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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 09:47 PM
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Are the factory headers on a Z06 ceramic coated? Basically i bought my 03 used and im tryin to figure out if they are stock, is there anyway to tell? The rest of the exhaust is stock for sure
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Looking down into the engine bay, if you see cast iron exhaust manifolds with a thin, flimsy heat shield over them then you're stock. Anything else is aftermarket.
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Looking down into the engine bay, if you see cast iron exhaust manifolds with a thin, flimsy heat shield over them then you're stock. Anything else is aftermarket.
ill double check tomorrow and maybe post some pics... but in that case im pretty sure now im not stock
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ill double check tomorrow and maybe post some pics... but in that case im pretty sure now im not stock
If they're tubular in design...thats not stock.
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Headers, of any kind = aftermarket
Manifolds = stock
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i looked at them again today, they are definately not stock... i took some pictures but im not sure how to post them on here... is there any way to tell what brand they are? i looked for a model number but couldnt find anything
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i looked at them again today, they are definately not stock... i took some pictures but im not sure how to post them on here... is there any way to tell what brand they are? i looked for a model number but couldnt find anything
Are they short tube or long tube headers? Try to post some of those pics and I'm sure we can identify them.
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i looked at them again today, they are definately not stock... i took some pictures but im not sure how to post them on here... is there any way to tell what brand they are? i looked for a model number but couldnt find anything
You can make a free account on Photobucket.com to host your pictures. Once you upload them to photobucket you can take the link/URL that is wrapped in [IMG] [/IMG] tags and copy them into your post. The url will turn into pictures.
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ok thanks ill get some pics up asap
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here are a few pics... can anybody name these headers?
oh and heres a pic of my car too

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/...iams58/zo6.jpg


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They dont look stock like manifolds , you need to take a look at them underneath to see if they are longtubes or shortys. Longtubes are better i heard shortys dont do much. Most people that go through the trouble of doing this especially to a z are going with longtubes. Love the MY.
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Originally Posted by notlikemez06
They dont look stock like manifolds , you need to take a look at them underneath to see if they are longtubes or shortys. Longtubes are better i heard shortys dont do much. Most people that go through the trouble of doing this especially to a z are going with longtubes. Love the MY.
im pretty sure they are long tubes... looked under the car and from what i can tell they are lt's but it was hard to see bc these cars are so low to the ground... i dont have a jack or lift at the moment so until then i cant be sure
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Yes i agree they probably are> Shortys arent much bigger than manifolds. longtubes are very obvious they will run all the way down and out under the bottom a little bit. What kind of exhaust do you have?
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At the end of the headers (underneath the car), can you tell us how they are connected to the h-pipe or x-pipe? That would help us further to determine what brand they are. Kind of look like the DYNATECH LTs, but need more information.
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Originally Posted by notlikemez06
Yes i agree they probably are> Shortys arent much bigger than manifolds. longtubes are very obvious they will run all the way down and out under the bottom a little bit. What kind of exhaust do you have?
completely stock after the headers.... thats why i thought maybe those headers were stock bc everything else is, but now i know they arent.. just wish i knew what brand they are
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At the end of the headers (underneath the car), can you tell us how they are connected to the h-pipe or x-pipe? That would help us further to determine what brand they are. Kind of look like the DYNATECH LTs, but need more information.
yeah ill take a good look under it tmrw and see what it is but im pretty sure its the factory exhaust... ill try to take some pics too
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yeah ill take a good look under it tmrw and see what it is but im pretty sure its the factory exhaust... ill try to take some pics too
I am interested in the flange area at the bottom of the headers.
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Based on the AIR flange setup on the driver side picture, I'm going to guess OBX shorties.

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B&B shorties have a similar setup, except on cylinders 7&5 instead of 5&3
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Based on the AIR flange setup on the driver side picture, I'm going to guess OBX shorties.

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B&B shorties have a similar setup, except on cylinders 7&5 instead of 5&3


More pictures would be able to end this debate.
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ok guys here are some better pics... after taking a better look today i realize they are shorties :/ but i'd still like to know what brand

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/...58/photo13.jpg
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/...58/photo12.jpg
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