Street Headers
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
Street Headers
I thinks it's the year for headers on my 05. I already have Corsa exhaust. I looking for recommendations on fit and performance. What's your experience been?
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Not sure if you are aware but on most any of the headers for these cars you have to use the header manufacturers crossover pipe also. Keeping cats on the car will help with exhaust smell which will be a little more with headers.
I have also seen the Kooks headers installed and they fit well. My tuner warned me against some of the cheap headers as they some times don't fit as well and hang down which will hit speed bumps.
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Kooks I had ARH and they leaked all four both sides had to cut the collector to finish their job but worth yet have to remove starter and right knock sensor to get them in or out the Kooks if you loose your handle will fall to the floor no joke. Oh by the way 1 7/8 and 3 inch X
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Like Fly N Low, I'm also running AR Headers with their X-pipe, hi-flo cats & Corsa mufflers. Fit was perfect, the setup sounds great & after a tune by ECS here in Jersey, picked up 20-25 hp. The system has been on for about 8 years now with no problems at all.....highly recommended.
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I ran LG's with High Flow cats ( u will regret it if u don't run cats , not worth the 5 HP ) on my c6 , fit perfect , no leaks , no scrapping , did not have to remove the starter .....strictly a bolt in easy installation
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Jimmy, lots if header threads for comparisons on the forum. There is even a direct comparison test performed by one of the vendors comparing ARH, Kooks, and Pfadt, not sure if LG was included. It is suggested to use 1-3/4" if naturally aspirated, they will give you more torque in the lower RPM band where we do most of our driving, conversely, 1-7/8 will give a little more HP in the upper RPM's where we don't drive that often.
Either way, high flow cats for street use. I can smell non-catted cars several cars ahead of me on the freeway, IMHO not worth deleting them.
Either way, high flow cats for street use. I can smell non-catted cars several cars ahead of me on the freeway, IMHO not worth deleting them.
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bad advice , unless you like smelling like gas ...
I had high flow green cats and my car still has a smell when the cats were cold ....
not worth the 5 hp .....
Dave
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Myth. Only time I notice a smell is if mine is running backed into the garage and I'm in the garage. Never smells inside the car. I don't understand all of the complaints about smell. Hell my wife don't even complain about it.
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because yours does not do it it must not smell ......
and that is why literally 100's of folks say it does ....but they are all wrong ....
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It is an urban legend that 100% of folks say their cars with no cats have a so terrible smell that it's not worth it. That's a fact.
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Just my 2 cents
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Think of the cats/no cats argument from a little different perspective - that of the cars behind you while driving in town or down the freeway. I can smell a little Toyota Hi-Lux pickup three cars ahead of me and its a 4 cylinder (as example), or a newer lexus someone has modified the exhaust on. Personally I don't want to breathe someone else's unburned hydrocarbons. The cats do a great job of cleaning up the exhaust with a minimal performance hit.
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Think of the cats/no cats argument from a little different perspective - that of the cars behind you while driving in town or down the freeway. I can smell a little Toyota Hi-Lux pickup three cars ahead of me and its a 4 cylinder (as example), or a newer lexus someone has modified the exhaust on. Personally I don't want to breathe someone else's unburned hydrocarbons. The cats do a great job of cleaning up the exhaust with a minimal performance hit.
