I ordered me some race version QTP headers and they arrived after only 3 business days. I took them out today to check them out and get prepared to start installing and was a little puzzled by the way they looked.

First off as you can see in these pics they have no QTP logo welded in the upper corner or no where else on them.



Next I noticed a weld in the middle of one of the primaries on the passenger side header. The driver side does not have this weld. Do QTP headers usually have this weld?



Next i noticed the inside of the flange and primaries had been grided on. I guess to clean the look up and smooth them out a little and I wasn't sure if this was normal.




I was wondering if anyone had bought any QTP's lately and if so did theirs look like this. I am worried I got a pair of seconds or something but maybe someone can ease my mind.

 

All QTP's I've seen have been badged.

 

Yea thats what i thought. The box they came in had QTP on it in several places and the return address or the address from which they came had Quick Time performance and the rest of there info.

 

Those look like he XS headers my friend. Check out the thread about the XS headers that is recent and I am pretty sure you will see that.

 

Do they have merge collectors?

 

Yes they have the merge collector.

 

Take a pic and post up the pic of the collector, but I am pretty XS headers.

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/749890-polished-stainless-steel-headers-y-pipe.html

take a look

 

Heres a couple pics of the entire header.

 

They look like QTPs to me.

 

Those definatly look like Qtp's right there. HVMC's for sure.

 

Yea they looked like QTP to me except for no badges. Plus the weld in the primary has me confussed. Do most QTP's have that weld?

 

i know mine didn't have that weld. give them a call and ask, and if all checks out, clean them out, especially the one with the weld, and slap 'em on there.

 

Mine didn't have the weld on the primary and they had the badge

 

I figure that weld would hurt the flow and performance. And I hate that they dont have the badge. I'm definately giving them a call tomm.

 

They definetly are not XS headers. The primaries are routed wrong for the XS design. They also have the QTP HVMC. But then they don't look exactly like QTP headers either. Maybe they are repaired or "refurbished" or something?

 

They are supposed to be brand new not repaired or refurbished. I did get them on sale for $688 plus shipping but they were not supposed to be reburbished. I ordered them from a sponsor on here not QTP themselves and then they were shipped from QTP. I'll make some calls tomm. and get this straightened out.

 

Thats our header. Just the most recent batch didnt get name tags. The engraver took to long to get them done and we didnt want to hold the batch up. Enjoy!

 

What about the weld he speaks of?

 

Yea the weld was one of my biggest concerns.

 

Just got off the phone with QTP and he explained to me that in order to get the badges on the headers it would have held my order up 3 weeks. I asked about the weld in the primary and he says that happens every now and then and every header company has to weld a primary every now and then. What do you guys think?