View Poll Results: Which headers for my car?!??
American Racing Headers W/A.I.R. and Catted Y
2
40.00%
QTP's W/A.I.R. and Catted Y
3
60.00%
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Help Me Choose Heades... Please!!
Help Me Choose Heades... Please!! 1. American Racing Headers w/ A.I.R. and Catted Y
2. QTP's w/ A.I.R. and Catted Y
Im looking for the best setup for my car, and Both sound about dead perfect for my car.
My car is a 2001 SS. Only mods currently on the car is a Magnaflow muffler, Blackwing filter, SLP lid, 85mm Maf, 30# SVO injectors and a Ported TB. With a tune and lid/filter only, the car put down 340/360.
I like both designs, they both offer high velocity merge collectors, offer great Y-pipes and I can get both for the same price.
Now, please help me flip the perverbial coin.
2. QTP's w/ A.I.R. and Catted Y
Im looking for the best setup for my car, and Both sound about dead perfect for my car.
My car is a 2001 SS. Only mods currently on the car is a Magnaflow muffler, Blackwing filter, SLP lid, 85mm Maf, 30# SVO injectors and a Ported TB. With a tune and lid/filter only, the car put down 340/360.
I like both designs, they both offer high velocity merge collectors, offer great Y-pipes and I can get both for the same price.
Now, please help me flip the perverbial coin.
Tech Resident
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Philly
QTP's are a better looking, better performing header for a lot less money. However, their y-pipe isn't stainless and isn't the best fitting out there. ARH's headers are overpriced for what you get IMO, but their y-pipe is very nice. It's the best prefab y-pipe on the market.
If I were you, I'd go QTP's and get a custom y-pipe made for you...or even true duals. Going custom will fit better and typically cost a lot less, regardless if you get stainless or not. No good exhaust shop is going to charge you $500 for a y-pipe unless you buy some very expensive cats.
Obviously, if you don't want to get a custom y-pipe, you'll probably be forced to go ARH, but you're going to pay a lot more for no real benefits aside from convenience and less performance.
If I were you, I'd go QTP's and get a custom y-pipe made for you...or even true duals. Going custom will fit better and typically cost a lot less, regardless if you get stainless or not. No good exhaust shop is going to charge you $500 for a y-pipe unless you buy some very expensive cats.
Obviously, if you don't want to get a custom y-pipe, you'll probably be forced to go ARH, but you're going to pay a lot more for no real benefits aside from convenience and less performance.
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 504
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From: Michigan
I have QTP and their Y and it fits fine yeah its not stainless so it dosent look that great but it works great and since you have an SS you have the 3 inch exhaust so no need to do anything thier just get rid of the cats if you can or get high flow ones if you have too.
What 85 mm maf do you have just wondering because I have the slp 85 maf and was told not to use it I'm going to check it out in the spring, on a dyno buy the way the stock maf is good for up to 500 hp just so you know.
What 85 mm maf do you have just wondering because I have the slp 85 maf and was told not to use it I'm going to check it out in the spring, on a dyno buy the way the stock maf is good for up to 500 hp just so you know.
Tech Resident
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,117
Likes: 3
From: Philly
This isn't hard to believe as QTP's are a longer header. If you compare pics of the two, you'll notice that instantly. Of course, this makes the QTP's a little harder to install and they are more prone to fitment issues (you'll more likely have to grind the K-member with QTP's and the install may take longer), but you're getting the same if not better quality and the same if not better gains for A LOT less money.
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QTP's "advertise" as having the best merge collector in the business to keep up velocity thus = most power. I can't back it up but I have seen them and the merges look very nice as does the rest of the header. Having said that I went with Hooker stainless steel Competitions cause I just thought them a bettewr value though i see the design is not quite as good as QTP and Kooks.
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i just ordered my QTP's heard they were awesome heard their y pipe was **** so i got the headers on the way and im gonna have true duels done up so from what i hear i would go with the QTP headers
