About to fit a set of Gruppe-S V2 Headers to my MY07 STi, problem is that I remember when I had these fitted to my MY03 STi we had to knock **** out of the beam to get them in place.

I don't really want to do this to my new car so is there a way around this.


Cheers

Marc

 

Are you talking about the front cross beam?

If so, i just chop a little out as per the pic below. These are GT spec though. The Gruppe S ones (2 bolt) i fitted to my own car did not require this. This is a pic of a WR1 i was working on so i think it will be the same as yours.

If you are talking about a 3 bolt design and you are strugling for access to the 3rd bolt (the one you get throuh the wheel arc) i just lightly tease the lip over with a ball pein hammer to give access. Neither of the above will affect it structually.

 

Mark spot on, it is the front cross beam. The headers are the GT Spec ones, I read somewhere about the engine mount but I'm not sure what is involved.

 

You can gain a little bit by pushing the engine back on it's mounts but IMHO it's not enough to stop it fouling. If you cut it out nice and neatly like i have done and paint it it will look as though it's meant to be there.

If you want to **** it with a hammer then you are right - it's a bit of a bodge.

Neither of the above will affect the car in any way, you are only removing the outer extremities of the beam cross section, it will not affect the rigidity.

 

Cool, thanks Mark.