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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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What make of headers is the most popular? Kook's?? How do they compare to other brands making HP and the cost?
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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I think you'll find that most people now are liking the American Racing and LG headers. I just ordered some LG Street Series headers. Do a search and you'll find pretty much all of the answers you need about them. Good luck.
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on this forum-LG and KooKs, on LS1tech- QTP.MAke up your own mind.
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American Racing's are a thing of beauty... I really like the positioning of the high flows
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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American Racing's are a thing of beauty... I really like the positioning of the high flows

You want to know which headers are the best? Call A&A, Lingenfelter,ECS, the Vette doctors and all these guys will tell you to go with American Racing headers, they produce the most power on highly modified car. They are very well built.

PS I have ARH but I quoted these vendors to show you that they are the best, not only because I have them
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You can call us at 1 631 586 9002 and we will help you find the best combination of headers and x pipe for your app. And if you want a few tuner opinions here are a few to call



Dealer City State Phone Website
Autoworx Performance Toronto, Ontario Canada 800-921-2041 www.autoworxperformance.com
AZ Power and Sound Tempe AZ 480-966-1168 www.azpowerandsound.com
Bottlefed Racing Redlands CA 909-793-3681
Cartek, Inc. Garwood NJ 908-317-4496 www.cartek.net
Detroit Speed Shop Dearborn Heights MI 313-561-5500 www.livernoismotorsports.com
Dragons Breath Performance Knoxville TN 865-577-1990 dragonsbreathperformance.com
East Coast Supercharger Cream Ridge NJ 609-752-0321 www.eastcoastsupercharging.com
Exotic Performance Columbia City IN 260-244-4808 exoticperformanceplus.com
F Body Central Baltimore MD 410-242-0404 www.fbodycentral.com
Force Fed Performance Sacramento CA 916-331-1611 www.forcefedperfomance.com
Fuel Injection Specialties San Antonio TX 210-654-0774 www.fuelinjection.com
GMMG Marietta GA 770-592-6261 www.gmmginc.net
Katech, Inc. Clinton Twp MI 586-791-4120 www.katechengines.com
LAPD Chatsworth CA 818-998-3966 thelapd.com
Lorain-Clague Sunoco No. Olmsted OH 440-779-8733 www.lorainclaguesunoco.com
LS1 Speed Inc. Schaumburg IL 847-891-0767 www.ls1speed.com
Lingenfelter De catur In 260 724 2552
Maryland Speed Leonard Town Maryland 443-730-9428 marylandspeed.com
Motorsport Image Roseville CA 916-784-2323 motorsportimage.com
North Star Corvette Mountain View CA 650-969-3434 corvettesbynorthstar.com
Parts for Your Car Sammamish WA 425-837-1508 www.pfyc.com
Paschal Performance Chappell Hill TX 979-865-0231
Precision Motorsports of Florida Hudson FL 727-233-1195 pm-fl.com
Rapid Motorsports Birdsboro PA 610-404-7979 www.rapidmotorsports.com
Redline Motorsports Schenectady NY 518-355-8460 www.redline-motorsports.net
Scoggin & Dickey Lubbock TX 800-456-0211x353 www.sdpc2000.com
Southern Hotrod Harahan LA 504-737-3997 www.southernhotrod.com
Speed Engineering Fresno CA 559-348-0200 speed-eng.com
Steeda.CA Milton, Ontario Canada 905-693-1817 www.steeda.ca
Steen Racing Norfolk VA 757-480-7223 www.steenracing.com
Synergy Motorsports Newark CA 510-796-3749 synergymotorsports.net
Tbyrne Motorsports Westport MA 508-636-0774 www.tbyrnemotorsports.com
Texas Hot Rods El Paso TX 877-507-8264 www.texashotrods.com
Texas Speed & Performance Wolfforth TX 806-866-0734 www.texas-speed.com
Vettech Great Neck NY 516-466-3368
Williams Performance Mt. Ulla NC 704-433-1428
WS6 Store Norwalk IA 877-232-9701 ws6store.com
XS Performance Remuera Auckland New Zealand 64-9-579-8050
Xtreme Motorsports Tempe AZ 480-517-4969 www.xmsengineering.com
Your Corvette Colleyville TX 817-991-7808 www.yourcorvette.com
Zip Products Mechanicsville VA 800-962-9632 x256 www.zip-corvette.com

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I think you'll find that most people now are liking the American Racing and LG headers. I just ordered some LG Street Series headers. Do a search and you'll find pretty much all of the answers you need about them. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by GeorgeR@kooks
You can call us at 1 631 586 9002 and we will help you find the best combination of headers and x pipe for your app. And if you want a few tuner opinions here are a few to call



