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If your going to install the full hp header, its alot quicker to take the front motor mount off the car to cut it. I cut part of mine off before i thought about it.

you can find the first DYI here you can find the first DYI here


ok, with the car on jackstands place a jack agenst the transmission. dont try to lift it at all, you only need it so nuthing moves when you take the mount out.



now you can unbolt the mount, there are 3 bolts holding it to the motor and 1 more that holds th emount to the frame. start by unbolting the mount from the frame. the red lines outline the part of the mount i cut off.



this is what the bolt looks liek when you get it out, the tab on the nut fits into a slot, so it wont fall when you take the bolt out.



then can unbolt the mount from the motor. you can get 2 from the top, and the other one from the botom. there will be another bolt where the red circle is in the pic.



now you can take the mount, pull it out from the top.

It looks liek this when its out


before you put the header in, you probaly want to trim this piece, so that the header wont rattle.



use a hacksaw or a sawzall to cut a noch out of it. (you need to cut further down, then to the right to take the piece out, some of my pics didnt came out blury)



now you can put in the header, start by pushing the header up on the drivers side then slip the other side past the bracket that the motormount bolts to. its a tight fit, but it will go.



try to reinstall the mount without cuting it. I dont think it will fit, but it might, i couldent check because i already hacked a piece off mine.

If it wont go in then you have to trim it. put it in a vice so you can make a clean cut.



this is what mine looked like after i trimed it


reinstall the mount. you might have to play with the hight of the jack a little, but you shouldent have much trouble. just dont cross thread it. after the mount is bolted to the motor, bolt the mount back to the frame.

bolt up the header and your done. dont forget to put the donut gasket inbetween the header and the cat, or it wont seal.

you can find all the other steps you need in the 1st dyi, the link is at the top.

goodluck

 
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i hope people can understand this... im so tired right now im strugling to type.

 
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when civicmexicano and I did his car... we did NOT have to do anything to the mounts.. it just fit right in.

 
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it just fit right in without removing the mount or anything? thats interesting.....and why bother taking the mount out to cut it? just cut it while its in the car cuz thats easier.....just take off the old header and theres plent of room to reach from inside the engine bay or to do it from under the car....no reason to fully take the mount off unless you want to play around with tring to get the header in without cuting the mount....imo i think its not worth the effort to remove the mount

 
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umm.. yeah... we fiddled with the old header, then pulled it out, then stuck the HP in... no cutting or removing the mount..

 
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damn, I had to remove mine and then cut it.....now I need a new $90 engine mount so that my turbo doesnt shred whats left of it.

 
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WHere did u buy the header from? and how much?

 
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What header is that?

 
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if you have a 5spd it wont go in with out taking the mount out or cuting it. if he has an auto it will go right in.

trust me its quicker to take the mount out and cut it, it takes 5 mins to take it out, and you can make a cleaner cut

 
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obtix the header is the noname verson of the hpracing header w/ hiflo cat. there made by the same company, only one is distributed by hp and the other is by TPS or something

anyway you can get it at thecivicstore.com
i got it because the hp was backordered and it was going to take more than a month to get it

 
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4 - 1 or 4 -2 -1? I really wanna get a 4 - 2 - 1 i'm thinking about having it custom made.

 
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its 4-1

 
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I don't think that there is any 4-2-1 for our cars yet.

 
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^expensive!

 
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Whoa, forgot this existed.

Too much money having custom made stuff for something that won't do that much in the end.

 
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honestlly ive installed this header on my car and removing the mount is just plain dumb..... u can cut it just as easily as not removing it ....... to remove it causes much hassle when u reinstalling it

 
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oh and btw... since i noticed u did this like 10 times.. so its not a typo... ITS DIY .. DO IT YOURSELF.... NOT DYI ... LOLOLOLOLOL

 
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DO YOURSELF IT

 
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lol yea that makes sense

 
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I think he meant "DO YOUR ITSELF." There, that's better.

 
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My question is.. why do you have to trim/cut the engine mount? Can you just take it off and put the header on then the mount. That what i did. Took off my engine mount and put the header in then put back my engine mount back in is not touching.

 
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i love DIYs .... just thought i'd let everyone know

 
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Yeah, it would take alot less time if you didn't take the mount out. I just took the old header off and trim'd the little piece..It took like 2 1/2 minutes to do..

 
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for some people it seems to rub when car is in motion. do you have enough clearing?