bluecaka69

man i dont know what the he%^ is goin on here ive busted 2 headers so far and im not really bashing traxxas said something about rocker arms hitting pipe and busting it whats a good exhaust system thats held on by springs cause if rocker arms is the problem the only way so change it would be to put something on there that gives a little

any other ideas from anyone

sweetbutterfly

When it breaks, what are you doing with the truck? Does it break after you roll it? Or when you are just racing it?

bluecaka69

well this time it broke driving down the flat road no jumping or rolling nothing about half way down the road truck just got loud as hell so i brought it in took the lid off and bam busted header

i was thinking about getting this rdlogiscs pipe anyone know anything about it i think i want header with spring

bluecaka69

come on people out of all of you on this forum nobody can help someone out i just asked a simple question

blackdogafd

easy bro!!! you know i was thinking maybe your exhaust pipe isnt straight or something.. give that i whirl.. I'll be on msn when i get home in about an hour or so. hit me up then.. we'll get this figured out.. check and make sure the motor isnt loose and all the screws are tight.. see ya online later.

andy

Trick440

I wasted headers real easy too. Never just driving down the road. Ussually bashing and it and landing rubber side up.

I added a wing and hacked the flare (bell) off the header. Seems to have worked.

bluecaka69

how far down did you cut it off cause i was thinking that maybe inside coupling pipe and header were hitting causeing it to slowly brealk off just from vibration and stuff that happens in normal were and tear also did that increase power i heard it does

Shortymet55

Go to towerhobbies and search "rs4 header". Then the one that lookw like the shape of the traxxas hearder will work. You might need to bend it alittle to hold the pipe right, but after that ur good to go.

joey22

I kept breaking mine too, so I made one, look at the post homemade header, a washer, a drill, copper pipe and a little work

bluecaka69

show me the light my friend

ThunderbirdJunkie

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blue...I don't know why yours keeps cracking, but if you get a header for a Nitro 4-Tec 2.5 it'll come up a bit higher and be a little less likely to take a pounding. I used a touring car header when I swapped my engine in my old Revo and that pretty much fixed my header bending problems.

bluecaka69

thanks man ill ry that

Quickywd01

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You could buy or make a flex header. Here is the one I made. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_42..._2/key_/tm.htm

eddy2785329

I had mine break yesterday at the track, what a way to kill my night. To fix this how much should I cut off of my new header?

3D-Flyer Kevin

The whole flare.

stikxs

I never broke mine personally, but I have a friend who broke 2-3. His solution ended up being a little different. He got the header pipe from a savage (U-shaped) and made the revo a side exhaust. Since the revo doesn't really have room for a side pipe, he mounted it to the rollbar/carry thing. He also noted that this header (which is considerably bigger than the one in traxxas' bb kit) really woke it up (has a mach 28). I decided to try it on my sh28 and it did seem to bring out some more power. It's also a hell of a lot louder to. I'll see if I can get a pic at lunch of mine.

bluecaka69

a pic would be great thanks

MBX5T Maniac

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For all of those that break your headers, try getting a 1/8 buggy header and tuned pipe.

It will run parallel to the chassis, instead of in front of the rear shock tower, but the gas will have less resistance traveling through the header, and there is a larger variety of 1/8 buggy pipes.

And believe me, those headers will hold up to the abuse far better

stikxs

http://www.richmondperformancemuscle.../original.aspx
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Don't mind the zipties...

bluecaka69

with the heat of pipe doesnt that melt handle

ThunderbirdJunkie

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it's a tad difficult to run a 1/8 buggy pipe on a SMALL BLOCK

that being said, I can't argue with your general logic. the problem is finding a manifold to run a side exiting exhaust system on the Revo compatible with the 2.5 the way the revo is set up.

3D-Flyer Kevin

What about the t-maxx header? Could you run that with the stock revo pipe on the side?

ThunderbirdJunkie

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it'd sit way high.

redrill the spring holes in this and run a standard small block pipe if you're running an OS or other rear exhaust engine though
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFAZ8&P=7

I just re-looked at it and you wouldn't hvae to drill anything

stikxs

Well I've run a tank and a half like that and haven't seen/smelled any melting, but I haven't really looked for it. If you want you could make it stand off by having a nut holding the pipe at the end of the bolt, and then one on each side of the bar to fix the bolt position and that would hold the pipe away.

MBX5T Maniac

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You might be able to use that header for the 1/8 buggy.

But if you run a big block, the 1/8 buggy pipe is the best option.

And actually, Steve Slayden uses a Traxxas no. 5485 exaust pipe, mounted along side the chassis. He uses a N. Rustler header adapted to fit the TRX 3.3 round port flange.

So there