Help me decide
Help me decide I am torn between Kook's and Stainless Works headers. Which should I go with for my 02 SS? Daily driver, looking for nice torque. Stock motor, may do procharger down the road if that matters...
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when i get headers, i'm going kooks. i personally dont have any expierience with either, but i haven't heard ONE bad thing about kooks. i havent heard anything bad about stainless works either, but people just seem to be praising kooks alot more.
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I would say you'd probably be safe either way. I've read more complaints about Kooks (not lately) than I have Stainless Works however I think that's more of a function of there being more Kooks LTs on cars.
I believe the Kooks may edge the Stainless Works out due to the velocity spikes in th Kooks and you'd probably have a little better clearance with the Y-pipe with the Kooks too. I think the Stainless Works is a 3-inch pipe, like the Kooks, but I don't recall a bad thing mentioned about Kooks Y. I particularly care for the merge collectors on each of their Y-pipes however I doubt there is much of a power different than pipes with merge collectors.
I don't know if Stainless Works has 1 7/8 primaries available but if you're seriously planning on adding an S/C in the future maybe you should consider the multitude of primary options available from Kooks.
I seriously think you'd be happy with either of the choices you've listed.
I believe the Kooks may edge the Stainless Works out due to the velocity spikes in th Kooks and you'd probably have a little better clearance with the Y-pipe with the Kooks too. I think the Stainless Works is a 3-inch pipe, like the Kooks, but I don't recall a bad thing mentioned about Kooks Y. I particularly care for the merge collectors on each of their Y-pipes however I doubt there is much of a power different than pipes with merge collectors.
I don't know if Stainless Works has 1 7/8 primaries available but if you're seriously planning on adding an S/C in the future maybe you should consider the multitude of primary options available from Kooks.
I seriously think you'd be happy with either of the choices you've listed.
Having had both headers I can say with accuracy the Kooks will install much easier. There really isnt a performance difference in headers to speak of. A long tube is a long tube is a long tube.
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Same, added to my post. I will say this too. ARH is great header as well. That is all my tuner uses and he does mostly Vettes. He has a set waiting to go on his c6 z06 right now, or I actualy think they are on there now. THere is a sponsor on here right now with a special on them.
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