrow, and also throw up an album of all the pics i took during the project.

I still need to put the steering together, and somehow get the bar back on that supports the test pipes, but it does not line up right, will i be fine without it? Still have plenty of time to figure it out

AlexRaymond19 · 02-16-2013, 11:49 PM

20130216_212748.mp4 - YouTube

Momentum Headers - YouTube

MJB · 02-16-2013, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexRaymond19

I still need to put the steering together, and somehow get the bar back on that supports the test pipes, but it does not line up right, will i be fine without it? Still have plenty of time to figure it out

You can run without it. Some HFC's and TP's don't even have support mounts on them. My TP's didn't line up very well either, I ended up bending the bracket to get it to work.

AlexRaymond19 · 02-16-2013, 11:55 PM

The hiss is really prominent, almost sounds like a cheesy supercharger or turbo blow off in person. I don't really mind, im just stoked its all done. And yes, mods can rename and sticky this thread as "why not to install headers yourself, unless you want to spend up to 20 hours of painful labor, about 100 bucks in extra tools, headaches, heart attacks, scarred arms, bruised ego, and cry yourself to sleep every night until the job gets finished" :-)

Huck · 02-17-2013, 02:12 AM

Hahahaha yeah that's pretty much the case.

The hiss is totally normal, I actually took my car to two different shops thinking I had screwed up and they did every test known to man. That's just the sound our cars make for some reason... Congrats on it being done!

And I didn't mean to come off like a **** about the self installation thing, I was thinking more of the super rich arrogant ******** that throw $100k at their car and then brag about what "they" did to it. I just like the sense of accomplishment that comes with doing things yourself, but I totally get that not everyone is able to do the same, nor does everyone have the time or the interest in doing it themselves. It's fine with me because that's how I make extra money!

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Huck · 02-17-2013, 02:14 AM

Oh and ts, if you just haven't heard the system yet you can check out this video as well as the it her videos I've uploaded. http://youtu.be/hA6e1-6cujY

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AlexRaymond19 · 02-17-2013, 09:10 AM

Sweet, i wont worry about the hiss. I was going to take the Z out for a spin, but i don't have tail lights... Totally forgot i am waiting on those puppies.

I just want to throw out a huge THANK YOU for everyone who helped me out! I would have never finished, or even started if it wasn't for everyone's help. You all have been awesome!

Mike · 02-17-2013, 09:22 AM

I don't have the support bar anymore either. Its no big deal

AlexRaymond19 · 02-17-2013, 10:33 AM

Sweet, thanks for the info mike.

02-16-2013, 09:10 PM	#106 (permalink)
AlexRaymond19 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 771 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 15	ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its soooooooo loud holy **! I think i have a small leak somehwere on the exhaust because i heard a little hissing noise. But it seemed to go away once it got a little warmer. I cant run car very long because its in my garage under my house and the fumes got pretty bad, so tomorrow i will put insurance back on here and do a proper test drive DEpointfive0 likes this. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring MT \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Momentum\| Z1 \| Fast Intentions \| Advant Garde \| RE11 \| Swift \| SPC \| Quaife \| Whiteline \| Evo R \| 322RWHP 259ft-lb Mustang**

02-16-2013, 09:17 PM	#107 (permalink)
SS_Firehawk Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tampa Posts: 4,142 Drives: 13' Magma Red Nismo Rep Power: 7335	Woot! CG's! Now to wait patiently for some header pron. DEpointfive0 likes this. __________________ Old Car:GTM TSC'd 550whp / 410lbft tq @ 11.88PSI New Car: Under Construction

02-16-2013, 11:45 PM	#112 (permalink)
AlexRaymond19 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 771 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 15	Im uploading vids now, sorry no fly bys yet. There is still 2 feet of snow on the ground lol. I just have a cold start, some revs inside the cabin, and some about 15 feet behind. I will get better video tomorrow, and also throw up an album of all the pics i took during the project. I still need to put the steering together, and somehow get the bar back on that supports the test pipes, but it does not line up right, will i be fine without it? Still have plenty of time to figure it out __________________ 2010 370Z Touring MT \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Momentum\| Z1 \| Fast Intentions \| Advant Garde \| RE11 \| Swift \| SPC \| Quaife \| Whiteline \| Evo R \| 322RWHP 259ft-lb Mustang

