[dayofpain]

yeah im rocking AP right now, it absorbed it like nothing.

I picked up an old GTSpec Gen 1 header. its technically version 1 b as version 1a had thinner flanges and warped alot. But i really wanted to keep my factory uppipe, cause it is cast and will retain more heat. It was on Mike's car from worxtuning, he had it on a day, loved it, took it off to get it coated, and never put it back on. so i snagged it off him for nothin.

The BIGGEST problem was this. During the coating process, he had them weld in a bung for egt. I thought this would be great! Sadly he didnt include a plug for it. SO i spent about 1 hour online soaking up every size it "could" be. then i drove around town for 5 hours looking for a plug that doesnt exist.

Then my ride had to bail on me, and as much fun as cruzing around town with a header strapped to my back on my motorcycle would be. I decided to pass. So i waited another hour for another ride. while waiting i tried every single bolt off the ducati im building, and every single spare bolt from my R1. To no avail.

Finally another ride gets here, i go to lowes buy a bolt that i have a tap and die for. Go to my work where my tap and die set is, and i show that header who was boss. then i shorten the dam bolt so its flush in the header. and viola. Operation butt-plug is a GO!