Headers from the USA

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:34 pm

Has any one had any experience with these headers? Any possible problems with buying from the States via ebay? They seem a good price.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/200757327063 ... 080wt_1270

botisto · Postby **botisto** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:07 pm

I would be very carefully buying generic extractors from ebay, they can crack and there's no guarantee you will even gain power as the stock headers aren't bad to begin with. On the other hand they are very cheap and they could work out great...

spikey · Postby **spikey** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:22 am

They should be fine, if you are able, put a stainless flex on the pipe just before the flange.

Postby **NitroDann** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:43 am

Stock headers are useless.

You must be joking.

Also, cheap stainless chinese rubbish, refer to my thread and the last manifold I built and why. You will see why you shouldnt buy those.

Dann

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:47 am

Thanks Dann, I see your point. sorry to read about the black beast too. Whats your thoughts on Genie extractors?

Andrew

spikey · Postby **spikey** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:25 am

Depends what you are willing to spend, JDM extractors are the best of course, used ones probably set up back $500, new ones are $1000+

Postby **NitroDann** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:57 am

If you want something, brand new, with excellent dyno proven performance for less than just got quoted for used, PM me.

Also you must be trolling me saying that JDM is always best for extractors.

Dann

Postby **NitroDann** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:17 pm

An exerpt from a PM I sent quoting an exhaust. This should help explain some of this.

NitroDann wrote:Id be glad to.

A system designed with just performance in mind will probably be a lot different that you would imagine.

Firstly you NEED extractors and a new cat. Dont want them? Dont bother.

Also you may be surprised to hear that for a car like yours, which is stock But I imagine will get a decent intake to compliment the exhaust the best system is going to be a 2'' system.

A good intake and exhaust alone will net you over 10rwhp extra easily, which is quite significant.

It will also rev cleaner and be more responsive as well as getting better fuel economy.

Im going to go take a photo to demonstrate why you NEED a new set of extractors.....

Here we go.
A stock set of headers(minus flange).

You can see inside the collector, the 1.5" pipes (which by the way are welded on the INSIDE impeding flow heaps) get squished down to a 1"x1"x1" triangle. Thats a sharpie pen inside the hole.
In the above photo you can see where they are crushed flat into the collector.
These, combined with the 1.75" 20 year old cat will ruin the performance even if you get rid of the baffled muffler and crush bent 1.75" piping.

Thanks,
Dann

botisto · Postby **botisto** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:54 pm

I had racing beat extractors on an MX-5 i had and they were a beautiful piece and when you compare it to the stock set they make it look like a joke. They were probably a bit much money though, if you start thinking about $ per hp extractors are pretty bad value. I don't know how accurate this is firsthand, but i know a lot of the guys on miata.net just grind down the stock headers and clean up the welds and reckon they get decent enough power after consecutive dino runs with different headers.