our stock headers do suck!

[ChicagoMike]

Just by design .. i have them off ... I thought they were tubes coming off each cylinder.

The Emission friendly design is a "brick" that attaches to the exhaust ports and then the down pipe goes to the H pipe.

I'll try to get some pics of the stock headers so you know what I am talking about.

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[Juggernaut]

Figures

 

[Bigturbonotch]

yeah they are pretty bad, while they are off throw some long tubes one :biggthump

 

[ChicagoMike]

Too late, got Bassani headers on

So now it's..

bassani headers
bassani catted x-pipe (new high flow cat style)
borla stingers


start the car and it's all deep and scary sounding, like it's going to eat me

yeah they are pretty bad, while they are off throw some long tubes one :biggthump

 

[Juggernaut]

how long did it take you mike and quality of them, how often will you have to tighten them down ?

 

[CobraSusie]

Too late, got Bassani headers on

So now it's..

bassani headers
bassani catted x-pipe (new high flow cat style)
borla stingers


start the car and it's all deep and scary sounding, like it's going to eat me

The only way for a bad ass car to sound :headbang:

 

[ChicagoMike]

Hans did it. Quality is great per Hans. Instructions say retorque after first 100 miles, but he thinks it won't be nescessary. DID NOT USE BOLTS THAT CAME WITH IT. the bolts that the headers come with suck, that's how they get loose on people constantly. Used the stock studs.

how long did it take you mike and quality of them, how often will you have to tighten them down ?

 

[Juggernaut]

Hans did it. Quality is great per Hans. Instructions say retorque after first 100 miles, but he thinks it won't be nescessary. DID NOT USE BOLTS THAT CAME WITH IT. the bolts that the headers come with suck, that's how they get loose on people constantly. Used the stock studs.

hoe much was did he charge for the install if you cant show here pm me :biggthump

 

[ChicagoMike]

No idea, he did a LOT of things.. clutch, gauges, water pump etc etc etc etc etc etc ... just paying a flat price for everything in one expensive package.

hoe much was did he charge for the install if you cant show here pm me :biggthump

 

[Juggernaut]

ruff estimate

 

[ChicagoMike]

Thousands. Like I said, I have a LOT of stuff installed. He had my car for 3+ months.

ruff estimate

 

[VenomInside]

i feel that mod bug coming back... h:

 

[Boost12]

Dude Hans Kicks fucking ass!!! And his shop is only like 10 min from my house.. goodl old Elburn. I would recomend Hans to anyone with a Cobra.. hes very fair on price and does great work from what I know :biggthump

 

[Juggernaut]

Dude Hans Kicks fucking ass!!! And his shop is only like 10 min from my house.. goodl old Elburn. I would recomend Hans to anyone with a Cobra.. hes very fair on price and does great work from what I know :biggthump

Yea but he has a over a bundence of people cars there for months , ive been comptiplating Dubs headers :biggthump

 

[Bigturbonotch]

Dude Jay if you want we can get headers done in one day its cake. I have done them 4 times on my own car. I have this down to an art now. Honestly with the right tools and if you are mechanically inclined we can even get it done in about 6 hours. Its really not that bad. Talk to me about this if you want.

 

[Juggernaut]

Dude Jay if you want we can get headers done in one day its cake. I have done them 4 times on my own car. I have this down to an art now. Honestly with the right tools and if you are mechanically inclined we can even get it done in about 6 hours. Its really not that bad. Talk to me about this if you want.

Im thinking about it, ive done more LS1's then i want to think about right now, but i heard you have to drop the K mem and raise the motor and if thats the case then F*** that....

 

[Bigturbonotch]

drop k member, yes. Raise motor, no. Dropping the k member is really easy its 8 bolts. I had my engine suspended by a little contraption I have from another member on here. Im telling you this is really not that hard. If you have done ls1 headers then this shoudl be cake.

 

[Juggernaut]

they are i had them down to a science of 2 1/2 to 3 hours excluding y pipe or attaching catbacks to it due to offsetting but this sounds liek a bitch

 

[Bigturbonotch]

lol yeah maybe the first time it was a bitch but honestly jay its not bad. Im 17 years old and If I can do it 4 times then its not that bad. Yeah there are horror stories but its not that much work. This last time it took me 8 hours by myself. Dropping k by myself and all. This is including x pipe and catback too. If you can get a good deal on the headers by all means do it. Yeah it seems like a big job but man trust me its not bad at all. Out of the whole process dropping the k member is the hardest part. Once that is done all the bolts are clearly visible. Honestly you should do this if you can get a good deal on the headers, I got mine for 600 with x pipe. If you can get those for a similar price thats a good deal.

 

[Juggernaut]

are they that restricted??, also i dont want to have to worry about a leak or having to retightin them every 10k

 

[Bigturbonotch]

yeah best way to do it is with the k off. You wont have to retighten them with the stock studs and gaskets, which are the best to use. I really dont think the bassani headers leak. I do know that the kooks leaked first hand.

 

[ChicagoMike]

yeah, drop the K and you have to hold the motor in the car. After you do that, it's a good idea to get the front end aligned because the whole front basically falls out and gets put back in.

You might want to consider other mods while the K member is out, like aftermarket K member (lighter), springs, isolaters, etc etc

 

[WhtSuperStang]

yea whem i saw what the stock headers looked like on our cars i wanted to kick the person in the nuts that designed them. i need headers

 

[ChicagoMike]

Best advice to ya's:

get on Hans' waiting list. Call him up (listed as Deans Truck Repair in Elburn in the yellow pages) and make a future appointment for a date to drop the car off.

He is a one man shop (just him) and he is overwhemled. He is going to have a website going up soon with prices and all. He did my suspension last year... and he did it all in one night, he stayed up and didn't sleep ... went to take him to breakfast the next morning and he was falling asleep in the car. Guy is addicted to working on cars!!! His work is super quality, he goes out of his way to make everything look real nice.

 

[Mystic Terminator]

I would like Long Tubes and still retain the Mid Pipe. But I guess that is not possible. Maybe I could get Long Tubes and get a muffler shop to modify my mid pipe to fit. Not sure if I ever heard of someone doing that yet.