i'm interested in this as well. i currently live in maryland but have family in oh.

 

The X-Brace in the picture is a Thunderbird piece only. When Ford cut the roof off the DEW platform to make a convertible T-Bird the X-brace was added. There is a pretty big discussion on the LS board about adding this to the LS to increase the stiffness of the chassis. No one has done it yet that I know. It's expensive new and the Thunderbird is so rare they are not found in the junk yards. Here is a better diagram of where the X-brace attaches. It appears to go under the passenger compartment and ties the front and rear sections of the unibody together.
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One can be made rather cheap, and be made of Chrom-moly tubing....

 

That became a favorite add on for the BMW guys, adding factory X braces from the convertibles (or in this case the BMW parts dept) to regular cars. Supposedly really tightened them up too.

It would be interesting to see if someone could replicate that, and if the mounting points are on our cars.

George

 

So, are there any updates on this? Has anyone purchased the headers?

 

I trying to get them next month unless you all want to pitch in wink wink.

 

LOL. I am looking for a guinea pig! I am a big fan of header replacement for various reasons:

Better sound
Better breathing for the motor
Better scavenging with the right coating
Lower underhood temps with the right coating
http://www.jet-hot.com/techinfo.html

 

guniea pig for what? to test the jet-coat. It has been proven to lower temp in engine bay.

 

I have a thread on LVC about these headers and I believe the pictures came from my uploading/searching. A lot of the people on our boards dont think the headers will do jack ****, its a big band wagon over there and no one is reaching out, theres a few of us but yea. Im considering getting a credit card just to buy these headers, I dont even own a debit card because I hate them so much but damn these things are tempting. Full stainless, 1 5/8in primaries merged into a 2 1/2in collector IIRC. Super Jag keep me updated please and thank you.

 

No, I know for a fact that the coatings work. My Vette got a huge boost when I coated my headers and the underhood temps went down at least 75 degrees.

No, I meant guinea pig for the fitment of the headers. If they fit your car, you can believe that I will be on my way to buy a set immediately.

 

Has anyone ever tried or heard anything (good or bad) about NitroPlate? I saw it on spike a few months ago. Supposed to be some aluminum/ceramic coating. Nobody I know has ever tried it, but it looks pretty good from the pics I've seen.

 

Go with the Jet-Hot. Always worked extremely well!

 

x2

 

well just contacted them to see if they give me a good deal to try this out. I will be going cat-less. Let you know what happens

 

Did they give you a deal on them, or full retail?

Also, are you gonna run cats at all?

 

Here is the email I sent
Hi my name is Gabriel Gonzalez. I have seen you website stating that you have headers for a Lincoln LS/ Ford Thunderbird. I understand that you have been contacted before about the opportunity to have them fitted to a Jaguar S-Type V8. there has been talk from many that these will indeed fit, but as far as I know, no one has taken the plunge. I am willing to have these fitted by a Jaguar Tech here in Kansas City or a V&P Corvette performance, who do custom header and exhaust, http://www.vettesandperformance.com/, to see if the actually fit. I am sure that there will be a demand for these from the Jaguar community if they actually fit. I guess my question is if you are willing to work with me, to get this done. I only ask that if the fitment is not achieved I can return the product, as long as it has not been damaged. Two, if there is a possibility that these can be provided at a reduced price. I have seen for example the T0304HDR on your website for 863.49 and on http://www.byunspeed.com/product_inf...c2b0bdea469b63 they are 733.57 with free shipping. Please let me know if this is something you would like to persue. I will provided photographs, video and documentation. If need be I can have the car dynoed before install and after to show the hp difference made by your product. I have included a picture of my vehicle in case they do fit they may be used by your company and to show that I have modified my vehicle extensively and that I am not wasting your time. I hope that we can work something out as I can see that you product is superior to others. Thank you for your consideration and I hope to be a future customer.
Gabriel Gonzalez

 

Gabriel,

Thanks for considering us. I am talking it over with the sales manager to see what we are willing to do. Give me a day or two to follow up with you.

Thanks

Anthony Grosser
Stainless Works
440-543-6593 Ext. 231
5 Day Turnaround or it Ships for Free
www.stainlessworks.net
Stainless Works Blog
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Sounds good man!

 

Well Anthony from stainless referred me to Byunspeed and the offered me the price online of $733.97 w/o cats (I live in a no emission state). If they dont fit I am out of shipping costs. Thats the deal I was offered. What you think?

 

Sounds good, but I dont think your ECU will like not having the Cats and throw you into Restricted Performance mode when the light comes on.....