hey guys,

best bang for your buck ls long tube headers for a truck which brand does everyone seem to be going with?

cheers

Nick

 

It depends on what you want really. First off get 1-7/8 headers they will ALWAYS make more power than 1-3/4. Next it depends on what your budget is. Kooks and ARH are made in the USA and go in without issues normally. TSP has an over seas made 1-7/8 header that is a good bang for the buck but they do have some fitment issues now and then but still overall a good product. If you are just getting the headers then the US made Kooks or ARH will cost about 200-250 more but you get a better quality header built here. If you have the money Kooks or ARH

 

I have a 1-7/8ths Pacesetter Headers they are really good IMO I went to thunder racing to get them

 

pacesetter only makes 1-3/4" sorry brother. if you want 1-7/8 its either arh, kooks, tsp, or hooker.

pacesetter makes a good budget header if you want 1-3/4 fwiw

 

the TSP headers DONT have fitment issues.....its the ORY that HAS issues

 

I should clarify, not issues once they go in. However getting them in can be a challenge. I've installed almost every header I can think of and tsp's almost always need the motor mount disconnected and the motor shifted over perhaps the oil filter removed also. I have never had to do that with kooks or arh headers. but yes you are right about the ory it takes a lot of finagling to get it to fit ok

 

cool thanks for the replys guys, looks like I have a decent set of options they are going into my 3 and 4 linked 56 chevy truck 4x4 its currently a 5 yr build so if i save up some coin for some good 1-7/8 sounds like thats the best route to get to my 430hp range with my lq4

 

LOL yea thats what I meant but they are good and mine is starting to rust on the bottom I had them for 4 years now and my car was in tampa for most of the time so over all I thinks its pretty good.

 

Ebay hands down. 189 shipped to your door, in stainless steel and where a breeze to install.

 

TSP 1 7/8 header!!! Stainless steel also.

 

You guys did realize he said for a truck, right?

 

OMG those ebay headers are so Gdamn tempting.... dr_whigham, since you seem to have a decent handle and strong opinion on measured sizes (based on another thread) is the typical header advertised as a 1 3/4 being measured with OD or ID? I see that in several of the ebay adds they quote the headers as being 1.75, and then say that the ID is 1.625. This is fine and logical, but the question is do all companies do it the same way? what are most companies measuring when they list their 1 3/4 headers?

 

All tubing, less than 12" is measured by OD. Pipe (more than 12" diameter) is measured by ID. I can verify that TSP as well as ARH measure their primaries by OD.