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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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Unhappy DC headers broke.. now what?

Well to start things off I have a stock b20b (non vtec) in my 1992 civic cx hatch. I have dc ceramic headers on it now and all of a sudden my car got extemely loud coming from under the hood. I looked under and realized that where the header bolts to the rest of the exhaust is broken(so they arent connected). also my headers are pretty dented from bottoming out on bad roads. I was thinking about getting some no name headers off EBAY but i would like to know if they are any good. They are about 50-60$ and stainless steel. also they are 2 or 3 piece instead of 1 piece like my dc headers.

any advice?

p.s. im broke so i cant afford more than 100$. thats from savings as it is.



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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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ok, good news is that it looks like its not broken. just the bolts came out or something. should i find new bolts or get new headers anyways?


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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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Fix what you have rather than buying junk parts.The dents aren't that terribile, especially for a stock motor
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by PooN_Lude
Fix what you have rather than buying junk parts.The dents aren't that terribile, especially for a stock motor
ive seen 4-1 headers with the bottom two runners completely crushed. just get some new hardware
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 04:59 AM
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get new bolts, but you woulda been better with a 4-2-1 on the b20 instead of a 4-1 design, the 4-1 allows more top end and the 4-2-1 is more of a mid range header
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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thanks for all the help everyone
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