Cant decide on headers.

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Nov 8, 2006 | 07:40 PM

#41

rmsurfer212

Teching In

Joined: Sep 2006

Posts: 45

Likes: 0

From: Las Vegas

how are jet hot longtubes for quality? the improved hooker ones...

Nov 8, 2006 | 09:00 PM

#42

mullenh

TECH Enthusiast

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 506

Likes: 0

From: pensacola, florida

67 tempest

Quote:

Originally Posted by AK's WS6

Do these X2 headers list what the thickness of their tubes is?? I'm weary of stainless headers that are that cheap, shure they might tell you it's 321 SS but it's impossible to tell with the naked eye and anyone that has worked with or knows the properties of SS will tell you it's prone to get weak after multipule heat cycles, hence why I question the wall thickness and actual grade. Has anyone had these LT's on a vehicle for say 3-4 years yet?? If not i'd stay away, I hate being the test dummy.....

Also if these are Jap made headers, I hope anyone who has bought them has never ponderd the question... why are all the manufacturing going to **** in the US??

if they were 'jap' they would cost more than 300. more likely chineese.

Nov 8, 2006 | 11:42 PM

#43

98hardtopZ

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (7)

Joined: Jun 2004

Posts: 1,251

Likes: 0

From: brandon, ms

so currently there is no ypipe for the ebay headers???

Nov 9, 2006 | 03:11 PM

#44

AK's WS6

TECH Fanatic

Joined: Oct 2003

Posts: 1,132

Likes: 0

From: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Quote:

Originally Posted by mullenh

if they were 'jap' they would cost more than 300. more likely chineese.

Meh, all the same to me

Nov 9, 2006 | 04:11 PM

#45

chrisryn64

Launching!

iTrader: (2)

Joined: Jul 2005

Posts: 226

Likes: 0

someone show me where these XS headers are on ebay, I can't find them

Nov 9, 2006 | 05:10 PM

#46

98hardtopZ

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (7)

Joined: Jun 2004

Posts: 1,251

Likes: 0

From: brandon, ms

type ls1 headers and theyll come up all over the place...

Nov 9, 2006 | 06:07 PM

#47

chrisryn64

Launching!

iTrader: (2)

Joined: Jul 2005

Posts: 226

Likes: 0

So I guess they don't make a y pipe for them though. I don't really know anyone who could make me one, am I better off just getting pacesetters + y pipe ?

Nov 9, 2006 | 09:14 PM

#48

mullenh

TECH Enthusiast

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 506

Likes: 0

From: pensacola, florida

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisryn64

someone show me where these XS headers are on ebay, I can't find them

just look for stainless steel headers for $299 for an ls1 and you will find them

LS1 Tech Stories

The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time

10 Reasons Daily Driving a Swap Project SUCKS! (& 1 Reason to Do It Anyway)

Michael S. Palmer

6 Gifts Neither Your Dad Nor Grad Will Shove Into the 'Trinket Drawer'

Brett Foote

Topdon ONE vs. Artidiag 800 BT2: Which is the Diagnostic Tablet For You?

Pouria Savadkouei

Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine

Verdad Gallardo

7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built

Verdad Gallardo

Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin

Verdad Gallardo

6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them

Pouria Savadkouei

Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph

Verdad Gallardo

Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked

Pouria Savadkouei

Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!

Nov 9, 2006 | 10:08 PM

#49

JKDZ28

TECH Enthusiast

iTrader: (14)

Joined: Oct 2003

Posts: 556

Likes: 0

From: Cookeville, TN

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisryn64

So I guess they don't make a y pipe for them though. I don't really know anyone who could make me one, am I better off just getting pacesetters + y pipe ?

Your correct. They currently don't make a y pipe for them. However, they currently have a y-pipe setup in the works.

The reason I went with my Pacesetters was this very reason.

I didn't have the extra dough to pick up some true duals so I decided I'd just reuse my borla setup.

