I installed my Mac headers and made a homemade ram air scoop under the car. I can tell a nice SOTP difference and can barely keep the tires planted in first and second. anyway, the motor seems to spin ALOT easier than ever. I mean I will be at redline before I realize it.
I put on headers, changed plugs/ wires and homemade ram air scoop then I notice the difference.
Is this normal or just one of those things?
Chris

 

With the headers your just allowed the engine to breath alot better. and freed up some power also.

very normal, with my long tubes i was able to tell a diffrence imidiantly

 

thats what I thought, Nothing feels wrong, just the very noticable difference caught me off guard.
Chris

 

Might have corrected a problem also when changing plugs and wires but headers is one of the better mods.

 

Just out of curiosity, with the new headers is the car louder now?

 

I did my headers, ORY, catback, wires, plugs, and mail-order tune altogether and it was definitely a night and day difference. I'm sure it didn't help that the car has 93K and the wires were original as were the stock Delco plat. plugs. The pucks fell off of every plug and the gaps were in the .080 range! I never understood why the previous owner would have the transmission and rearend fluid changed twice a year, but he never changed the plugs or wires for the duration of his ownership.

 

could have been I fixed a problem. the car is deffinately louder with the headers, especially now since I put my cutout on yesterday. WOW, crazy loud.

 

My GRA (ghetto ram air) was worth 1 to 2 MPH in the quarter on my car.
It picks up to 104 from 102/103 without it.
I have deleted the fog lights so I am going to hide the GRA in the driver side foglight hole so people don,t make fun of me anymore.

 

yea i pulled a plug on my car for the hell of it the other day, and ill be damned if mine arent original. car has 83k on it now, i bought it w/ 75k. I can tell it needs a tune-up, but ive been putting it off until i get my headers, which should be within the next year

 

How well did your headers fit against the head? Did you get a good seal? I just got my MACs in today and I'm noticing that the flanges are not all aligned on the same plane. Looks as if I will have leaks.

 

Haha, ghetto ram air.....i like that. When I did it to mine I didn't really feel much of a difference, but I do run very good at the track for my mods as seen in my sig. I don't get made fun of by anyone, heck I show it to people since its sorta custom ya know

 

my headers seemed to fit perfect, no unneven flanges or warpage. i bought a felpro gasket and it all fit great.
it looks kinda goofy but I like my GRA, I cleaned the filter the same time I did that so it was breathing alot better already, but It don't look too bad. I also lined the top and sides of that "air box" with the same sheet metal to try and help keep some engine heat out. who knows if it does any good but I get bored waiting on money mods.

 

I just got some used mac headers but on one header it has a slip on part on one primary and it looks like the last guy had a bunch of sealant on it. What do I do with it? Is it so its easier to install or something?

 

I used dryer duct hose and had it hangin below the bumper cover.
I got hasseled all the time....."hey, you ran over somthin and its stuck in your grill" ...."Hey, look some laundry got caught in the front of your car" "Whats that Sonic cup doin on the front of your car?"
People messin with me all the time. ;(

 

ok that really is ghetto... I used some sheet metal type stuff and cut it out and bent it to form up a nice scoop and then connected it with screws. It looks decent, but I need to paint it black so it doesn't stick out so much. When I made it I actually had to do it 2 times, cause the first 1 I made stuck too low and got trashed when I pulled out of my driveway