trying to decide what brand to get. any suggestions?

 

SLP's suck they have horrible ground clearance and the welds arent the prettiest on the inside for sure. Get the FLP's.

 

FLP's playa

 

flps it what i have come with cats and race pipes also check out qtp i hear there good to

 

I got flps and love them

 

id avoid the slps and either go with the flp's, qtp's or kooks

 

FLP no dout.

 

Flp's or Jet-Hots

 

If my choices were the ones you mentioned, FLP's.

 

I'll jump on the FLP band wagon as well Running FLPs on my car and they're awesome... fit was great (only thing I had to change was I had to grind down the oil pan drainage bolt head a little and cut off the magnet part of the bolt in order to make oil changes easier )

 

When deciding you might look at peoples signature to see what header they actually bought. I see a lot of people say SLP's suck, but they don't actually own a set.

I have a set on my car.

They work great. The only problem with SLP headers is that they hang a little low, but I have never scrapped mine so they can't be that bad (my car is not lowered). They make good power and are a complete kit. I had no problems with the install and got them for $850 (new) shipped a few months ago on a special vendor deal.

I chose SLP's over FLP's because the SLP's had rear O2 bungs so I didn't have to use O2 sims behind the cats. SLP's also are SS headers AND ceramic coated. While the SLP's hang low, they do fit well and have no reported banging issues, no reported issues with melting your heater box, no reported issues with grinding your drain plug. They fit.

I think the FLP headers are good as they were the other set I considered buying, but I am very pleased with my SLP headers. I would buy them again.

Hope this helps.

 

And I'll jump on the SLP headers band-wagon. I have had mine over 3 years. Hang a little low? YEP. Do I love them? YEP. No rust. I have had no banging. No fit problems. I did not have to cut anything. My set came also with Cats (which I never used) and ORP (which have now bit the waste). I am not running true duals with bullets that dump just before the axel.

Everyone has their favors. Get the best deal you can. Make your own mind up. Live with it.

David

 

I too have SLP LT's. The fit and finish is awesome, very good quality. As for ground clearance.. it can be a problem for most. But if your use to driving a lowered car it shouldn't be a problem. I'm lowered and no issues here. Mine are almost a 1yr old and they still look brand spanking new from bottom to top. No banging issues at all. The y-pipe that comes with the headers IMO is the best out there.

 

I'm probably gonna go with SLP headers too

 

I have FLP but I had problem with y-pipe banging on driver side floor board but I fixed but mounting a sem-truck radiator hose on the floor board to absorb the vibration, besides this I LOVE THEM good power and great ground clearance.
SLP are not all that me no like but try to research on TTS headers they are great too for same price range.

 

I had the SLPs. I loved them. They are a pain to install. I would jack one side of the motor up for the passenger side header if I had to install them again. The SLP, with ORP, and cut out or through Corsa makes for the best sounding setup - at least that is what every other car owner in my area has said.

The SLPs do have ground clearance issues. I was lowered about 1 3/4 inches and I had to bring it back up to a 1 inch drop. Even then you have to be careful. Othewise these are great headers.

Now, why did I sell mine? I want to go to a stepped header, while the coating was not rusting it did turn dull near the head and I want to show my car. I don't want emission fittings - now SLP has race only headers.

I have not gotten new headers yet. I am still on the fence about some of them. I like the FLP setup. But I don't want emissions and they have floor board and oil drain plug issues. You won't have any of those with the SLPs. Yet, if I had to worry about emission testing I would consider the FLP for easy swapping of CATS. Or put cutouts before the cats.

From looking at the FLPs it looks like they may be removed easily from the collector back. That is important to me since I have this bad disease of tearing my car apart all the time.

Banging the floor board and having to pry the header back to change the oil would keep me from the FLP. So, for now my list is still SLP, Kooks, and maybe Edelbrocks (these would have to be coated since they are painted black). I am still waiting on dyno numbers for the Edelbrock race headers. The guys that have them on this board have still not posted results.

In the end I expect to go with Kooks unless SLP got there prototype headers they used on their 427 to market.

Hope this helps.

 

I'm not going to lower my car any I dont think. Right now the SLP and FLP headers are the same price basically, I'm just having trouble deciding which to get.

 

Look at my sig. Before mods 312 hp 336 tq. Hope that helps.

 

You probably can't go wrong with either. You need to make a list of the pros and cons to help you decide. Right now I would have to say SLP because of the FLP issues I mentioned - provided you don't lower more than an inch.

 

will both sets last as long as far as keeping thier shine?