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Old 10-18-2009 | 10:06 PM
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So I went strolling around a couple junkyards to just poke around and see what's what. I was kinda hoping for some reason I'd find a set of headers.

So at the second yard I find the last Dakota in the yard and see the hood closed and the doors locked, so I peer into the wheel wells and what to my wondering eyes should appear, a set of headers (Flowtech)! So I put a flat blade in the door lock, hit a couple times with a hammer and I'm in, to my surprise. Took me a while but I got the bastards out. I know these aren't the best headers but I don't think I did too shaby for $36... It also had a set of mopar valve covers, too bad I already paid $$$ for a set... This is the only good thing to come from C4C!

The guy at the counter was kinda upset, he was the one who locked the truck hoping to take them for his Ram tomorrow :nana:

The green paint you see is the paint they use to mark the engine as a C4C engine.
 
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Old 10-18-2009 | 10:30 PM
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Nice find!!! You'll notice a good power increase with those, especially with all the other performance parts you have.
 
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Old 10-18-2009 | 10:32 PM
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Sweet. Nice find. Find me a set too .

Id love to have the mopar valve covers if you go back for some reason.

Junkyards here wont so much as let you peek through the fence, much less walk in a yard. Sigh....I need to move.
 
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Old 10-18-2009 | 11:08 PM
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The dude at the counter said he was going to take the covers, I'm sure they'll be gone tomorrow. They had green C4C paint on them too that would have needed to be cleaned up.
 
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Old 10-18-2009 | 11:35 PM
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Cool! Good find! Ya I got my skid plates from a C4C too. I've been wanting to find a supercharger or something cool!
 
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Old 10-18-2009 | 11:42 PM
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Bummer. Not suprising though.

Get em bolted up and let us know how much it helps
 
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Old 10-18-2009 | 11:43 PM
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that's awesome!!!
 
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Old 10-19-2009 | 01:18 AM
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Yea nice find Hahns.

You should have told him: "Finders keepers, loosers weepers."
 
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Old 10-20-2009 | 01:32 AM
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Well I discovered the flanges on the front primaries on both headers are not flat and it resulted in the primaries cracking. I'm going to attempt to TIG weld them at work and flatten the flanges.
 



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