Hey guys, i was searching my local craigslist and found these. are they worth the money? ive been looking for headers for a while and im going to be re-doing my exhaust to include a flowmaster 10 series, a magnaflow high flow cat, and new angled tips.

 

put the 60 bucks towerd the sct man ! then do exhaust !

 

You better get them before I do! I would say that they are worth the money, just look very close to be sure there isn't any holes from rust, etc. While it is possible that they may be warped, I am not sure of a good way to check that while you are there looking at them. Nothing a good gasket couldn't fix though.

I say buy 'em, sand 'em down, throw some high temp engine paint at them. I've used Krylon 1200° paint, Black Satin BHK (requires HVLP gun), and some random auto parts store garbage that actually didn't work too bad. The best was the Krylon stuff, it's better in my opinion than the BHK for some reason, and the BHK costs way more.

 

i already have a superchips tuner. i got it for free from an employee at my local advance. already got the performance tune installed and noticed a HUGE difference! im waiting to get me a new job before the sct comes because im going to be doing heads intake manifold cam and rockers!

 

ok, i will probly pick them up next week if theyre still available. getting a sweet paycheck next week so ill get em then!

 

you will get a bigger gain with sct than superchips, and torque management is taken off also.

the shorties you dont get much of a power gain and there more work involved in snstalling headers. which means more money

 

ill be installing them myself. i figure if i can replace my trans in it then i can manage headers haha. but for 60 bucks i cant complain. im going to do the hughes plenum kit at the same time, i already have the plenum kit just waiting for a warm non-rainy day! i do all my own work except for when it comes to inspection time. dont have a nh inspection license yet...

 

I really feel for you guys who have to deal with inspections, here as long as your lights, horn and wiper work and you have insurance, you are good to go.

 

see... here in good ol NH we arent required to wear seabelts, we dont have to have car insurance if we dont want to, we can play with fireworks, and mst of all we can buy booze on the highway! inpections for us are fairly simple. as long as all your lights work, your horn is good, the wipers work, the brake are good no significant rust anywhere, everything in your drivetrainis good, and it passes the obd test you are good to go. all i need for my truck for inspection is a front left axle joint, and the brakeline that goes to the rear and i get a sticker.

 

Here in the Yankee North we've got some pretty terrible laws. If your check engine light is illuminated, instant fail, if your OBD-II computer isn't ready for testing, instant fail. Your Catalytic converter looks like it's been tampered with? Instantly failed. Don't have a muffler? Failed. It's quite annoying at times. Luckily it seems like you've all got it a littler better than we do up here! I guess it could be worse, I could live in California ...