240Z Header Recommendation

[nwcubsman]

I see Jock has his headers for sell on Ebay now.

Hi jmark,

Sorry for not seeing your question till now.

Actually, Jock has sold them on ebay for years. He has told me so, at least. I only recently saw his ebay store for the 1st time. I have not personally used his header although he tried hard to sell me one. I opted for the MSA 6-2 and was sorry I did. I do have a friend that uses his 6-1 header and he likes it alot. His is a very strong car.

Good luck!

[=Enigma=]

=Enigma= The best thing you could do at this point is buy a new gasket. Who knows how old and deformed the one that came with the header is. Then you will be able to port match the header to the head. First use a feeler gauge to find out how far out of flat it is by mounting it to the head without a gasket. After the flange is milled the apropriate amount, port match the head to the gasket and the header to the gasket as well. I don't know if you are using inserts or not. Have you bolted it to your head yet? If there is a twist that prevents it from being bolted on properly, that will have to be addressed first. It's a shame this wasn't done before it was coated. you will just have to be more careful with it. After all is said and done, you will still have gotten a great header for the money. Good Luck, and let us know how you make out with it.

Thanks for the words of advice. It will be awhile before I have a chance to get to this but I'll certainly fill you in once I dive fit. I may even try a test fitting on the spare engine after I finish up with the current project. Hopefully by April15th........

[jmark]

MSA has the Stahl header online now.

http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/CTGY/PEC25