Nov 10, 2006 | 07:03 AM

#50

BigArchidia

Teching In

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 41

Likes: 0

American Racing Headers is new to the F-body scene. The Corvette guys are raving about them. I saw their F-body systems first hand and they're really something to look at.

Nov 10, 2006 | 08:41 AM

#51

INMY01TA

11 Second Club

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Apr 2003

Posts: 3,235

Likes: 2

From: Crofton Md.

You could try the OBX headers on Ebay. $499 for stainless with a Y pipe. They are the FLP design. Everyone was using those like 4 years ago.

Nov 11, 2006 | 12:15 AM

#52

HossZ28

Thread Starter

12 Second Club

iTrader: (5)

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 510

Likes: 0

From: UCF

Quote:

Originally Posted by INMY01TA

You could try the OBX headers on Ebay. $499 for stainless with a Y pipe. They are the FLP design. Everyone was using those like 4 years ago.

The ebay headers are almost too good to be true, I think those are just pushing it, way too good of a deal for me.

Nov 11, 2006 | 01:11 AM

#53

ZL1Killa

TECH Resident

iTrader: (17)

Joined: Sep 2004

Posts: 3,747

Likes: 0

From: NC - Charlotte area

KOOKS... why can't anyone believe me?
i can email dyno gains from stock manifolds to kooks headers and catless y-pipe (still stock muffler)
stainless steel, love them and not switching to anything else

Nov 11, 2006 | 01:57 AM

#54

nokeman

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (30)

Joined: Aug 2005

Posts: 1,504

Likes: 0

From: Northern VA

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZL1Killa

Its not that nobody believes what you are saying. Its just that Koooks are very expensive. People think the XS headers are too good to be true, but they havent even seen them in person yet. They are beautful! Plus everybody that has installed them has said they fit very well, with very minor issues that apply to almost every header out there, including the $800 and up headers

Nov 11, 2006 | 02:24 AM

#55

RrCoX22

TECH Addict

iTrader: (6)

Joined: Jun 2005

Posts: 2,210

Likes: 0

From: Ft. Bragg, NC

just gonna put another vote in for the XS Stainless here.... have them on the car for about 4 months and love them

for all that be hating the XS Stainless... don't knock it until your rock it

the welds are beautiful along with the overall quality of the primaries/flanges...
O2 bungs are on the inside of the collector
and cost about $600 less than your other typical Stainless header

i also did a heat test with these before i put them on with a blow torch and i will let everyone know 5mins of glowing red stainless steel didn't phase these... 321 stainless lives up to its name

Nov 11, 2006 | 03:26 PM

#56

nokeman

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (30)

Joined: Aug 2005

Posts: 1,504

Likes: 0

From: Northern VA

I think is going to be at least another year before these headers get the respect they deserve. I know it been said before, but these are shaping up to be just like the pacesetters were a long time ago.

Nov 11, 2006 | 05:20 PM

#57

RrCoX22

TECH Addict

iTrader: (6)

Joined: Jun 2005

Posts: 2,210

Likes: 0

From: Ft. Bragg, NC

Quote:

Originally Posted by nokeman

all we need is for a sponsor to carry them and then they will really take off

Nov 11, 2006 | 05:46 PM

#58

bitterchaos

12 Second Club

iTrader: (6)

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 137

Likes: 0

From: Missouri City, TX

anyone know when the race-type headers will come out?

Nov 11, 2006 | 08:13 PM

#59

nokeman

TECH Fanatic

iTrader: (30)

Joined: Aug 2005

Posts: 1,504

Likes: 0

From: Northern VA

Quote:

Originally Posted by RrCoX22

all we need is for a sponsor to carry them and then they will really take off

You're right. I think Josh from Chrome and Performance wanted to get in touch with them and see if they would sell through him. I dont know what came of that but a sponsor really needs to pick them up, cause when they do they will really take off