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Old Nov 26, 2013 | 03:41 PM
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Ahhh, these are China built. Makes sense now.

I nabbed mine on ebay for $179 shipped and the pipes were 1.73-1.76 all the way down.

Seems like the pipe size varied a bit form seller to seller, I was lucky.

Either way, I wanted the best I could buy for my car so I went with Kooks, glad I did.
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Old Nov 26, 2013 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TImmy_Jones
Ahhh, these are China built. Makes sense now.

I nabbed mine on ebay for $179 shipped and the pipes were 1.73-1.76 all the way down.

Seems like the pipe size varied a bit form seller to seller, I was lucky.

Either way, I wanted the best I could buy for my car so I went with Kooks, glad I did.
You just here to trash a sponsor or do you have a purpose?
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Old Nov 26, 2013 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TImmy_Jones
None of them. I never had a mention of price.

I simply claimed that you were making a late entrance into a market, where the product you are offering may have been proven obsolete, even on a stock engine (compared to bigger headers, obviously there are gains over stock). Surely you are offering headers at a great price, however stainless steel headers with 1 3/4" primaries at a sub $200 price have been on the market for years, I owned a set and loved them.

Now if you offer some 1 7/8" headers at a sub $300 price point, you have found your niche.

Again, do you make these in house? If so I applaud you and the price is more than worth it, as I would be willing to pay for something made in the states, with a local customer service contact (why I bought Kooks).
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You just here to trash a sponsor or do you have a purpose?
Timmy J is not trashing a sponsor he is stating fact and a very valid point. I too would be a buyer at a sub $300 for 1 7/8 , but they choose not to develop them at this time and design truck headers instead.
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by wav3form
You just here to trash a sponsor or do you have a purpose?
Nope, just trying to enlighten other forum go-ers who may not be aware of their options out there.

I fully support all the sponsors of the board who I have worked with, I have nothing against this sponsor, just being fair. Is there a rule that we have to be nice to all the sponsors, regardless of what they offer? I simply offered up my objective point of view and even praised them for offering their customer service, for a small price increase, over the eBay headers.

With that said, they just missed what could be a huge market....dirt cheap, china built headers with big primaries in stainless.
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 08:10 AM
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Well, IMO I believe they completely missed anything, per say. These cars are now out of production for about 12 years. The fact that ANYTHING new is coming out is in my opinion, pretty cool. If you are looking for headers to grab some extra power over stock, some more sound, and want to spend as little as possible? These fit the bill.

I agree with you on the customer service.

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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by TImmy_Jones
I nabbed mine on ebay for $179 shipped and the pipes were 1.73-1.76 all the way down.
I'd love to have visual proof of this as well as the name of the "brand" and/or seller to add to my thread. Many have said they have such 1.75" eBay headers but no one has yet to show empirical evidence.
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 12:01 PM
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We designed these headers to compete against ebay style headers. Our headers have larger primary tubes, and are in a race version compared to the air/egr only versions on ebay. Basically we wanted to offer an equally priced header with much better fitment, performance, and look then what is currently offered.

These headers make over 20rwhp gains on stock internal LS1's. An 1 7/8" longtube is not going to add much more on a fairly stock LS1. The way we looked at it, is if you were planning on spending a bunch of money to buy heads/cam, or a stroker setup which could greatly benefit from the larger primary. More than likely you were going to spend more money on a better quality longtube like a Kooks or American Racing.

Regardless, we do plan on making an 1 7/8" style its just not on our current list to get knocked out next year.

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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 02:00 PM
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Great price., would love to see an install.
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TImmy_Jones
Nope, just trying to enlighten other forum go-ers who may not be aware of their options out there.

I fully support all the sponsors of the board who I have worked with, I have nothing against this sponsor, just being fair. Is there a rule that we have to be nice to all the sponsors, regardless of what they offer? I simply offered up my objective point of view and even praised them for offering their customer service, for a small price increase, over the eBay headers.

With that said, they just missed what could be a huge market....dirt cheap, china built headers with big primaries in stainless.
There are more constructive ways to get your point across. I'm sure they appreciate your backhanded compliments though.
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Old Nov 27, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by CoreyD
Great price., would love to see an install.
+1. I might be interested after someone does a write-up of how the install went.
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 05:31 AM
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I plan on buying a set early 2014. How do they fit with a tsp y?
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Old Nov 28, 2013 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by TAPyvehc93
+1. I might be interested after someone does a write-up of how the install went.
GTOProject already did a write up on our AIR/EGR header install. The race version fits even better.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...gineering.html

black79transam: We have our own matching stainless Y-Pipe that looks very similar to TSP's that we have already test fitted.

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Old Nov 29, 2013 | 09:45 PM
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I ended up going with used Paceseters because there weren't supposed to be done til waaayyyyy late...

DOH!

shoulda waited i guess. I really wanted the full 1 3/4 version. Oh well. if your Y fits Pacesetters i'll be giving you a call sometime...
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Old Nov 30, 2013 | 09:31 AM
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I should be a customer of yalls sooner or later, hopefully they mock up to.the eBay xpipe nicely.
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Old Nov 30, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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I hope you make some 1 7/8 LTs for 2007-2013 Sierras and Silverados soon!
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackpanther99
I hope you make some 1 7/8 LTs for 2007-2013 Sierras and Silverados soon!
Yes please! We need some decent stainless ebay headers for the NNBS. Hopefully they make them for 4X4's also. I will be very interested if they do.
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 05:01 PM
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I'm highly considering a set for my now 11 year old g-body swap, in which a lot of people used the f-body set with varying results. I can modify some if needed .I'm sure these would be an improvement over my S&P midlength set. I don't shop e-bay.

Just wondering, is there any proven way to keep any of the polished shine once they get hot???
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 06:10 PM
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Seems I read somewhere that the 94 to 97 f body pipes would fit the ls swaped into the first gen. Do you know if these will? THANKS
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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 10:37 AM
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Were test fitting the 1 3/4" truck version as we speak, for new and old body style. We should have a batch put together by spring time.

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Old Dec 5, 2013 | 05:36 PM
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Any idea if they will fit 07-13 4wd trucks?
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