Headers

[Wsttexas82]

Any of yalls headers this rusty? This is on a 24 lonestar.

 

[Wirerat]

Log Manifolds always rust.

 

[CHeYeNNe71]

Normal!

 

[Wsttexas82]

Hell I’m used to shiny long tubes lol. It’s has rained 2-3 times and I drove in it but dang less than 500 miles on the thing.

 

[Rick3478]

Unpainted raw cast iron that gets hotter than blazes, of course it's gonna rust. Most OEM's have done exhaust that way forever. The engine manifolds are usually thick enough that they outlast the rest of the vehicle, the rest of the pipes and mufflers are sacrificial parts you just replace when they are worn out. If you wanna up your game, there are stainless shorty headers and catback pipes and mufflers available. Not sure about the catalysts, I havn't looked into it, but for the right price someone will probably do it.

 

[Wsttexas82]

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Unpainted raw cast iron that gets hotter than blazes, of course it's gonna rust. Most OEM's have done exhaust that way forever. The engine manifolds are usually thick enough that they outlast the rest of the vehicle, the rest of the pipes and mufflers are sacrificial parts you just replace when they are worn out. If you wanna up your game, there are stainless shorty headers and catback pipes and mufflers available. Not sure about the catalysts, I havn't looked into it, but for the right price someone will probably do it.

Yeah I’m looking at getting the afe shorty headers and hopefully I won’t have to tune it if it starts throwing codes.

 

[kapinallinen2]

Looks like normal cast iron doing what it does.

 

[CHeYeNNe71]

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Yeah I’m looking at getting the afe shorty headers and hopefully I won’t have to tune it if it starts throwing codes.

Shorties don't need tuning.

 

[Susta]

I've had two codes pop up after having afe shorty headers installed on my 21 big horn etorque. P1138 and P0132 (I believe?) Bank 1 sensor 1 high voltage. After replacing the 02 sensor and clearing the codes I drove for about 5 minutes and they came right back?