Cheap ebay 'Empire Performance' extractors anyone?

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:57 pm

Evil Panda wrote:Wow.... they look nothing like the set I got.
My ports were nice and smooth... I took one little edge off with the Drimmel, other than that they were schmick.
I take it this is not for an NA6?

Are these a secondhand set that have been repaired?

No, these are brand new for a NB8a.

Evil Panda · Postby **Evil Panda** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:30 pm

Wow.... the difference in the finish is massive.
I wish I had taken a pic before the install to show the difference.

morgstar · Postby **morgstar** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:57 am

I just ordered a set for my na6 (bog stock ) with my fingers crossed.
I will document everything and post my findings

Cam100 · Postby **Cam100** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:19 pm

I have fitted a set of Empire Extractors to my 1990 NA back in January. Bought off Ebay and Picked them up directly from Dylan as I'm in Perth. Had no issues at all fitting them. The O2 Sensor hole was on the top of the pipe rather than the side. Had to undo the bracket so the O2 Sensor cable now runs along the top of the gearbox. Also had to drill out the manifold holes slightly to line up with the studs, but a minor issue. All in all, they look good and sound good. No complaints!

ausbuoy · Postby **ausbuoy** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:35 pm

BUT, do they give any 'noticeable' performance improvement?

MattR · Postby **MattR** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:45 am

ausbuoy wrote:BUT, do they give any 'noticeable' performance improvement?

Only way you would know is back to back before and after dyno runs as close together as possible to keep any variables as constant as possible.

But as they are shiny and make a noise they must make some improvement.....

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:58 pm

Fitted my Empire headers for my NB today.

They required a bit of work to make the ports smooth but with a little bit of work I was happy with the result.
I had to modify the rear flange to fir the stock mid pipe which was a little surprising as no one has mentioned this before. The holes in the flange were too narrow for the stock mid pipe, so I cat out the ends of the flange so they would fit.

Performance wise the mid range was a little down but stronger from 4k rpm. Happy with the sound and the final fit but it was disappointing that I needed to clean up the ports and cut the rear flange.

So, If I had my time again, I would probably spend a little more on the X-force header.