Cascade Crew

Twilightoptics · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

I love my Taylors. 90º Boots fit right in there nice.

Headers usally like the wires routed up over the valve covers. Zip ties work great for temporary looms.

Xophertony · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:40 pm Post subject:

i have them under the headers. looks stealth. Cool

Twilightoptics · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject:

Xophertony · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:38 am Post subject:

thus the heat boot protectors and routing them away from my awsome tubage. so far i have been rolling with the right side tucked for two weeks now. left side still has the "up and over" routing.

you guys don't realy think i should move em back up top do ya? cause if the more experienced car guys say it's a bad idea to tuck them under then i will put em back..... Crying or Very sad

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:52 am Post subject:

Doesn't really matter Tony. Just keep them from coming in contact with the headers. I like the idea of keeping them tucked out of the way but with them up and over I can inspect them easier... no big deal.

-Schultzy

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:09 am Post subject:

I made special looms to run them along side the valve covers right above the headers. So I can still pull my valve cover, without fudging with wires.

Xophertony · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

i like opening my hood and seeing engine. i tucked all the injector wires and the alternator wires on the driverside. they are double-loomed and behind the runners. thats the one downside of running a spiffy intake like the stealth ram (thats what you're running right schultz?) there is no room for hiding things. pluss TPI looks sweet. Smile

EDIT* does anyone know where i can get header bolts with an alan head or torx head? hex head header bolts suck.
EDIT* found some. are these the right size? i know they are the right thread size ( 3/8th-16th) but are they long enough?
http://www.midwayautosupply.com/detailedproductdescription.asp?4864

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject:

I'm running the mini-ram (TPIS). Paul, Ian, Sean are running the stealth ram (Holley).

-Schultzy

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject:

I can hide mine better than they are now, but I put the Commander 950 wiring harness in after the engine had ran for a while and didn't want to take things apart. As things come apart for various reasons, things get rerouted.

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:43 am Post subject:

I personally like the look of no wires, It makes things look real clean under the hood. But I have seen some cars with nice ignition systems with the wires over the top, if they are colorful and pretty wires Very Happy

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject:

well, replaced all my plugs in my continued effort to track down my miss that i have had since i replaced my headers... during my header instalation i re-used all the plugs that were allready on the engine. they looked fine so i figured why spend $$. i also dropped on repededly on the ground because it is hard to maintain grip on them. well it turns out i had flattened one of them by droping it. my #3? (2nd one from the firewall on the drivers side) plug had 0 gap. it was getting NO SPARK. i have been running on 7 cylanders since i installed my headers!!

i can not wait to drive it and see how much power it has finaly running on all 8 !

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

HAHA

oops,

im sorry
Glad you figured it out Thumbs up

Xophertony · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

well, drove the car to school, MY GOD... it is so fast now. the ramp signal was off when i went to get on 26 today, but there was no traffic so i stopped anyway. puncged it, left a smokey cloude and was up to 90MPH when i looked at the speedo just after the 2-3 shift. it's so awsome.

i got in the car and started her up, felt less powerfull, but smooth as glass. i got up to about 25 on my street, felt normal. then i pulled onto the main street Shocked

THAT is when i noticed the change. i am verry exited to drive my car now. the bug has bit me. i want to do things to make it faster Cool

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject:

Awesome Tony! Sounds like you are finally up in the power range that you should be. Between the spark plug and possibly not having all of your timing should be mucho better.

When I first installed the headers it didn't 'feel' as fast at first but it definitely was. I noticed that I got up to speed a lot quicker... look down at speedo - oopsie Cool

As far as the bug - lolololololololol

NAAWWWWSSS!

Enjoy.

-Schultzy

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:08 am Post subject:

Dude that's awsome. 2nd from firewall is #5.

87
65
43
21
Front

Glad you got things going well. It's amazing how something small can really affect power!

Time to take her to the track!

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:37 am Post subject:

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

I really want to find an empty street some night....er.....I mean the track... and see just how fast the GTA is now. I'll bet my 4th gen will get schooled "hardcore" style... (ask John what that's like)...