Crawford Headers
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From: OC - So Cal
Originally Posted by Skaterbasist
Did someone say Irwindale?
I saw high 50's tonight for the first time in a long time!
I saw high 50's tonight for the first time in a long time!
Originally Posted by OCG35
if everything is completed as scheduled I'm in for the 23rd... or Nov 6th...
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From: OC - So Cal
Originally Posted by Dsskyline
what was your best irwindale time? Did you do any runs there before the 3.7fd?
FD get 2.1 60' off idle... been waiting for cold weather to get some better runs in... I havent run in cold weather for looong time.
Had some cold weather last night... reset the ECM, trained it, and had some fun on a late night cruise 
Oh, and my car sounds so much nicer with cold air...
supposed to hit 40 tonight.
Oh, and my car sounds so much nicer with cold air...
supposed to hit 40 tonight.
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From: OC - So Cal
for those that were interested in pics, I didn’t have time to take any before taking the car in for install - but I did take a few of them on the motor (out of the car) and was able to get a tight shot in the collector and close ups of some on the welds to illustrate what I was referring to (in first post)... I'll post them up over the weekend.
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Pics of Welds and Collector
From this thread – better discussions about the actual quality of welds going on there: http://my350z.com/forum/intake-exhau...d-headers.html
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From: OC - So Cal
I posted this on Z - and am posting here... just to make clear that I'm not bashing Crawford (becasue someone over there apparetly thought thats why I posted)... ...
I made it real clear, this wasn’t about bashing Crawford... It was asking if others that have their headers had the same concerns...
As for calling Crawford - I already stated that I had a quality welder look at them to make sure there was no concern of cracking or problems - and his comment was he wasn’t impressed by the quality of the welds, but the should hold up.
I don’t see a reason to call Doug - it's not as if I want to return them... I would not have chosen Crawford if I didn’t believe they were the best for the performance I'm after. I was just curious to see if others were the same. I’m a big fan of Crawford and have their HFC – I’ve recommended them several times… so this isn’t a Crawford bash.
On a side note - the fuel line had to be heat wrapped and a new bracket fab'd to keep it clear from resting on the header... The shop had mentioned a Z using these headers with no bracket and no wrap and the header burned a hole spewing fuel all over :icon9: Just an FYI for anyone installing these in the future.
As for calling Crawford - I already stated that I had a quality welder look at them to make sure there was no concern of cracking or problems - and his comment was he wasn’t impressed by the quality of the welds, but the should hold up.
I don’t see a reason to call Doug - it's not as if I want to return them... I would not have chosen Crawford if I didn’t believe they were the best for the performance I'm after. I was just curious to see if others were the same. I’m a big fan of Crawford and have their HFC – I’ve recommended them several times… so this isn’t a Crawford bash.
On a side note - the fuel line had to be heat wrapped and a new bracket fab'd to keep it clear from resting on the header... The shop had mentioned a Z using these headers with no bracket and no wrap and the header burned a hole spewing fuel all over :icon9: Just an FYI for anyone installing these in the future.
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