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  1. 03-17-2009, 04:44 PM #1
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    ok so i was driving one day and noticed my exhaust sound a little louder than usualy(no radioanymore) so i popped the hood and found a lot off soot on the block. so i decided to turn the car on and too my surprise i found out that my headers have a crack were the header tubes meet at cyl 3 and 4 before the collector..... my question is how did it happen and why.......they are dc sports 4-2-1 headers on a single cam civic. is it becuz i drive too hard cuz i drive the piss out of it each and everyday w/o a problem. is this a common problem for hondas or what?
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    probably stress on the exhaust. like not enough hangers down stream.
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    I have had DC Sports crack on my Civic, and the Racing Beat header on my Miata cracked every runner, I just welded them back and good to go.

    BTW you have A header, not headers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett
    I have had DC Sports crack on my Civic, and the Racing Beat header on my Miata cracked every runner, I just welded them back and good to go.

    BTW you have A header, not headers.
    i hate that too
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    Glad to know you beat your car up everyday. Really going to make it easier to sell if you ever decided to post it up on IA in the FS section.


    And, it's like everything else. Eventually, its going to break. Just take a welder to it and call it a day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett
    I have had DC Sports crack on my Civic, and the Racing Beat header on my Miata cracked every runner, I just welded them back and good to go.

    BTW you have A header, not headers.
    lmao yea its a 4 banger !
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    oh the hatch is never gonna get sold.... but i mean i thought dc was reutable company. im thinking about just buying 4-1 and calling it a day. its gotten even worse yesterday i revvd my motor and i saw freakin flames shootin out the crack
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    Want me to weld it for you? I need the practice.

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    do you have a flex pipe or spring bolts? on the header or exhaust? if not.. its gonna keep cracking!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JITB
    do you have a flex pipe or spring bolts? on the header or exhaust? if not.. its gonna keep cracking!
    x2 on that, you need a flex pipe!
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    yeah they had spring bolt on them. i think years of driving and abuse is wat caused it cuz i drive it HARD everyday and i guess they just cant take the heat
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdm-civic
    yeah they had spring bolt on them. i think years of driving and abuse is wat caused it cuz i drive it HARD everyday and i guess they just cant take the heat
    sometimes the spring bolts dont cut it, put a flex pipe on the header, it will save you alot of time in the future getting it re welding....after your "abuse"!
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    jb weld ftw
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    Quote Originally Posted by JITB
    sometimes the spring bolts dont cut it, put a flex pipe on the header, it will save you alot of time in the future getting it re welding....after your "abuse"!

    flex pipes are always a good thing for an aftermarket header.
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    Quote Originally Posted by eclipse_boy
    jb weld ftw
    Except for the part where JB Weld has written on the back, in big letters, "DO NOT USE ON EXHAUST MANIFOLDS".

    Wanna see what happens when you put it on exhaust manifolds or headers?

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  17. 03-30-2009, 04:24 AM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by xPhantomSilviax
    Want me to weld it for you? I need the practice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdm-civic
    oh the hatch is never gonna get sold.... but i mean i thought dc was reutable company. im thinking about just buying 4-1 and calling it a day. its gotten even worse yesterday i revvd my motor and i saw freakin flames shootin out the crack

    ROTFLMAO
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