Note to self... next time around pay somebody else
 

to install headers.. LOL.. talk about victim... took me 9 hrs on the M5 and I think I still need to run to the muffler shop to weld the Superprints connecting pipe/elbow to the stock cats... (which are all closed already) ARGH!!! arms scraped up and it's 125 degrees in my garage.. :thumbdown :mad:

Hayaku.. I need to buy a lift just like you.. life would be so much easier...

LOL... wow... sounds like an interesting experience. Kudos for you for giving it a try, though.

Hope you get it all worked out.

Juan

thanks Juan.. just a slight exhaust leak and I just retigthened the clamps after a test drive.. lemme tell you... best $/HP gain on the M5... wakes up the beast... SS quote 20hp gain... slightly optimistic I would say but still gains nevertheless.. M5 dyno meet 8/7 so I'm hoping to be around 360 at the wheels with the mods.. :D

You guys are such power whores! lol :rofl:

Let us know what the dyno says...

Juan

VICTIM!! - hopefully no permanent scars

Sorry to hear about the hassles Josh....yea, the headers are a biatch on this car. Good for you for getting as far as you did though! I wouldn't have even dared such an attempt....

Just went on a nice 150 mile drive today in the M.....god what a great machine it is! :D

Hey Chris.. glad to hear you took the E39 out! I need to find somebody to host my video... Tubi sounds awesome but with the SS headers.. even better... BTW... here's another teaser pic of another mod... :thumbup:

probably! but of course.. it builds character... ;)

Just out of curiosity, what's the diameter of the collector on those headers?

Satisfying to do something like that yourself, ain't it?

JV

hmm.. I never asked nor did I measure it... satisfying? actually no.. not really... this was supposed to be a small project compared to the days when I used to build motors for my rice rockets... :D Nevertheless.. I must be losing my skills... haha