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Old May 29, 2007 | 04:39 PM
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I'm about to buy long tune headers. Looking at Am Racing, Kooks and LG. Any recommendations on which brand is best?
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Kooks are great .. my buddy changed from LG to kooks and picked up 5 hp ...
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Originally Posted by Mike Post
I'm about to buy long tune headers. Looking at Am Racing, Kooks and LG. Any recommendations on which brand is best?
ALL------I like ARH
Good luck- road pilot
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Old May 29, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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From the post I thought we had a new brand from Ling

AR's for me...........
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I went with AR's myself, but those are not bad names.
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Originally Posted by Mike Post
I'm about to buy long tune headers. Looking at Am Racing, Kooks and LG. Any recommendations on which brand is best?
K@@Ks are the best made and have equal length tubes and will out-perform others !

you can get any make and it'll be better than what is on there now! it just depends on what future mods you might want to do!

Thanks,Matt
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Pulled the KOOKS and put on the LG's. Much easier to install and more power.
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I called Andy at A&A this morning and asked the same question since he has experience with all 3 both from install perspective and power output. He said they were all very close. LG's have a little more low end with Kooks and ARH having more high end....average horsepower throughout is pretty much the same according to him...ARH are the easiest to install.
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Originally Posted by bbob67
I called Andy at A&A this morning and asked the same question since he has experience with all 3 both from install perspective and power output. He said they were all very close. LG's have a little more low end with Kooks and ARH having more high end....average horsepower throughout is pretty much the same according to him...ARH are the easiest to install.
I dont know what the easiest to install is but I can tell you that the Kooks are PIA but I do like the fact that they bolt together rather than using clamps.

Cajun
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Old May 29, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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AR's, we are running an installed special on them right now for the southeast owners
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I bought Dynatech Supermaxx headers. All the big name headers are good. Kooks and AR seem to be the most popular at this time.
David
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I never follow the crowd so I opted for a lesser known brand, Melrose International.

Can not argue with 12.20@115 with only LT's and DR's on a 99FRC.

Good luck, the header war will never be settled.

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Originally Posted by ROJO99
I never follow the crowd so I opted for a lesser known brand, Melrose International.

Can not argue with 12.20@115 with only LT's and DR's on a 99FRC.

Good luck, the header war will never be settled.

That's some seriously talented shifting to achieve that time with just lt's ... What rear gears are you running?
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Originally Posted by Steve@EnglandGreen
AR's, we are running an installed special on them right now for the southeast owners
I have them on my car and they were very easy to install. Sounds great too.
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