The DOHC version fit my car perfectly, except it was not a slip fit...luckily I was able to hammer the end of my collector slightly and do a connection with a few leaks until monday (it was saturday at 11am when I had it installed). On the way to the exhaust shop for welding it came apart :).
Chris --- ... Christopher Feeny web: http://30moons.com job: Web Developer (asp, php, html, database backend, graphics) hob: online since 1983, 96 Saturn SC2, PC building, web research ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, RoadRunn wrote: > Yes I had the same issue and I'll go one better. They did not make one > for my 92 so I used the 95 since they had the same bolt pattern. Yes I > was using a year that was not what my car was. Along with the things > that you found I also had to cut a notch out of my cross member at the > bottom to make room and use a 95 O2 sensor. I also noticed there was not > too much material on the header where it bolts to the head and just a > little bit of the wrong stress would snap off the end. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Scott W. Thomas > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:08 AM > To: SPOC National; SPOC Pennsylvania; ECSP > Subject: [SPOC] Hotshot Header Install > > > Team: > > Last night I finally received my new headers from Hotshot. They look to > be very nice quality and I figured that I would go ahead and install > them. > > Now let me tell you, I don't know what type of engineering these people > are doing over at Hotshot, but I am extremely disappointed with the > fitment of this product. > > The first problem that I had was getting the holes to line up with the > exhaust studs on the head. It seems that the holes are not lined up > correctly. I did manage to get the header on eventually, but it was a > struggle. > > After I got the header on, two of the welds interfered with the nuts > that hold the unit on. The only way around this will be for me to try to > find a different style of nut or to grind down some of the weld. > > Then comes the downpipe. This unit slips over the collector header and > is supposed to be held together with a single bolt. This bolt goes > through a little sleeve located on the header and the downpipe. There is > no gasket material between the header and downpipe either. And this is > supposed to seal??? The bolt that they supplied is just a tiny #10 at > most and once it goes through the sleeves, it is so close to the side of > the collector, that you can't get the nut on to tighten it down. I know > this because I tried for 4 hours last night to get this setup to work. > > While the header is installed at this time, it is unfinished, it leaks, > and I am not happy with the trouble that I had to go through, only to > find out that it truly is not an easy bolt on installation. > > My only choice that I can see at this point is to remove the entire > setup and have some weld the downpipe directly to the header and then > reinstall the unit from underneath. > > Has anyone else had this experience with the header on the SOHC cars? I > would like to hear from you if you have and what you did to resolve the > problem. > > Thanks, > > Scott W. Thomas, MCSE > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org > > Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database. > > To unsubscribe from the list at any time, send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any subject, and in the message text, > "Unsubscribe spoc". > > > > Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org > > Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database. > > To unsubscribe from the list at any time, send an e-mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with any subject, and in the message text, "Unsubscribe >spoc". > Visit SPOC National at http://www.spocnational.org Don't forget to update your Profile in the Owners Database. To unsubscribe from the list at any time, send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any subject, and in the message text, "Unsubscribe spoc".
