Who makes the most "economical" set of 1 7/8" headers. Prefer no mid/x pipe but will consider for the right price.

Any leads are appreciated

Thanks...........

 

Kooks had the best price of what I saw. I can't remember what site I went on but I piced together a 1 7/8'' with x pipe for 1150. Cheapest Ive seen it. I'll try to find the site again.

 

You gotta pay a premium for the 1 7/8'' for some reason. It's like a $500 markup.

 

So....here are the ones I'm aware of...please add to the list if you know of others....

American racing
Kooks
Stainless Works
OBX


Thanks.....I'm leaning towards the SW's...look great and have great reviews.

 

What I really.....really want is a true step design, 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" with a true 3" merge collector with a well designed spike.

Anybody ??



Thanks.......

 

You will do good with Stainless Works. I have their complete system on my 02 ZO6 in 1 3/4" with the 3" mid pipe and muffler system.

BC

 

ARH we can take care of it for you

 

If you can get the headers in ARH,,,,, DO IT! They are an excellent design. The X pipe placement and ball and socket collector design are fantastic.

The fit finish and quality and warranty of ARH is also excellent!

Bill

 

Ok......I went to your site and looked at the ARH line for the C5 and saw no step headers. You are saying ARH makes a step for the C5 chassis ??



Thanks.............

 

They will make what ever I ask them to make, Nick made a custom set for my car. I'll talk to them on Monday and get back to you

 

Hey Bill, I'm wondering if the 1 7/8" Stainless Works would be to much header ??

Whats your theory on primary size ??


Thanks.............

 

Not sure if offered in 1 7/8" or only comes in 1 3/4" but its hard to beat the XS Power headers, made in USA and amazing prices. Full system w/o cats is $749 and $899 full system w/hi flow cats. Free shipping as well. They also offer a $25 off if you "like" them on Facebook. Check it out here.

http://shop.huronspeedproducts.com/X...-XSPC5LTHS.htm

http://huronspeedproducts.com/C5_Headers_X-pipe.html

The MOST economical is probably the OBX headers but don't know a lot about them. They're offered on ebay for about $600 and up. From what I've read, many users happy with them. They're copies (knockoffs) of the LG longtube headers. But as with anything from ebay YMMV. Hope this helps ya up in T-Town... I'm just down the turnpike from ya.

 

Well,,, I know for a fact that they wont work well on a 5.7! I have not had the opportunity to work with a bigger cube engine so,, I really cant comment.

I picked up a 2011 GS Vert. I don't plan on going wild on mods for that and I would install 1 3/4 primaries on that. Mainly for efficiency.

Call Chris or Doug at East Cost Supercharging. They have TONS of stroker and bigger engine experience. Also contact SPINMONSTER. I believe he did some testing on bigger headers.

 

Yeah, I hear ya......Kooks are not the most economical...lol But they are extremely nice.

 

Thanks for the leads....I'll check them out....

 

The last time I had checked OBX headers were not even 1 3/4". XS power doesnt look like they have a 1 7/8ths option,

 

Hey Bill, here is a PM that I sent some header manuf. on the board. And they all recommended 1 7/8", which I feel are to big...barely..lol. Here is a run down of my combo......


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...and of course the TSP 1 3/4" LT's with 3" x-pipe to bullets over the axle (no cats).

I feel when I'm N/A the 1 3/4" headers are great at low and mid range but limit my 7K RPM pulls. And if I was going to a true 1 7/8" primary the low and mid would suffer because of the cubes and lack of air, until the upper RPM's. And when I spray it at the track a true 1 7/8" headers would shine....

So I'm in the market for a step header, 1 3/4" to 1 7/8". I think that would be the best compromise I could come up with. But the more I think about it, the more I would love to have a stepped tri-y design. I think that would be awesome for my setup. So in a perfect world (my head...lol), a 1 3/4" stepped to 1 7/8" @ about the 8" mark then "pairing" up the corresponding cylinders for the pulse/reflection efficient design (1,3-5,7)(2,4-6,8). Then to a pinched merge collector with a divergent (mega) design with a well thought out merge spike to extend the pulses and not allow any "dead" spots between the pipe terminations.

The more I kick it around in my head....the more I my try something different....
I thinking about picking up some quality merges from MEGS. http://www.coneeng.com/assembling_sl...collector.html
And reworking the collectors on my TSP 1 3/4" headers. The collectors are what need work on these headers....could probably pick up some good power without going to 1 7/8" primary headers.


Your thoughts ??

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