Dealing with the New Normal
Hello I'm Nick, I have a 2009 GT, I am interested in installing headers : I want to be able to install myself , do need to do any computer configuration, what is the best choice of headers? I don't have welder. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. To everyone be safe be careful
Hello Nick, welcome aboard!
Headers... folks will chime with their preferences, and yes, you'll need to tune after (with stock exhaust, cats light off in xx minutes. with headers the cats are further away from the engine, and take longer to 'light off'. The tune will, among other things, tell the computer "it will take xxx minutes for the cats to light off")
Now, more than ever, avoid the "cheap Chinese stuff" and buy GOOD American made headers (Kooks, ARH, etc). My ARH's have been trouble-free for 8 years or so.
2009.1 G8 GT MSM, Sport & Premium
Creature Comfort:
19" spare & Pace jack kit, autodim mirror, visor light mod, pass seat slider fix, subwoofer mod, Homelink visor (by Snakey),
XM & OnStar out/CoStar BLUESTAR in, Morimoto HID High and Low beam conversion (from TRS), P275/35R19's all around on stock wheels
Show:
debadged except GM chicklets, custom GXP front fascia, GXP rear diffuser, Holden Center Caps
Go/Whoa:
VMS ECM/TCM tune, Vararam, HSRK, ARH 1-3/4" LTH, HFCs into stock mufflers, Mobil 1, Pedders Street 1 kit, front and rear Brembo's, PPV struts & shocks
[U] Stuff waiting patiently for installation [U]
LSA Supercharger, Staggered Camaro 20's with Holden centers, wireless Aux input for tunes off of the cell phone.
PB: 13.468 @104.4 tune & Vararam
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