well my ceramic flowtechs showed up....and

40thgtvert · December 13th, 2010, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by wrecked2001

I had to clean mines up, but the flange was straight. You get what you pay for, so I was prepared for some prep work. You definitely need a good gasket to make up for it. With all that said the Ceramic coating was great. Also only leaks I have had were at the slip joint. I reinstalled them on my new motor, with stage 8 bolts, Percy's Gaskets and bronze RTV at the slip joint with a band clamp. No problems at 3000 miles!

well i got the stage 8 locking bolts, the better gaskets from summit and some copper rtv..but what is the deal with the band clamp, and you only used 1..? there are two slip fits on the headers..also what other type of cleaning up on them did you have to do

PowerShiftz02GT · December 13th, 2010, 06:40 PM

where did you get a band clamp that fits the Slipfit?

40thgtvert · December 13th, 2010, 11:38 PM

yea im wondering the same thing..also im assuming you would need two band clamops instead of one

wrecked2001 · December 14th, 2010, 04:31 AM

I just used one around the two. With the RTV the clamp just compresses the two. Because the gap is so tight on my set the clamp compresses the outsides, while the two inside areas of the slip fit compress against each other. I think the reason it works is that the clamp keeps the slipfit from vibrating, keeping it tight so the RTV can stay sealed. I can't remeber what part number I used, but there was a write up on one of the forums sometime ago. I ordered mine about 5 yrs ago and summit dosen't track that far back. The best way would be to slot the female end of the slip fit with a dremmel, and then use two band clamps, one for each. Currently though mines are not leaking!

PowerShiftz02GT · December 14th, 2010, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by wrecked2001

I just used one around the two. With the RTV the clamp just compresses the two. Because the gap is so tight on my set the clamp compresses the outsides, while the two inside areas of the slip fit compress against each other. I think the reason it works is that the clamp keeps the slipfit from vibrating, keeping it tight so the RTV can stay sealed. I can't remeber what part number I used, but there was a write up on one of the forums sometime ago. I ordered mine about 5 yrs ago and summit dosen't track that far back. The best way would be to slot the female end of the slip fit with a dremmel, and then use two band clamps, one for each. Currently though mines are not leaking!

interesting. do you think you could get a quick picture? doesn't have to be detailed just a general picture of the slip fit with the clamps around it.

40thgtvert · December 14th, 2010, 06:50 PM

yea i woul lik to see a picture as well please...not sure what type of band clamp you used or where you even found one big enough to go around both pipes?

wrecked2001 · December 16th, 2010, 10:10 AM

I will get a Pic up today

zinc-vert02 · December 16th, 2010, 10:23 AM

im going with flow techs

Blk01ponyGT · December 16th, 2010, 11:10 AM

you get what you pay for i guess, flowtechs are cheap for a reason. this is why eventho im broke im still saving up to get the best headers for my car.

zinc-vert02 · December 16th, 2010, 11:14 AM

fl8 HAS ran them for years with zero problems

slo3gt · December 16th, 2010, 11:30 AM

Perfect example of why mine has BBK ceramic Lts

86er · December 16th, 2010, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by slo3gt

Perfect example of why mine has BBK ceramic Lts

lol, those are right there with the cheap headers, if the trans ever has to come out, the passenger side header HAS to be all but removed.

PowerShiftz02GT · December 16th, 2010, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by 86er

lol, those are right there with the cheap headers, if the trans ever has to come out, the passenger side header HAS to be all but removed.

+1

Originally Posted by slo3gt

Perfect example of why mine has BBK ceramic Lts

BBk headers are like 50.00 more...

December 13th, 2010, 06:40 PM	#42
PowerShiftz02GT MM Fanatic 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,204 iTrader: 13 reviews	where did you get a band clamp that fits the Slipfit? __________________

December 16th, 2010, 10:23 AM	#48
zinc-vert02 Bringing Yellow Back 2002 mustang gt 12.2 at 117 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: WISCONSIN Posts: 9,965 iTrader: 1 reviews	im going with flow techs __________________ SOON TO BE 5.4 3V POWERD WITH A ROUSH CHARGER HELPING IT BAMA Performance Drag Team Member #4

December 16th, 2010, 11:10 AM	#49
Blk01ponyGT Hardcore Enthusiast 2004 SVT Cobra Join Date: May 2007 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,621 iTrader: 1 reviews	you get what you pay for i guess, flowtechs are cheap for a reason. this is why eventho im broke im still saving up to get the best headers for my car. __________________ Garage: http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...e-member-9480/ 04 Cobra - STOCK for now

December 16th, 2010, 11:14 AM	#50
zinc-vert02 Bringing Yellow Back 2002 mustang gt 12.2 at 117 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: WISCONSIN Posts: 9,965 iTrader: 1 reviews	fl8 HAS ran them for years with zero problems __________________ SOON TO BE 5.4 3V POWERD WITH A ROUSH CHARGER HELPING IT BAMA Performance Drag Team Member #4

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December 13th, 2010, 11:38 PM	#43
40thgtvert Regular 2004 mustang gt Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: boynton beach fl Posts: 114 iTrader: 0 reviews	yea im wondering the same thing..also im assuming you would need two band clamops instead of one

December 14th, 2010, 04:31 AM	#44
wrecked2001 Newbie 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: US AIR FORCE Spain Posts: 32 iTrader: 0 reviews	I just used one around the two. With the RTV the clamp just compresses the two. Because the gap is so tight on my set the clamp compresses the outsides, while the two inside areas of the slip fit compress against each other. I think the reason it works is that the clamp keeps the slipfit from vibrating, keeping it tight so the RTV can stay sealed. I can't remeber what part number I used, but there was a write up on one of the forums sometime ago. I ordered mine about 5 yrs ago and summit dosen't track that far back. The best way would be to slot the female end of the slip fit with a dremmel, and then use two band clamps, one for each. Currently though mines are not leaking!

December 14th, 2010, 06:50 PM	#46
40thgtvert Regular 2004 mustang gt Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: boynton beach fl Posts: 114 iTrader: 0 reviews	yea i woul lik to see a picture as well please...not sure what type of band clamp you used or where you even found one big enough to go around both pipes?

December 16th, 2010, 10:10 AM	#47
wrecked2001 Newbie 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: US AIR FORCE Spain Posts: 32 iTrader: 0 reviews	I will get a Pic up today

December 16th, 2010, 11:30 AM	#51
slo3gt Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 133 iTrader: 0 reviews	Perfect example of why mine has BBK ceramic Lts

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