View Poll Results: If you had $800 dollars which "LT Headers" would u buy???
Pacesetter
106
16.77%
JetHot/Hooker
71
11.23%
QTP/Kooks
392
62.03%
Other...
43
6.80%
Stainless Works
20
3.16%
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 81
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From: Aptos, CA
A few questions...first, why does dynatech not sell a y-pipe w/o cats? I know the cats make a minimal power difference but I don't want to spend the extra money for high flow cats since I live in California and am going to have to go back to stock manifolds and y-pipe for smog anyway. Secondly, if I was to buy Kooks LTs and Y I think should get 1"7/8s due to the future mods I have planned*. If I bought the Pacesetters I would get 1"3/4s since that is all they offer. At what power level would the 1"3/4 primary size be comprimised? Would the 1"7/8s be overkill if I did decide to spend an extra $500 on Kooks?
* I'm planning on a cam swap, AFR heads, and most likely a bottle after that. Plus a stall and rearend when I grenade that stock one
* I'm planning on a cam swap, AFR heads, and most likely a bottle after that. Plus a stall and rearend when I grenade that stock one
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On The Tree
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 121
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Well since i Started this post, i just thought i'd put in my .02$. I ordered my QTP Lt's about a week ago and they have already come in! I can't wait till i get em back from being pollished for that final touch 
& see how they look!!! Well since i've been relli buisy lately, and still need some other req. for the installation.... Gaskets, 02 Extentions ex.... And my custom Y-pipe that's still not made yet would help a little..... I'll be doing the install later on... hopefully ASAP!! I'll post on how everything goes... Wish me luck!
....& a special thx 2 every1 who Posted.... THANK U!
...Oh yea, and i voted for QTP
& see how they look!!! Well since i've been relli buisy lately, and still need some other req. for the installation.... Gaskets, 02 Extentions ex.... And my custom Y-pipe that's still not made yet would help a little..... I'll be doing the install later on... hopefully ASAP!! I'll post on how everything goes... Wish me luck! ....& a special thx 2 every1 who Posted.... THANK U!
...Oh yea, and i voted for QTP
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TECH Addict
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 2,662
Likes: 1
From: LaConner WA
I have QTP's with HVMC's and love this setup. They'll never rust and nothing to chip off = if you polish them up before the install like I did mine they looks sweet ! i definitely have more than $800 into this setup probably more like $1500 including y-pipe to fit the headers, but now that they're on there I'm glad I waited a little longer and spent the money to get them instead of a cheaper coated header.
Originally Posted by Cstick
Pace Setters look nice for a while, but I regrett being cheap when I saw the coating was pealing because of rust
If you want to spend that money, just buy some stainless steel headers. If not, you'll be like the rest of us who went the cheap route the first time and will have to end up going back and doing it all over again.
^^ Yep, but you get to do it two more times for the same price. By then, you've either sold/traded the car or have a ton of miles on the engine more than likely.
Regardless, you get what you pay for.
Regardless, you get what you pay for.
Originally Posted by Scotty-Z
Yup, same problem here.
If you want to spend that money, just buy some stainless steel headers. If not, you'll be like the rest of us who went the cheap route the first time and will have to end up going back and doing it all over again.
If you want to spend that money, just buy some stainless steel headers. If not, you'll be like the rest of us who went the cheap route the first time and will have to end up going back and doing it all over again.
It will be years before your headers rust though..I had set of painted headers on a 4X4 truck when I lived up north where they used a lot of salt on the roads in the winter. Never painted them except when I installed them. It took 9 years to rust thought..how many of you will own your car in nine years..
..I bought Pacesetters coated...they will probably last longer than nine years here in the sunny south..when they do rust through if I still own this car I'll spend another $379 for another set of coated Pacesetters...I bet there isn't 5 HP difference between any of the LT's no matter who makes them IMHO.. Last edited by slt200mph; Jul 21, 2005 at 07:54 AM.
TECH Regular
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 463
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From: va baby!
unless you get stainless your headers are eventually gonna get surface rust, thats just what exhaust does cause it is so hot. it would take many years for them to rust completely through. pacesetters all the way i even had the money to buy whatever ones i wanted. 
Originally Posted by stangkiller
unless you get stainless your headers are eventually gonna get surface rust, thats just what exhaust does cause it is so hot. it would take many years for them to rust completely through. pacesetters all the way i even had the money to buy whatever ones i wanted.
yahsureubetcha..
