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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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My QTPs went in like they were made of butter. Car was on a lift. Drivers side went in almost strait up and then rotated to the rear.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Frans96SS
you get what u pay for... plus coated headers suck..... eventually they will rust.... i had a customer come into my shop with a set not even 6 monthes old and the egr tube was broken off his header......
that has nothing to do with rust. Those tubes breaking are a common occurance in headers in general. I live in NJ, (constant snow / heavy salting) and I dont have a single issue with my coated PS's. If you plan on owning your car for over 20 years or so, then go stainless, otherwise pacesetters will be quite acceptable.

when you are dealing with headers you dont always get what you pay for. Best example is QTP vs ebay headers vs pacesetters.. QTP's and ebay headers are both stainless, however both more a pain in the butt to install than pacesetters. And ebay's headers are half the cost of QTP's (very near the cost of nonstainless coated pacesetters)

If you're simply looking for the best fit, it's very well known that pacesetter's have the best history of fitment. Just because you paid more for your headers, doesn't make them any better than pacesetters. People overhype QTP's from what I can see. I think the problem is they have the mentality where if they paid an arm and a leg for them, they BETTER be the best! All I have ever heard was what a pain in the *** they were to install and how poorly they fit. Will it make 1 HP more than mine?.... maybe. Is it an overall higher quality header? Sure, but i'm not going to eat dinner on top of it. If it doesn't break, and the weld's dont seperate, I dont care. Will pacesetters and QTP's last 10 years? Most likely.

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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wow that is a nice set of headers, for the info they both are very nice
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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I have Kooks 1 3/4 and they were really easy to install. Didn't have to remove the steering shaft, no k-member notching, didn't even have to remove the oil filter.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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By the way, I have been hearing about new motor mounts...
What exactly do they do, better fitment for the headers?
And are they worth the pain in the *** the install them?
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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New mounts=stiffer mount engine wont vib causing headers to hit things.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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do you have to lift the engine to put the new motor mounts in...Cherry picker?
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 08:22 PM
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never mind, sorry guys i just saw the sticky
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