I decided yesterday to redo my headers to give the muffler a better approach angle. After searching online about how to properly do this, I came up empty. So, I made it up as I went.
The first step required removing the headers’ collectors, because I would have to bend each pipe individually to get the right angles. Since I had previously sawed off the headers’ triangular connection piece, I was also going to have to reattach it.
Here’s the passenger side header with the collector sawed off. Note how the pipes angle right into the front roll cage mount. You can also see the bar I inserted into each pipe to help bend the heated pipe downwards.
Now, with the pipe inserted, I proceeded to heat up the lower pipe with Dad’s oxy/acet setup. I tried my best to heat up each pipe at the bend and then bending the pipe downward carefully. Below you can see two of the three pipes bent.
