My POS Doug Thorley Header

Well today I tried to install the header i bought for my 2011 2.7 and man oh man what a hunk of shit it is. Doug Thorley should be embarrassed for the product they sold me because 3 different parts either dont line up, or hit other parts of the motor and dont allow it to be installed. After 3 hours of messing with it and filing it down Im still left with an unusable POS header that I paid almost $500 bucks for after shipping. THANKS DT, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
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Not sure what my options are after filing it down. They might say the warrenty is off. For right now Im letting it sit on mmy couch for a few days while I figure this out.
Anyone else have this issue? I have installed headers before and made minor adjustments, but this is nothing small. This is just an embarrassing product and workmanship. Period

 

Mine fit almost flawlessly, this is a surprise

 

You know the pump on top right in the middle of the manifold? Well that hits the header, and the bolt for the pump to sit on hits the manifold where the smaller flange is coming off it. All around Im pissed off for spending most of my holiday and getting nowhere with it

 

Ya the EGR...huh that's interesting, didn't have that issue at all

 

im gonna call them tomorrow and see what they say. But it beyond a little bit off. After shaving both the ERG and the manifold some its still not good enough

 

Did you take any pics for a point of reference for them, or us? We might be able to add insight, or just completely agree with you.

Plus, it will be good to have those to show them.

08pretaco- do you have any pics of yours installed? Could be used as a good comparison afor the OP.

 

I'm going to today. I'm emailing them right now too

 

ya I will try to find them,

 

best pic I got, kind of a unusual spot to get one

 

You might just have the wrong part... Hopefully you can still swap them out depending on how much you shaved off of them. Maybe you got 1st Gen headers Have you checked the part numbers to make sure they're the right ones?

 

Ya the EGR is no able to go flush with the motor. Hopefully they deal with this asap

 

What's the little connectiong called that goes from the EGR and the header

 

no idea, sorry EGR tube thingy mamober?

 

That's about it lol. I'm calling it that in the email anyways

 

So apparently its the "first they have seen" that doesn't fit and basically don't believe or take my word for it. I might have to try to install it again so I can pictures of when it doesn't fit. What a mess this uis turning out to be

 

Workman has had this issue before with his POS 98 Jeep Wrangler 2.5 four banger. He ordered a header (cant remember the brand, 10 years ago) and he had to grind off multiple sections in order for it to fit. It was a big pain in Workman's ass.\

Once the header did fit and was installed, no performance gains were noticed, the noise was not good, and it was a big waste of time/money.

Workman soon after sold his Jeep, never again to buy a 4 banger Wrangler.....worst engine ever for the Jeep.

 

wouldnt surprise me if the header was a DT one. They seem to want nothing to do with this problem. Its ridiculous. Im not a complete idiot when it comes to installing a header It either fits on, or it doesnt fit on. Pretty simple

 

That's what I said. I wasn't mad but then they started saying "we sell 100's of these and never had a problem" and "yours is the first I have heard that doesn't fit". I told him to go on here because about 5-10 people have had troble with the install and then didint get a response

 

Those pictures will help out even more man. secondly, who did you purchase the header through? Maybe you received one that is for an older model 4 cylinder?