I have the dreaded cracked header problem. I have been looking at headers and ive been trying to find the best deal i can find because money is a little tight. Found a nicely priced stainless steel header thats ceramic coated. Any problems with ceramic coated headers? Ive heard from someone at work that had problems with a ceramic header. Anyone heard of this? Would like to know before I buy

 

I haven't had any on jeeps but I've had ceramic coated headers on muscle cars that were sweet. As long as flang is thick & its a quality header it should be fine. I just ordered obx tuner header.

 

i got a header from rugged ridge and installed it yesterday and every thing is great and sounds better.

 

how long did it take to install? i know you have to remove the intake along with the header since the utilize the same bolts but do you have to disconnect the fuel rails and everything seperatly?

 

APN header is 149 bucks. nice upgrade to my jeep, made it sound louder and breath better which is what i wanted.

http://www.ineedparts.com/auto-parts...-manifold.html

 

the fuel rail goes into the intake holes where the injectors dump into the motor, you can just pull the rail/injectors out and let it sit on top of the valve cover while everything is off. its really not as hard as you think. it took me about two hours start to finish moping around here and there and i changed my injectors while i was at it.

 

alright awesome. hopefully mine gets to my house before the end of the week. I didnt think it would be too difficult. At least compared to everything else ive done to my heep

 

i disconnected the lines going to the fuel rail and left the fuel rail on the intake manifold, i also numbered the fuel injectors with tape to make sure they went back on in order.

 

another thing; i was thinking about getting a throttle body spacer. Are they just a waste of money or would it be worth it. I think with a header and a throttle body spacer my jeep could breathe a little better.

Anyone runnin a TB spacer? Wutya think

 

I wouldn't waste money just get a bored throttle body. It would be more cost effective

 

Well ill just pay a machine shop to bore mine. What are the bored throttle bodies that suppliers sell bored to?

 

they are bored out to 62mm. and i do run a tb space and get better mpgs with highway driving and better throttle response.

 

mine was bored out to 63mm by leigh performance tb's

http://strokedjeep.com/index.html

 

If you actually bore it you will need a new butterfly valve.