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Old Sep 13, 2018 | 02:58 PM
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After draining my entire bank account on an engine rebuild I decided to roll the dice on a set of $500 headers from eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-Corve...-/391474513093

My main concern was fit and finish, and in both of these categories the headers score 10/10. No problems with fitting and the welds look pretty impressive from what I can tell. Obviously the real test will be in the long term, so I'll keep you all posted.
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So they are mid tubes .... are you able to get any dyno numbers yet ...I was looking at those and the 1,000 Catted OBX long tubes

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Hope it works out for you, I once purchased a set of cheap headers from ebay for my C6. They looked great but after a few miles they looked nasty and started leaking at the flange.
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I did alot of home work on cheap headers and the ones to go with are texas speed. you can get them for 900 shipped and they will produce the best power for sure. I ended up being real cheap about it gutted all the cats lol
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Originally Posted by Dcasole
So they are mid tubes .... are you able to get any dyno numbers yet ...I was looking at those and the 1,000 Catted OBX long tubes

Dave
Sadly no comparison numbers as they were installed as part of a complete engine rebuild and upgrade. I would think these are a rip-off of a decent design from
one of the big players?
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