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[DRD]

how long will a stinger head last in a street car that is going to hit bumps in the road?

my header cracked at the welds for the collector brace. it also cracked at the welds for the brace to the primarys.
ive got the flex pipe on the down pipe and the waste gate. ive got exhaust hangers in all the stock places. do i need more?
i dont have any header rap on the header!!!
i dont want to be fixing the car all the time, i love to do it right the first time and drive the hell out of it!

[Stinger]

The brace welds sometimes crack out because the welder only tigs the braces on the outside, not on the inside of the brace so it is quite thin in that area. Best best is to simply reweld it on the outside of the brace and then go under it where it wasn't welded and weld it there too so the weld is as thick as the brace itself. I also sometimes weld a second brace on the wastegate flange that goes from flange to the turbo flange (it's only about 1/2" apart) because the wg flange takes such a beating.