Anyone have the stainless steel OBX long tube headers on their car?? If so are they any good? Let me know what you guys think...

 

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Tainted swears by these headers!! I have read it is a hit or miss in a couple of threads!
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oh boy,,thats wrong,,,,,,he is a XS headers man,,or whatever,,not an OBX header. There are alot of recent threads on OBX,, even this one, !! https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/743887-obx-headers-install.html

 

Sorry if Im wrong, gotta ask that lil ****! I could of swore he had them..

 

Yea, taint likes the xs headers, not the obx. I dont know about the obx but i do have the xs headers and i like them

 

OHH bOY I can see all the wtf were u thinking pm's lol

 

Try a search on them. I have at least two post on them. I have had mine for almost a year and have had no problems. They sound great IMO with the magna flow catback. I have a post with the sound.

 

this is what thet siad about them i think id go with a differnt brand

Alright here is the low down. I finished the install today. Granted i had a lift to work with. Was a tough job getting it all together but it sounds orgasmic.

Anyways here is the scoop. The OBX headers were very easy to install other than the Y-pipe assembly. Ill explain

First I removed my SLP loudmouth catback and the stock Y pipe. (had to break the bolts on the manifolds unfortunately). I removed the spark plug wires and coil packs, EGR valve and injection pipes. Then removed both manifolds and also the steering column assembly on the driver side. Very important to get the clearance. Very easy to do, only two bolts. After installing both headers I had to remove the heat shield on the passenger side for clearance issues. no biggie right! No more cats no more inferno....

Now the messed up part. The band clamps that come with the kit are crap. If you do the install buy a new set of band clamps because the y-pipe just butts up with all the other pieces of the puzzle. I had to assemble the entire assembly on the ground and then lift it up into place to get everything in order and fitted with those clamps.

the next thing I noticed was that the y-pipe is hitting the crossmember behind the transmission. go figure huh! lol

Well I installed my SLP exhaust onto the OBX y pipe assembly and then started working with clearances. Everything is clearing nicely except for the exhaust and the crossmember.

As for the O2 stuff well I didnt want to buy O2 extension harness so I made my own in the shop. (actually i forgot to buy the extension harness and well this is what I had to do) I took two of my old o2 sensors and cut the harness and soldered the old harness to the new and well problem solved.

For the rear O2s I bought the O2 'sims' on ebay for 20 bucks shipped which extend then O2s out. No check engine light

Another problem I found was with the EGR valve. My EGR valve assembly has one old *** tube that looks like **** and doesnt move connected to the passenger side headers and doesnt allow me to actually bolt the assembly to the block.

Other than that I love the sound, other than the exhaust leaks because of the crappy band clamps. new ones coming soon. Throttle response is great and its actually not that much louder at idle than stock.

 

They are basically FLP knock-off's. Hit up bigjpyn on norcal-ls1.com. He can get them for $440. I've seen them and they are a great set of longtubes, especially with the catted-y all for $440. That's a hard price to beat.

 

OBx headers are great, my friend has them. the welds look amazing on them and are overall just as good as any others in my opinion, except with obx you dont have to pay that extra $400 just for the name!

 

ya i have a friend that put them on this spring and they work great. He put the GMMG exhaust behind it. ooooooo sounds awesome!