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did you vote in wormdoggy's poll ? make sure to do so if not.
Yes I did vote.
did you vote in wormdoggy's poll ? make sure to do so if not.
wormdoggy can you please tell me how many miles you clocked before you first started haveing problems. thanks
Any word yet from Bellanger?
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Wormdoggy........Well..... I just have to jump in here. I have a couple of questions about your "poll" itself. If there are 40% who have had problems, complaints, whatever with the Blenager headers/exhaust.........how many are there that make up the 40%?........I believe to date there have been about 1,500 or 1,600 sets of Belanger headers that have been produced for the Viper......I've had 2 sets myself. One on my 94 with the Roe Blower, NOS, H2O **** injection, Gregg Good heads....absolutely no difficulties. Now I have an 05 Comm. Edition and after the install let's say about 150 miles of driving threw a CEL......figured out it was MY fault as the O2 sensor wiring harness on the passenger side was touching the back header tube and that's what created the CEL......pulled the harness away from the header tube, reinsulated it at the closest point to the tube and "voila"......CEL went out in about 6 miles of driving. No other problems what-so-ever. Installed with a friend and we were finished in 4 hours. Very reasonable installation. There HAS TO BE some type of signal inteference that is creating the problem in your car. Who was the "Viper Tech" that said there are problems with the Belanger headers? Who are the "6" other Viper Techs who claim the same thing? I would like to know who they are so I can stay away from them for service.
McClaren tested the Belanger headers on the 08, along with other header manufacturers and what header was chosen as the one they used on the test mules? (Look on page 51 of the latest Viper magazine.....you'll see Belanger headers.......I think they used an 06 header and changed the configuration on the head porting to adapt it to the 08 heads. From what I understand, Belangers were the ONLY header not to throw a CEL on the 08's. Must be something that you are doing, or should I say NOT doing that continues to create your CEL problem. Why are all the others, with the exception of a few (out of 1,500 + sets) only those who are having difficulties with a CEL?
I have another difficulty with your situation (from my perspective....in other words....IMHO) with the statement that Lou Belanger "hung up on you". I just have a very hard time in believeing that. Am I calling you a liar? NO.......I'm just questioning that a guy with Lou's track record in the industry would just hang up on you for no reason. That just doesn't sound like him....just a little hokey as far as I'm concerned.....again, IMHO. There is a solution to YOUR problem........it just has to be tracked down......is that the manufacturers duty or his problem?..........I think not......unless HE installed the headers.......then he has a duty to figure it out. If you didn't install the headers, then your "Viper Tech" should KNOW what to do to solve the problem......if not, then I don't believe the "Viper Tech" can be trusted with solving other, more difficult problems that can occur with a Viper.
Again......let me know who all these "Viper Techs" are that made the statements about Belanger headers in your previous threads........I'd really like to know, then I can personally go to them and ask questions about their "difficulties" with the Belangers to be able to help others in the club who might have questions in the future.
I have a full set of Belanger exhaust on my 06 VOI 9 Coupe. The install was done over a year ago. Put a little over 1,000 miles on the car with NO problems at all. I have called Lou on many occasions for Viper perfromance tips. Found him friendly and easy to work with ...
Four of our club members have Gen 3 Belanger systems with no probs as yet. We have one Viper Tech that does all our work ...
Let me know if we can help!!! Good luck ... Jon
Isn't that why Lou is provided sox with his kits now??? He even told me that he is looking at designing a shorter 02 sensor.
This is it in a nutshell.............. The only fix. The heat socks are not the issue, the end of the 02 sensor rubs on the side sill insulation and ruins the wires.
has anyone seen or heard from lou or is his head still in the sand ?
Listen I'm not going to mention any names. I don't want to turn this thread into a bashing thread. ..........And if Lou is a man with integrity, he would step up and admit to it. It did nothing other than piss off an already ********** customer. And trust me, you don't want to piss me off. Look at the results it caused .......and this is only the first step.
