BBk's Swapped for 1-7/8" ARH
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Finally got around to swapping my headers this rainy weekend. Just a side by side comparing the bbk's to the ARH 1-7/8, I did polish the arh's up a bit call me **** lol.The arh's to my surprise weigh about the same as the bbk's and honestly fit just as well despite having bigger primaries.
Overall the install went pretty easy once I had the car up in the air the bbk's fell out and with just a slight push the ARH's slid in, no cutting grinding or removing of ANY excess parts. I have installed pretty much every header brand I can think of minus kooks and the BBk's/ARH's are the only brand I have installed that didnt need anything unhooked. Overall I'm happy with it.![Happy](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_stretch.gif)
Now I just have to replace my old rubber t/a mount with a poly one since its all worn out and these thing suck lol.![Guns](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_guns.gif)
Overall the install went pretty easy once I had the car up in the air the bbk's fell out and with just a slight push the ARH's slid in, no cutting grinding or removing of ANY excess parts. I have installed pretty much every header brand I can think of minus kooks and the BBk's/ARH's are the only brand I have installed that didnt need anything unhooked. Overall I'm happy with it.
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Now I just have to replace my old rubber t/a mount with a poly one since its all worn out and these thing suck lol.
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just got the car back from having the exhaust touched up and they did a great job. bassani is lined up well and tucks up much better. Overall the arh's quieted the bassani down from my bbk's which i thought was a little weird, and they also smoothed out the exhaust tone quite a bit. there was never any rasp with the bassani but now it just seems the overall note is clearer and more refined.
The butt dyno also says I may have picked up a bit in power. its a little cold out today but overall it felt like it had a little more when i got on it. Overall it makes since sice the bbk's were 1-3/4 with a 2.5 collector while the arh are 1-7/8" and 3" collector.
The butt dyno also says I may have picked up a bit in power. its a little cold out today but overall it felt like it had a little more when i got on it. Overall it makes since sice the bbk's were 1-3/4 with a 2.5 collector while the arh are 1-7/8" and 3" collector.
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Your fuel/air ratio may have changed a little bit due to opening up the pipes.. so you could see some better gains depending on how good your tuner (guy) is
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Is the car lifted?? Seriously..... Looks lifted.. And almost looks like my SLP LT' old design hang down just as much... I really wanted a set of ARH headers, but had to spring for the Koni/BMR sale. There goes that money.. :-\
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Overall I love em' they dont come close to the tseering linkage or body plenty of clearance everywhere for 1-7/8. Best part was nothing had to come off. Literally slipped the bbks out and these slid in.
I've been trying to sell them haha but I dont have the y pipe anymore
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I swapped out my bbks for the arh 1 7/8s when I finished up my build. Decided to by them as a gift to myself for finishing a H/C swap haha. I love them too, they looked beautiful and fit great. My passenger side went in a little bit difficult but I loosened the engine mount pedestal and lifted the engine a little bit, slid right in then. Great pieces for sure!