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Old 04-29-2010, 03:25 PM
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My buddy just got this T/A and it has headers and an ORY, along with a few other things.

I'm just curious what you guys can tell me about these headers, i.e. what 'material' they are, or if someone knows them enough to tell me a brand that would be great. This is the best pic I have for now.

I'm just curious to see if these are worth a crap because honestly the car does not sound very good.

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In my completely nonprofessional opinion, they look like stainless steel headers but that's just me. I got coated pacesetters and they don't look like that. Also what kind of catback does he have? That could be more it than anything. I know my loudmouth sounded like crap with longtubes so I switched to a Hooker catback and it sounds great.
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I figured they might be stainless, but I have never seen any in person, only coated pacesetters that I helped one of my other buddies install.

Don't know the brand of catback, there is no visible brand on the muffler or anything. It's very raspy.
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I would say its probably the catback or ORY thats causing the rasp.
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Originally Posted by conor.davis
I would say its probably the catback or ORY thats causing the rasp.
Ya I figured that. Does anyone know of any aftermarket mufflers that dont have a brand on them?
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Honestly I would look at the tips. I don't think most people change the tips when buying a catback, and the tips are pretty distinctive between the different catbacks.
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No writing on the tips or the muffler. Any ideas?

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Checked on Speed Inc's website, maybe a Mufflex exhaust? http://www.speedinc.com/catagory.cfm?catagory=Exhaust It's about halfway down the page.
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I dont know, the tips are round similar to magnaflow. I guess as long as the headers aren't crap he can do something else with the cat back anyways.

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Definitely cheaper in and easier in most cases to change catbacks lol. I like the Hooker catback myself.
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Looks like kooks to me, could be wrong though.
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Originally Posted by x3d187
Looks like kooks to me, could be wrong though.
Don't all kooks have a badge or plate that says kooks on them?
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Originally Posted by conor.davis
Don't all kooks have a badge or plate that says kooks on them?
Yes, so like I said I could be wrong - Sure looks like em though. Maybe the OP just missed the badge on them?
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Not my car, he sent me the pics. Knowing him he didn't look too hard though. Where would that plate be so I can get him to look?
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Originally Posted by chris96camaro
Not my car, he sent me the pics. Knowing him he didn't look too hard though. Where would that plate be so I can get him to look?
normally on the primary closest to the front of the car I think.
So cylinder 1 or 2's




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