Dealer City State Phone Website
Autoworx Performance Toronto, Ontario Canada 800-921-2041 www.autoworxperformance.com
AZ Power and Sound Tempe AZ 480-966-1168 www.azpowerandsound.com
Bottlefed Racing Redlands CA 909-793-3681
Cartek, Inc. Garwood NJ 908-317-4496 www.cartek.net
Detroit Speed Shop Dearborn Heights MI 313-561-5500 www.livernoismotorsports.com
Dragons Breath Performance Knoxville TN 865-577-1990 dragonsbreathperformance.com
East Coast Supercharger Cream Ridge NJ 609-752-0321 www.eastcoastsupercharging.com
Exotic Performance Columbia City IN 260-244-4808 exoticperformanceplus.com
F Body Central Baltimore MD 410-242-0404 www.fbodycentral.com
Force Fed Performance Sacramento CA 916-331-1611 www.forcefedperfomance.com
Fuel Injection Specialties San Antonio TX 210-654-0774 www.fuelinjection.com
GMMG Marietta GA 770-592-6261 www.gmmginc.net
Katech, Inc. Clinton Twp MI 586-791-4120 www.katechengines.com
LAPD Chatsworth CA 818-998-3966 thelapd.com
Lorain-Clague Sunoco No. Olmsted OH 440-779-8733 www.lorainclaguesunoco.com
LS1 Speed Inc. Schaumburg IL 847-891-0767 www.ls1speed.com
Lingenfelter De catur In 260 724 2552
Maryland Speed Leonard Town Maryland 443-730-9428 marylandspeed.com
Motorsport Image Roseville CA 916-784-2323 motorsportimage.com
North Star Corvette Mountain View CA 650-969-3434 corvettesbynorthstar.com
Parts for Your Car Sammamish WA 425-837-1508 www.pfyc.com
Paschal Performance Chappell Hill TX 979-865-0231
Precision Motorsports of Florida Hudson FL 727-233-1195 pm-fl.com
Rapid Motorsports Birdsboro PA 610-404-7979 www.rapidmotorsports.com
Redline Motorsports Schenectady NY 518-355-8460 www.redline-motorsports.net
Scoggin & Dickey Lubbock TX 800-456-0211x353 www.sdpc2000.com
Southern Hotrod Harahan LA 504-737-3997 www.southernhotrod.com
Speed Engineering Fresno CA 559-348-0200 speed-eng.com
Steeda.CA Milton, Ontario Canada 905-693-1817 www.steeda.ca
Steen Racing Norfolk VA 757-480-7223 www.steenracing.com
Synergy Motorsports Newark CA 510-796-3749 synergymotorsports.net
Tbyrne Motorsports Westport MA 508-636-0774 www.tbyrnemotorsports.com
Texas Hot Rods El Paso TX 877-507-8264 www.texashotrods.com
Texas Speed & Performance Wolfforth TX 806-866-0734 www.texas-speed.com
Vettech Great Neck NY 516-466-3368
Williams Performance Mt. Ulla NC 704-433-1428
WS6 Store Norwalk IA 877-232-9701 ws6store.com
XS Performance Remuera Auckland New Zealand 64-9-579-8050
Xtreme Motorsports Tempe AZ 480-517-4969 www.xmsengineering.com
Your Corvette Colleyville TX 817-991-7808 www.yourcorvette.com
Zip Products Mechanicsville VA 800-962-9632 x256 www.zip-corvette.com
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How smart are you to put your customer list out in public
for your competitors to see... You must be a real
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Originally Posted by LT1vette
What make of headers is the most popular? Kook's?? How do they compare to other brands making HP and the cost?
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They cost about 3 times as much as most other headers and do the same thing.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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LG's, AMR, KOOKS. Those are the big three, you can't go wrong with either of them.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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Those are some of our loyal dealers it is the same info on our website for public viewing.And not for nothing I check some of your past post's and I see where this is going to go.

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Old May 2, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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I had some Kooks headers and catted x pipe installed at ECS and I'm very happy. I'm not sure about the rwhp but the car runs damn good et's.

I don't think you can go wrong with LG, ARH or Kooks.
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Old May 2, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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I've never heard anything bad about AR. I have them on my 04 MN6. I am very happy with them. Very well made. The Vette Doctors did the install and dyno. Good luck!!!!
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Old May 3, 2007 | 06:39 AM
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'Search' is your friend; i seem to recall seeing threads regarding headers from time to time...
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Old May 3, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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There are many good headers and some great headers. How good is your tuner? and what other parts are you bolting on?

It is a complete package, not just one piece of the bolt on puzzle that gets you the power.

Good Luck
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Old May 3, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by LT1vette
What make of headers is the most popular? Kook's?? How do they compare to other brands making HP and the cost?
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+1 for the Kooks headers.

We've had the best results with Kooks (we have tested them all). The cost is very good when compared to anything of equal quality.

Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.

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