hotshot header bracket

mojumbo · Aug 21st, 2003, 08:37 PM

i recently installed a hotshot header and the bottom bracket doesn't line up. i wasn't too worried about it since I read the article in SCC about it taking the whole exhaust hanging from the bottom flange to crack the thing, but the more i think about it, the more i'm concerned.

did i fsck up on the install, or do i just need to bend the bracket on the block to make it line up?

Ruben · Aug 23rd, 2003, 08:21 PM

There's no problem with leaving it undone. Some of the other headers on the market don't even have the 3rd mounting hole.

JOHN_FROM_HOTSHOT · Aug 28th, 2003, 11:37 PM

Hi
No, you definitley need the bracket to keep your header from cracking. There are 2 Bolts, one holds the bracket to the header, the other holds the header/bracket to the block. They can be adjusted to fit.

Thanks

John
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mojumbo · Sep 1st, 2003, 05:12 PM

what size tap do i need to use to follow the threads? they have a little ceramic in them and the bolt doesn't want to go all the way in.

JOHN_FROM_HOTSHOT · Sep 2nd, 2003, 11:27 AM

Hi
It's 10mm x 1.25.

John

Ruben · Sep 2nd, 2003, 03:47 PM

I guess I better get a bolt in there...