Pacesetter : Intake , Short Shifter , Header , Cat Back Exhaust , High Flow Cat

**soljaboy2000** · 01-19-2004, 12:55 AM

what kinda header you have bitesizzle?

**BITESIZE** · 01-19-2004, 12:58 AM

s t o c k

**soljaboy2000** · 01-19-2004, 12:59 AM

nice way to put 10 characters LOL

**BITESIZE** · 01-19-2004, 01:07 AM

BITESIZE MO FO!

Originally Posted by soljaboy2000

bitesizzle?

**soljaboy2000** · 01-19-2004, 01:11 AM

L O L L O L

**k-roy** · 01-19-2004, 04:01 AM

I had a pacesetter Header on first vehicle. I paid $120 from JC Whitney. Installing it was beyond simple, much easier than a 3G would be. I highly reccomend the Ceramic coating. As soon as I started it up with the header installed the black paint it had started to burn off. I should have ripped it back off and put some 2,000 degree paint on it but I was lazy. It rusted after the first winter. The quality was allright. The welds and overall machining process was good but I would like to have seen it made with better materials.

**dXsquared** · 01-19-2004, 07:48 AM

i have the armor coat pacesetter... i have all the ports blocked cuz i dont have emmisions or O2 sensors... anyway, the install was fairly easy, but the one thing you must do is replace the fibrelock nuts with metal lock nuts and use lock washers in the mid section... torque em real good, then drive around and get em hot... then come home, and re torque em...

**Mike's89AccordLX** · 01-19-2004, 07:56 AM

Damit that might be what's rattling. I think I will save up and get DC's anyways though. I have seen the quality and really I don't see how pacesetter stays in business.

**k-roy** · 01-19-2004, 08:51 AM

Pacesetter stays in business because they make headers for just about anything when no one else does. Kinda like our cars, I don't thing DC Sports still produces them.

Try finding a non turbo 2.6 Mitsu header besides PC, not ganna happen.

**Mike's89AccordLX** · 01-19-2004, 08:54 AM

DC still makes them for our cars. Like $345 or close to that but they still make them.

**k-roy** · 01-19-2004, 09:11 AM

Not to second guess you but DC Sports does not list it on their site.
Plus I heard they are hard to find. That leads me to believe that production has stopped, but some stores might still have them in stock.

**BITESIZE** · 01-19-2004, 11:06 AM

I got a call from iNeedparts.com. They don't have any headers for me in stock, any brand.

**Justin86** · 01-19-2004, 11:07 AM

Yea the best thing to do with the pace is to get them recoated at a shop, that way it will last. Also you need better gasket, and bolts for the header/downpipe.

1988starter · 01-19-2004, 04:35 PM

this is what my pacesetter header did

**adams86lxi** · 01-19-2004, 04:47 PM

hey, does anyone know if pacesetter headers are legal to use in califorina, because i really wouldnt want to take them off and put them back on every 2 years!

**dXsquared** · 01-19-2004, 04:57 PM

Starter.. you have to tell the situation that your header was in.. wasnt it 3 years old on a year round drivin car? non painted i might add...

3 years is bitchin for a steel header!

Travis

**Justin86** · 01-19-2004, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by adams86lxi

hey, does anyone know if pacesetter headers are legal to use in califorina, because i really wouldnt want to take them off and put them back on every 2 years!

Dude any type of header, exhaust is smog legal. Cops will give you shit for mods that are smog legal just because it won't have the smog approval sticker or you have the papers to prove you had it tested. Cali cop can suck my fat one.

1988starter · 01-19-2004, 07:21 PM

Mine was steel driven 3 years but it started about 2 years in

**nswst8** · 01-19-2004, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by BITESIZE

I'll bet you'll like that dc you got for way too much$$$$

Kind of what happens when your semi retired and still averaging $75 an hour.
But I'll still let you know how I like them babies.

I'll still keep an eye open for another set, they'll be coming around soon. And with my luck DC will start fabbing another batch.
LOL
NSWST8

1988starter · 01-19-2004, 07:56 PM

I love the DC I paid 300 for

**BITESIZE** · 01-20-2004, 11:45 AM

1988starter, damn what did you do to that header?

**ET2** · 01-22-2004, 05:14 PM

I have the armor coated pacesetter and down pipe i got it off ebay for $120 it was in good shape the only problem is none of the flanges are flat I had to get them resurfaced $40 more and the lower mount had to be notched out a little to fit

**buish** · 01-22-2004, 10:26 PM

Nay, I called DC Sports about 1.5 months asking for some bolts, and Mike, the guy I talked told me they stopped making it for our model.

**BITESIZE** · 01-22-2004, 10:55 PM

Yeah, but for too much money

**shepherd79** · 01-23-2004, 04:40 AM

i have pacessetter headers. i paid $100 for them. i bought it of a member year ago. they work great. i painted them duplicolor high temp paint and backed then in the oven. paint still on the headers. nothing is pilling.
they work great.