Registered: 10/23/07
Posts: 3523
Loc: Milwaukee, WI
well, as the majority of you know, I have been collecting parts for the last few months and I have finally finished my top swap!!
From this experience I have learned to not cheap out on any parts and buy quality from the get go. I bought the pacesetter knock off headers and yes, THEY DID NOT FIT!! So, after learning that lesson, i had to spend another $450 to go and buy a set of TOG's from a guy in Milwaukee (wow was i lucky lol), but any ways, it was definately an interesting experience and I too have fallen victim to the horrible effects of dexcool (i forgot to take pictures). I did replace all the coolant with preston 50/50 mix and all is well. I am just in the final stages of finally getting everything tuned in properly and I will soon be installing RSHutchinson's intercooler as well, so that I can prevent knock even better!
The swap took a little over 2 days, due to the fact that I didnt have the right headers and I had to wait for the guy in milwaukee to respond to my messages on clubgp.