02-16-2013, 11:49 PM	#113 (permalink)
AlexRaymond19 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 771 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 15	20130216_212748.mp4 - YouTube Momentum Headers - YouTube Gawl128 likes this. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring MT \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Momentum\| Z1 \| Fast Intentions \| Advant Garde \| RE11 \| Swift \| SPC \| Quaife \| Whiteline \| Evo R \| 322RWHP 259ft-lb Mustang

02-16-2013, 11:55 PM	#115 (permalink)
AlexRaymond19 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 771 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 15	The hiss is really prominent, almost sounds like a cheesy supercharger or turbo blow off in person. I don't really mind, im just stoked its all done. And yes, mods can rename and sticky this thread as "why not to install headers yourself, unless you want to spend up to 20 hours of painful labor, about 100 bucks in extra tools, headaches, heart attacks, scarred arms, bruised ego, and cry yourself to sleep every night until the job gets finished" :-) gomer_110, DEpointfive0 and SAmilitaryman like this. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring MT \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Momentum\| Z1 \| Fast Intentions \| Advant Garde \| RE11 \| Swift \| SPC \| Quaife \| Whiteline \| Evo R \| 322RWHP 259ft-lb Mustang

02-16-2013, 11:10 PM	#111 (permalink)
ts-c63 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: nyc/nj Posts: 384 Drives: 2012 370z 7At Rep Power: 14	Video video video!! I have to hear this thing cold start and fly bys !

02-17-2013, 02:12 AM	#116 (permalink)
Huck A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cocoa, Florida Age: 42 Posts: 5,075 Drives: Pantydropper machine Rep Power: 33	Hahahaha yeah that's pretty much the case. The hiss is totally normal, I actually took my car to two different shops thinking I had screwed up and they did every test known to man. That's just the sound our cars make for some reason... Congrats on it being done! And I didn't mean to come off like a ** about the self installation thing, I was thinking more of the super rich arrogant ****** that throw $100k at their car and then brag about what "they" did to it. I just like the sense of accomplishment that comes with doing things yourself, but I totally get that not everyone is able to do the same, nor does everyone have the time or the interest in doing it themselves. It's fine with me because that's how I make extra money! Sent from my iPizzle using magic and new-fangled science stuff AlexRaymond19 likes this. __________________ VLEDS \| Evo-R \| Moddiction \| CF Hood Struts \| F.I. CF CBE & LTH \| Stillen CAI \| NST Pulleys \| UpRev \| Z1 \| M7 \| Status \| Forgestar \| PSS \| Whiteline \| SPL \| SPC \| Kenwood \| Zenclosure \| Kicker \| Alpine Type R

02-17-2013, 02:14 AM	#117 (permalink)
Huck A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cocoa, Florida Age: 42 Posts: 5,075 Drives: Pantydropper machine Rep Power: 33	Oh and ts, if you just haven't heard the system yet you can check out this video as well as the it her videos I've uploaded. http://youtu.be/hA6e1-6cujY Sent from my iPizzle using magic and new-fangled science stuff __________________ VLEDS \| Evo-R \| Moddiction \| CF Hood Struts \| F.I. CF CBE & LTH \| Stillen CAI \| NST Pulleys \| UpRev \| Z1 \| M7 \| Status \| Forgestar \| PSS \| Whiteline \| SPL \| SPC \| Kenwood \| Zenclosure \| Kicker \| Alpine Type R

02-17-2013, 09:10 AM	#118 (permalink)
AlexRaymond19 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 771 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 15	Sweet, i wont worry about the hiss. I was going to take the Z out for a spin, but i don't have tail lights... Totally forgot i am waiting on those puppies. I just want to throw out a huge THANK YOU for everyone who helped me out! I would have never finished, or even started if it wasn't for everyone's help. You all have been awesome! DEpointfive0 likes this. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring MT \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Momentum\| Z1 \| Fast Intentions \| Advant Garde \| RE11 \| Swift \| SPC \| Quaife \| Whiteline \| Evo R \| 322RWHP 259ft-lb Mustang

02-17-2013, 09:22 AM	#119 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	I don't have the support bar anymore either. Its no big deal AlexRaymond19 likes this. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

02-17-2013, 10:33 AM	#120 (permalink)
AlexRaymond19 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 771 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 15	Sweet, thanks for the info mike. __________________ 2010 370Z Touring MT \| Stillen \| Motordyne \| Momentum\| Z1 \| Fast Intentions \| Advant Garde \| RE11 \| Swift \| SPC \| Quaife \| Whiteline \| Evo R \| 322RWHP 259ft-lb Mustang

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