Hey guys hows it going. I have a pacesetter ss and it hits on my heat shield b/c it is longer than the stock bar. The shop that installed it trimmed the heat shield, but it still bangs the heat shield. Its not that big of deal, not loud or anything, just curious guys if there is anyway to fix this problem? Thanks guys

I just took off all the heatshields when I installed my pacesetter ss. I've been without pretty much all the heatshieds on or around the cat for about a year now and have had no problems. So you could try that. They're pretty easy to remove.

get rid of the heatshield, I didn't bother using mine when I installed the header. Also, the heatshield on the cat completely fell off (it was rusted out) when we sawzalled the mid section.

Metro_Ser are you joking in your signature?

Ju§tin

Chrono,
out of all people i figured you'd realize this a long time ago.

Originally posted by metro_se-r
get rid of the heatshield, I didn't bother using mine when I installed the header. Also, the heatshield on the cat completely fell off (it was rusted out) when we sawzalled the mid section.

You may be the biggest rice boy in the whole world. Stickers on your car is not a mod. You can do what ever you want with your car....but cars like yours give imports a bad name.

200sx-97-SE-R

that sig freaked me the *** out!

Originally posted by Crono1321
Metro_Ser are you joking in your signature?

Ju§tin


I thought that was hillarious, I was laughing soo damn hard when read that. Way to make a good joke metro!

Originally posted by animalbarrie
You may be the biggest rice boy in the whole world. Stickers on your car is not a mod. You can do what ever you want with your car....but cars like yours give imports a bad name.

u must be a total idiot. and for someone who's a performance "expert" you should know that a header frees up more hp then an exhaust.

Originally posted by SR20steve
I thought that was hillarious, I was laughing soo damn hard when read that. Way to make a good joke metro!

Thanks Steve, at least someone gets it! :D

Originally posted by metro_se-r
u must be a total idiot. and for someone who's a performance "expert" you should know that a header frees up more hp then an exhaust.

Actually I do know that. If you were smart...you would know it is a waste of money to buy a header if you are going to turbo charge your car. That is my reasoning for not buying a header. Oh and my intake was given to me...so that wasnt a waste of money either.

Back to the topic: I took a ball-pean hammer and "messaged" my heat shield until my short shifter didn't hit it, you might try that.

My pacesetter hits the heatshield a little, but I don't care...

Originally posted by animalbarrie
Actually I do know that. If you were smart...you would know it is a waste of money to buy a header if you are going to turbo charge your car. That is my reasoning for not buying a header. Oh and my intake was given to me...so that wasnt a waste of money either.

so i guess you'll change the exhaust from a 2.25" piping to 3" piping once you go turbo?

Did you guys actually have to unbolt the exaust to get to the heatshield? Because I just bought a Pacesetter SS, and I don't see any otherway to get it out of there. Someone enlighten me.

12" tach... Fuckin priceless. :D

That is a great sig...

Originally posted by metro_se-r
so i guess you'll change the exhaust from a 2.25" piping to 3" piping once you go turbo?

Very good. That were my plans exactly.

An alternative to banging the hell out of the heatshield is to shim it down on the mounts using washers. By adding more washers, you can't move the heatshield lower. It is a slightly more elegant solution than breaking out the hammer. ;)

Besides all the BS in this thread how did you like the header i was thinking about getting one, was the gain impresive?...the HS is just to damn expensive.....12" tach hahaha.......