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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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Wow I didn't know so many people liked these headers, I was going to do pacesetters on christmas break but I'll definately look into these.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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What size are the primaries on these things? Seems like I heard some brand of chinese headers using small primaries.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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wow, those things look good! i think i will ditch my plain pacesetter's and go with those. damn, i hate wasting money!
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Me too! I guess I'll do it to have everything else.

Oh! I almost for got my buddy have these headers ,an he use the Texas speed ypipe with the catts.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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What size are the primaries on these things? Seems like I heard some brand of chinese headers using small primaries.
1 3/4" primaries and 3" collector. Even shows pics in the sale ad with a tape measure showing the sizes.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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i have a set i installed on my car and i am not happy with them at all. it an a4 car and i belive they fit better on m6 cars from the work ive done. they look great i will give them that. i had the heads off which made the install easier. the fit....sucked. i had to grind ALOT out of my k member which i wasnt real happy about. ill give it a little bit to worn motor mounts. BUT soon after the install and work was done i was just driving down the highway when one of the emission port tubes on the passenger side primary broke off! i was pissed! and no it wasnt hitting anything before anyone asks that. i just tig welded the ports shut and didnt hook any emissions back up, either way you get what you pay for and i should have spent the money on kooks. just my experience.
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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mine were easy to install had to grind tab off block, other than that they were a well fit, feels to be quicker, getting tuned by frost next wek so may see better gains after the tune
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by NAVY99B4C
i have a set i installed on my car and i am not happy with them at all. it an a4 car and i belive they fit better on m6 cars from the work ive done. they look great i will give them that. i had the heads off which made the install easier. the fit....sucked. i had to grind ALOT out of my k member which i wasnt real happy about. ill give it a little bit to worn motor mounts. BUT soon after the install and work was done i was just driving down the highway when one of the emission port tubes on the passenger side primary broke off! i was pissed! and no it wasnt hitting anything before anyone asks that. i just tig welded the ports shut and didnt hook any emissions back up, either way you get what you pay for and i should have spent the money on kooks. just my experience.
1 negative out of a huge amount of positive's isn't bad for under $200 coated. So an air tube broke off when nothing was touching it? Innnteresting You must be a kooks guy.
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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mine were easy to install had to grind tab off block, other than that they were a well fit, feels to be quicker, getting tuned by frost next wek so may see better gains after the tune
Ill be going to Frost also.
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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1 negative out of a huge amount of positive's isn't bad for under $200 STAINLESS.
Fixed! Even better
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 12:30 AM
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just got my headers today and they are pretty nice.. now lets see how they fit and how they perform.. but hey 180 shipped
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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so anybody with an A4 ls1 get them on with no fitment issues? 117xxx mileage car
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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if you have fitting issues its your motor mounts gone bad.
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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I have an auto car and I had to do some grinding and bending to get them to go on. I also had the same problem as one of the other guys, the long emmisions tube on the passenger side broke off for no reason and I had to weld the hole up. So word of advice, these are decent headers but if you aren't going to use any of the emmisions system, cut the long tube off of the passenger side header and weld the hole shut before you install them. It'll save you some headaches later
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Hemi2Slo
I have an auto car and I had to do some grinding and bending to get them to go on. I also had the same problem as one of the other guys, the long emmisions tube on the passenger side broke off for no reason and I had to weld the hole up. So word of advice, these are decent headers but if you aren't going to use any of the emmisions system, cut the long tube off of the passenger side header and weld the hole shut before you install them. It'll save you some headaches later
FWIW I have seen this on many many sets of Hookers and Pacesetters as well; the air pump tunes breaking I mean.
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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What Y pipes are you guys running with these? How is the fitment with the Y's that you all chose?
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 11:12 PM
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I had a muffler shop custom fab a y pipe for me.
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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The Y pipe I used was a stainless Y that came as a set. This was last year though
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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A friend of mines use a tsp ypipe.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 02:08 AM
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Just got mine back from the shop today, after the header install, and custom H-pipe. The shop said they slid right in. And I've got a '98 T/A 6speed, with 128k on the stock motor mounts. I definately noticed a big gain in power. But, I'm also coming from an all stock exhaust system.
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