1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

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1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby aladdin96 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:20 pm

Hi guys i wanna buy headers how ever they are for 1.8. Am i able to fit it on 1.6? Please any solutions i wanna get them

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby manga_blue » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:26 pm

Don't.
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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby smy0003 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:33 pm

Will need a new flange at the very least.
Save your money for 1.6 headers.
There's far more in the way of second hand headers for the 1.6 anyway.

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby aladdin96 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:34 pm

But there Fujitsubo headers. And he gave them to me for cheap!!. So theres no way at all they will fit?

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby project.r.racing » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:37 pm

oh dear :roll:

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby slug_dub » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:44 pm

30 seconds of googling before you handed over money would have given you the answer to this.

Didn't you just go through this same thing with wheels???
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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby aladdin96 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:45 pm

I didnt buy them yet lol

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby aladdin96 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:45 pm

The wheels are fixed

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby hks_kansei » Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:44 pm

They won't fit.

The only way to get them to fit would be to basically hack them to pieces, then buy a new flange, then weld it all back together, then hack off the other end, then re-weld it to fit the midpipe.

Basically, you actually get them to fit you'd have to hack them up so much they wouldn't be Fujitsubo headers anymore, they'd be a Fujitsubo piece of pipe with 50 random welds from some guy.



Imagine you have a round hole to fill.
Some guy tells you he has a Square peg for sale, it's a really nicely made square peg and from a good company.

In order to use the square peg you would need to cut most of it away, chop parts off, glue other parts on, and do this until it's a round peg. Then it will fit.

The problem is that your new round peg is rough and looks shittier than a store bought round peg.
And it;s not a nice Square peg anymore because it's been chopped and changed into a DIY round peg.



Short answer:
No, they wont fit.

The cost to adapt them will be more than jsut buying the right one from the start, and it will never be as good.
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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby aladdin96 » Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:47 pm

Thanks guys. I canceled the deal. And the seller was happy to keep it on for sale for the right buyer. I suggest anyone with an na8 go grab it. It only wants 200.

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Re: 1.8 Headers to fit 1.6

Postby StuwieP » Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:42 pm

could have purchased the headers for cheap, on-sold for profit, purchased headers that will FIT your car and had some cash left over?
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