Obx headers
02-23-2017, 08:04 PM
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Obx headers
Hello to all,
New to the site. I own a 2003 f150,4.6L,supercrew 4×4. I have invested alot of money in this truck.
My topic today is to talk about my recent purchase of some obx long tube header kit. Very nice craftsmanship, fit not so much! I know there is a lot of difference in vehicles state to state on how parts fit. First I started on the passenger side. It was the worst to do as I have heard. Took me all day. The headers hitting on the starter motor took some time to fix. Had to heat them up and bend them. Still touching and have to get a smaller starter motor, another topic! I'm now on the driver's side and so far the egr tube is the wrong size. After investigating for three days, I tried to get an adapter. There is probably one out there but you will have to order it without knowing it's the right one. The difference is that the 4.6 is different from the 5.4. I tried to get a 5.4 tube from ford,it's right on the bottom but not the top. My solution know is it took the tap out of the original manifold, cut the one of the headers and weld the old one in. Such bull by this time.
So that's where I'm at right now. Going to put that in tomorrow and try to finish the rest. I know at this point after looking into blogs on it I still have the issues of the sensors throwing codes and probably the starter motor heating up and causing nonstart issues. Any questions about this truck please ask. I post more rants when I get done. 😣
New to the site. I own a 2003 f150,4.6L,supercrew 4×4. I have invested alot of money in this truck.
My topic today is to talk about my recent purchase of some obx long tube header kit. Very nice craftsmanship, fit not so much! I know there is a lot of difference in vehicles state to state on how parts fit. First I started on the passenger side. It was the worst to do as I have heard. Took me all day. The headers hitting on the starter motor took some time to fix. Had to heat them up and bend them. Still touching and have to get a smaller starter motor, another topic! I'm now on the driver's side and so far the egr tube is the wrong size. After investigating for three days, I tried to get an adapter. There is probably one out there but you will have to order it without knowing it's the right one. The difference is that the 4.6 is different from the 5.4. I tried to get a 5.4 tube from ford,it's right on the bottom but not the top. My solution know is it took the tap out of the original manifold, cut the one of the headers and weld the old one in. Such bull by this time.
So that's where I'm at right now. Going to put that in tomorrow and try to finish the rest. I know at this point after looking into blogs on it I still have the issues of the sensors throwing codes and probably the starter motor heating up and causing nonstart issues. Any questions about this truck please ask. I post more rants when I get done. 😣
