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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 08:33 AM
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i just found a set of headers for my dak for 90 bucks on ebay. does any one know if they are any good and it says its a direct replacement. thanks
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 08:59 AM
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Post up a link ebay has tons of stuff
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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man im really slow when it comes to computers lol if u go to ebay and type in 97 dodge dakota headers its the first one up there.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:08 AM
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Do you remember what brand they are? Typically when you go with a cheap header, you will have problems with them in no time, usually warping of the mounting flanges causing them to leak, and then rust will set it and cause them to break. If you go with a good header, something that has been ceramic coated, you typically wont have those problems.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:10 AM
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yea i could understand them bein cheap lol i was just wonderin any ways. id like to hear my 5.2 with headers duals and a nice cam lol
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:11 AM
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oh and there from x3racing
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:12 AM
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I wouldnt buy them any header for 90 dollars just seems unreal. they will prolly rust like crazy and welds will most likely brake I bought a set of Gibsons for truck they are awesome probably more than you want to spend but summit racing has headers for 199.99 painted black. that would be the cheapest I would spend on a good set of headers.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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I would leave the stock manifolds, and run duals from those and drop the cam in. You wont gain much going with the headers, flow rate isnt to much of a change if I remember correctly. You would mainly be gaining a little more sound.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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yea id rather buy a summit set then some unknown retailer. and ive always liked the sound of headers over stok mans. im just window shopen right now lol ive got other issues with this truck i need to fix first. thanks for the advise tho.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by frydaddy82
yea id rather buy a summit set then some unknown retailer. and ive always liked the sound of headers over stok mans. im just window shopen right now lol ive got other issues with this truck i need to fix first. thanks for the advise tho.

you know you could take off the manifolds and and grind out the ports, I saw this on a tv show I think Stacey Davids shop show or whatever its called lol. Just a thought, but yeah Ive always been a fan of headers look great and sound is even better! Hell I even have headers on my Pontiac Grand Prix GTP with cat back lol it sounds awesome also
 
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