MatthewBouchard

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I'v been calling a few places i'm seeing good reviews on from google and I keep getting quoted around 600 up to 800 even or I don't even get a reply back.

Anyone have experience with a shop near orlando that will install headers at a reasonable price?

MatthewBouchard

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Well, the best price I have been able to find is $450 in the deltona area w/o the need of extra work(drilling holes/issues fitting).

jhc

Matt,
You can do this yourself if you got the correct set!

MatthewBouchard

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I keep thinking about doing it myself however I doubt myself with this car after trying to install test pipes. I had 2 more bolts to remove and I just could not get them off no matter what.

travlee

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it took my buddy (who works on z's all the time) about 9 hours to do them....

jhc

Use a whole can of Liquid Wrench, let it sit overnight.

MatthewBouchard

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Depending on work, I was thinking of spraying the bolts and having a go to remove the heat shields this sat, to lower the price some . Hope to have them installed this monday.

MatthewBouchard

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Well an update. ~~~I ended up paying about 650 out the door. The labor went up 1 hour and I lost the gaskets(idk how..) so those were about $100 from nissan. Got them installed at "Stephens Motorworks" in deltona. Great guy and amazing service. Dropped the z off at 5pm on tues and it was ready on thursday at 10am.

Time to get retuned soon

DmanG281

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Glad to see it worked out. Was going to suggest Rev Works in Winter Springs. They are also an Osiris tuner.

MatthewBouchard

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Oh wow, I had no idea there was a shop that close to me.. I thought Fever Racing was the closes shop for me to get tuned at. Any personal experience with them?

DmanG281

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Personal experience with Fever Racing? Not sure that I have ever heard of them. Rev Works, I will be getting my car retuned there and our built EJ25 STi will be tuned there as well. Very nice and clean shop. There is also M-Tuned that is in Sanford. Guy works out of the PRS shop. I have driven by there since they are only about 5 miles from me and never really got a good impression of the place.

m e l l o w

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I had a good experience with PRS (performance race solutions) in Sanford. They did some good work for me on my HR, my buddy is just so happening to get his Z tuned there tomorrow, by mike or "M-tuned" I believe. I plan to let them tune mine in another few months.

DmanG281

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Yeah I had heard that the M-Tuned guy was a good tuner and may actually be the tuner for Osiris at Rev Works.

Glad to have someone chime in from experience though.

MatthewBouchard

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@DmanG281 I should of been more specific by saying Rev works, my bad lol. Guess i'll be giving them a call next week. So glad I don't have to drive 4 hours now!

When I was calling around for install quotes, I BELIEVE i called PRS and was quoted 800+ but I can easily be confusing them with the other 20 shops.

Pengu

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Glad you found a good shop for the install.

I've done test pipes on 2 Z's and 1 G. It's a huge PITA, I eventually knocked the studs out on my own Z so it would always be easier to replace when it came time. I can only imagine how bad doing headers would be.

MatthewBouchard

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I'll be calling revworks or PRS to scheduled an apt for tuning after the BS today. I called 'Fever Racing' last week to come in today and when i get there hes confused as to why I am there. For whatever reason he thought i meant next-next monday? So that was a fun 4 hr trip for nothing. I can see why there are so many recent bad reviews but I figured I would give them a chance still. Lesson learned, i'll pay the extra $150 lol.

DmanG281

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You ever get out to either local shop?

MatthewBouchard

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Yes! I just did today. I called PRS yesterday and they were able to squeeze me in to today, however the tuner did not show up today . I'll be going tomorrow after work to get tuned. I don't mind seeing as how I live 10 mins away from the shop and was offered a discount for the inconvenience. So far I am having a much better experience than the other shop from the feel of the shop to the way I am treated.

Can't wait to stop hitting high 10's(AFR) while cruising .

MatthewBouchard

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Just got back. Great bunch of guys at PRS and all my stupid questions were answered and I learned a lot. I did get worried when I saw gobs of grey smoke at high rpm but that was due to how rich I was. No before and after sadly but I have the sheet. HP-253 TQ-231, tuned by mike. He told me my car is putting down great power with a very safe tune and that must full bolt on tuned g/z's make 240 on their dyno. He also said that 253 is about 285 on the normal dynojet. Car feels amazing again!

Mods-
DC headers
Berk test pipes
Stillen catback
JWT filter+shield
Airaid 3.5'' MAF housing
3.5'' Intake
NWP TB
Kinetix V+ (Shaved the neck and support)
OBX 5/16'' spacer
Motordyne MREV2

DmanG281

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Cool deal. I may end up getting a tune by Mike after the car gets put back together. Like you, I only live about 10 minutes from their shop. Hard to beat the convenience.