Anomaly? or???

I'm installing a Borla exhaust manifold/header on Moveasides TJ (gay ass mall crawler), and I broke the alignment tab off on the intake. A quick tig repair later and upon the extra super sized, I don't f'up other peoples sh*t and WTF happened here reinstall I notice that the Borla is sitting too high and hits the intake in a number of spots. Is this common and discussed ad nauseam on JU? Or just me?

I don't know how different the TJ is from the YJ, but when I put mine on I didn't have THOSE problems. It was a tight fit by the oil pan, I had to re-route my tranny cooler lines, cut my auto shifter bracket, and it was a major PITA to get to the bolts at the center of the header (torque wrench my a$$!) 6 months later the O2 sensor bung blew out. But hey - it's got a million mile warranty, right? :flipoff2:

Really, not as good as a f'ed up Atlas after the warranty runs out huh?

Much grinding on the intake later it fits like like a glove from OJ's golf bag.

Holy crap dude :eek: you're still workin on that? Didja check the box to make sure its a TJ one?

I had some difficulty installing mine, it hit the intake webbing between #2 & #3 cylinders.... some heat and a heathy whack with a large socket and hammer it fit like a dream. I considered grinding out the webbing but thought it may weaken the aluminum intake too much, especially with all the vibration and pounding I put the rig through.

Ground all the way through on #5 it now has about a 1/2" visible hole on the top side of the webing between #4 & 5. The bottom has about 3/8"+ depth of material gone. A little less on most of the rest of the underside of the webbing. I left a good amount around the tubes so they would not expand/contract on each other, and cause problems.

I'm betting even WITH the grinding it's going to be OK for Mall crwaling :rolleyes: Plus if you heat up Stainless it turns into pewter and that would be bad ;)

If the weld job wasn't free and easy this would have really sucked.

And Brad It's for a 2.5L does that matter?

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Originally posted by Steve N
Ground all the way through on #5 it now has about a 1/2" visible hole on the top side of the webing between #4 & 5. The bottom has about 3/8"+ depth of material gone. A little less on most of the rest of the underside of the webbing. I left a good amount around the tubes so they would not expand/contract on each other, and cause problems.

I'm betting even WITH the grinding it's going to be OK for Mall crwaling :rolleyes: Plus if you heat up Stainless it turns into pewter and that would be bad ;)

If the weld job wasn't free and easy this would have really sucked.

And Brad It's for a 2.5L does that matter?

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I know nothing about TJ's.
But to me it sounds like you are bored and are stirring the pot.:flipoff2:

i know its not a borla...but some info:

i have installed 2 of the Banks torque tube headers. both went on easily, fit perfectly, and sealed the first time. absolutely no problems. both went on in less than 3 hours

honestly, i couldn't tell a difference in performance. neither of the guys who own the TJ's keep track of fuel mileage either. but, they too have the anti-crack warranty...and if i had to replace a cracked header, it would cost more in labor than the difference in price between the cheapie-replacements and the Borla & Banks.

Hmmmm.......... the Borla on my 94 XJ 4.0l fits pretty darned good, zero mods to anything required.

ChiXJeff