Headers
 

I have flowtechs (I think thats the brand) shorty headers and they suck..primarily because I bought them used off ebay. I have a lot of leaks and I've tried so many things. My question is this..I wanna go with long tubes, now do I pay like $140 for Hedman or a little more for plain hookers..or do I save up the $4xx and go with the Hooker super comps? Only difference is brand and the super comps are the only company that makes 1 3/4 primary for 3rd gens. My car has the 350 and eventually (hopefully my dad will let me have it) I want to slap on some vortec heads, some wild cam, and a holley stealth ram on a 400sbc thats in my garage (had it posted in the classifieds a while back). What do you guys think?

~Ted

Super comps all the way :)

- Justin

sounds good to me 8-)

~Ted

i have super comps and i love them!! go to thirdgen.org and go to exhaust theres a whole thread on the installs of them. i may be selling mine and getting a set of lemons headers maybe soon.

did you make your own or have a shop make a Y-pipe to go into a factory location I-pipe, or did you go true duals? Looking at pics making a Y-pipe to go into my magnaflow I-pipe shouldn't be that diffifcult, a few 45's and straight pieces into a Y-collector.

~Ted

a guy in norristown pa named alex's custom exhaust made my y pipe out of hte spintech oval tubing. he then merged it into my 4" mufflex cat back. i have not had a ground clearance issue at all yet.

awesome. Its gonna suck having to dump $400 on them, but I gues its worth it.

~Ted

i paid 400 for hte headers, another $500 i think for the cat back, and installation jsut for the y and exhaust/oval tubing was another 800. it was alot but im happy with it

I already have the magnaflow cat-back, I'll dish out for the headers and probably do the Y-pipe myself. Did you paint yours with some kind of hi-temp paint or anything? I used plastikote brand on the shorty headers I have now and it sucks, I've heard good things about VHT.

~Ted

i like jet hots sterling 1300 coating. I had it on my old edelbrock headers.

i just put hookers on mine the $$$ ones lol ill have a sound clip up once i get it running on friday there nice as hell and hopefully no leaks.

if the headers leak by the head,use a copper gasket on the head side and a fiber one against the header. i ran all season with no more leaks, you can at least do this for now so it doesnt leak and sound like ****. and if you are looking for used vortec heads i might be selling a set, they are one season old, on my brothers car.

Sounds good, I may try that. I already have the copper gaskets, guess I'll pick up some thick fiber ones to add. As for the vortec heads, are they stockers off a chevy? any work done to them?..etc

~Ted

they were bought from chevy brand new, completely stock no porting, they were only 500.00 got them from jim pace performance.

awesome, let me know when you're ready to get rid of them. 8-)

~Ted