Patrick: The above quote sounds like a threat. In my opinion. NOT ALLOWED HERE.
Fact # 1: At the very start of this thread, maybe before, you called ME and insisted you bought the Belangers from PartsRack! While I deeply appreciate you business, and I was happy to try and help, you were WRONG then: Fact is, you had only bought Belanger gaskets and header bolts from me. (95% of the time this is for guys who bought USED.)
Fact # 2: You later say you did buy from a VCA vendor, but where is THEIR name and their advice? It is NOT a product issue. I want you to solve this INSTALL ISSUE, and Id like to help. But as adamant as you were that you bought them from PartsRack, you proved that memory lapses are also at play here.... [At my age Im a lapse expert!}
(800-889-1893 Woodhouse Dodge)The routing of the wiring is the most important thing with the Gen3 cars. We had a few issues with the 02's but when we wrapped the sensor and kept the wires away from "chafing " areas we were problem free. Anything you do aftermarket though has the potential for trouble you just need to try and improve upon the install at times.
Love the responses and thanks to those offering solutions and references.
Quotations from this thread. For the life of me I still fail to understand how anyone can still claim this to be an isolated case. I did not quote those with good experiences since I recognize them and only wish I had your driving time ........
QUOTES:
" had EXACTLY the same problem; i purchased that system tip to toe in spring of 06 and burned out the o2 sensor repeatedly which resulted in check engine light coming on. After complaining to John B and Lou Bellanger I was told he had now developed a "heat sock" to protect the sensor".
" would be interested to see how and if you solve this. I have had this problem every since I put my Belangers on".
"My OBD II light comes on every third start up or so. I clear them w/ my code reader...2 starts later, its back. I have the O2 sims, still getting codes. Tator wrapped my Belangers w/ so much insulation we cannot fit anymore in there to protect the O2 heaters...still throwing codes"
"The last time I was in for the 02 code issue (both sides, rears), DC did cut a very small piece of the heat shield, fold it back and wrap the wiring and sensor with insulation."
"It's a flaw in the system. Because these cars vary from car to car, not all the distances are the same. The O2 sensor sticks straight out from the pipe and the sill / insulation rubs through the wire coating and destroys the O2 sensor".
"I am certainly pleased with the performance and sound but I had to throw good money after bad trying to get that engine light out."
"I had my reverse lock out because of wires on this system heating up.It blew a fuse. I'm now afraid to drive the car anywhere for fear the 02's will burn up.What am I supposed to do now".
"Yup just had the problem. I have the Balanger Headers only with Corsa. Im either going to move to Cat Sims or try some relocation of the wires and extreme insulation tactics"
"I have had Belanger headers going on a year now and I use Sims. Have not had one issue to date with them"
"We have a dealer in the club that had a lot of troubles with this problem.
The burning wires have caused a lot of headackes.
For some reason this is an issue on the GEN3s:"
And the responses from people like Kenneth " Kreiger"..this is a lot of racket over a very minor amount of problems.....Hmmmm... But in any case Kenneth thanks for the reference on technical advise I will call him. And by the way the name is wormdoggy not moondoggy. Got that Betty Kreiker?
Jon B. You do have memory lapses ( probably like me.....brain over load ) since when I spoke to you, I did mention that I thought it was you, but point in fact I later told you that I was mistaken and that the system was purchased from BTR Performance. I just wanted some kind of a response from you since you also sell the brand to your customers.
Anyway this can go on and on.... I'm not going to make this into a nasty " silly politics " debate. The facts are in front of everyone to see. Polls, good comments and bad comments. In the end, hopefully, this thread will have contributed to some informative information fror the consumer.
In saying that, however, well lets just say I am not quite finished with this yet. The offer to buy back the system or credit me for future purchases would be great. I would gladly give it up given the grief I have had over the last year. But then there is still the matter of all the other people who purchased it as well. What about them?
Patrick
Bull****. These codes did not come until the headers were installed.You CANNOT blame a header for these codes !!!