I've finally got the Pacesetter headers on my 2001 V6 Camaro, and so far...I love them. The sound is awesome, they look cool underneath the hood and the car overall feels much more responsive/throatier.

Here's a breakdown of the costs

• Pacesetter Ceramic Coated Headers= $365
• Labor to install them, replace all O2 sensors with new ones, remove and weld plugs covers over the EGR holes= $390.50
• 90 Degree MSD Spark PLug Wires = $69

Total cost: $824

Labor was a tad bit pricey but a lot cheaper compared to other places I was quoted at. I woudl have done the whole install myself but I don't have access to a welder, lift, or the time to do this with my busy work schedule. The tricky part was trying to get a few of the 90-degree sparkplug wires on the passenger's side of the engine bay, to not touch the headers.

Here are a few photos of the headers installed on my car.




I'm glad I went with the ceramic coated headers, they look pretty good

And here's a video of car running with the headers on.
Pacesetter Headers on my 2001 Chevrolet Camaro 3.8L V6 - YouTube

Overall I think it was worth it, especially as a treat to myself for being in my current job for a year now. I just have to figure out how to tune the car so the check-engine light (for the missing EGR) goes off, as in Wisconsin we have stupid emissions testing. If anyone has any questions, leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer!

 

cool, did you run it with the old 02s a bit before changing? when new headers are heated up the first few times they can burn off the coating on the inside which can ruin your 02 sensors. its a good idea to leave your old ones in until after driving the car a few times.

 

Agree with craby, my stockers lasted about a month before they went out and had to be replaced.

An for the egr, just turn off the code in hptuners, can't remember right now, what ever the one for pinout is, will clear the ses light.

 

Sounds fine at idle, but you need to rev it so we can hear the RPM range. Next step, replace the cat-back -- Borla Adjustable FTW!

So Pacesetters have no EGR fittings?

 

Yes they have fittings, but they suck and most delete the egr when they do headers

 

Btw never seen the drivers side wires ran like that.

 

Hey Craby- i had my shop put in new ones right away, the old ones i had on were crap and hadn't been changed since day one of owning the car . I brought up the fact that some people put new O2s in after they put the new headers on, and my guy explained how that isn't completely necessary so we'll see what happens. Worst case scenario I'll put new ones in down the road. Runs fine in all the driving I've done on it now.

They do, but like FbodyRS96 said, they're a huge pain in the *** to get to match up to your stock EGR tubes. I just had them take the whole assemly off.

It's not the neatest job but they're in there firm and solid (thats what she said)

 

Can you post photos of under the car? I am curious to see what it looks like from the y-pipe to your high flow cat and the rest of the car system.

 

Do you know the story with buying used HPTuners? Do they still work on a car even if they've been used to tune something already? I found one for $150 I almost picked up.

I can try to, how convenient...my car is currently on jackstands right now due to a nail in one of my front tires.

 

You just have to buy the credits for your car, need 2 $50 each. Unless it's coming with unused credits as well.


FYI thats an awesome deal on hpt