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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 03:27 PM
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I was shopping around for some long tube headers and I wanted to get your guys Opinion on what brand is the best that makes the most power..??
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 12:58 AM
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theyre all gonna make similar power for the most part. The difference will be if theyre SS and fitment.
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 01:01 AM
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I have the Pacesetters, aren't stainless and now have rust pits on collectors. I'd buy stainless, pay a little more and do it right and be done with it.
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 01:08 AM
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ebay was selling some stainless steel longtubes for lt1's a while back. I bought some and they seemed like good quality by looking at the welds. But i sold them before i had a chance to install them, so i cant comment on fitness.

I know a bunch of other people bought them too, so im sure theres a couple reviews about them somewhere.

I think kooks also released some SS longtubes recently for the lt1 fbodies. I bet theyre pricey though.
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Kooks is ridiculously expensive...
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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 07:36 AM
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I have pace setters with no real complaints considering the affordable price. Though, if I were to do it again, I'd have gone the stainless rout
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Pacesetter are more and likely the best bang for the buck
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Im running speed daddy stainless headers. They are 1 3/4 stepped to 1 7/8. The fitment is decent had little problem around steerin arm. For the price there great.
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Originally Posted by Zlow28
ebay was selling some stainless steel longtubes for lt1's a while back. I bought some and they seemed like good quality by looking at the welds. But i sold them before i had a chance to install them, so i cant comment on fitness.

I know a bunch of other people bought them too, so im sure theres a couple reviews about them somewhere.

I think kooks also released some SS longtubes recently for the lt1 fbodies. I bet theyre pricey though.
Im running the eBay headers. They had some fitment issues by the steering arm and the k member but for what i payed im happy with them. I daily drive my car so they see hot summer days to cold wet nights and no problem at about 40k miles so far.

Hard part now is finding them...
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Summit headers are the painted pace setters. Think there like 260 bucks
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I'm happy with my pacesetters, just wish they were stainless. I have the ceramic coated ones and after a few years they still look shiny on top, but there is some rust around the collectors. Plus they are made in America.
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I have had coated pacesetters for a LONG TIME absolutely no issues!
Friends have had other headers with great results aswell
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They are all good and do get pricey with higher quality metal.
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