which shorty header brand is on your car.
05-09-2006, 09:40 PM
#22
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Texas
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RE: which shorty header brand is on your car.
I'm running FRPP shorties--before they were stainless...DOH!!!!
Here's the breakdown. I don't like Mac b/c the primaries are not connected. If you take them off for anything...have fun putting them back on. BBK and FRPP make high quality shorties. BBK chrome will turn black and blue b/c that's what chrome does in heat. BBK ceramic shorties are good to go and ceramic headers hold in heat better (good for exhaust) and dissipate outside heat a little better. FRPP's headers are stainless steel. The ceramic set is Jethot coated. Livernoismotorsports.com has the FRPP ceramic shorties for $289<--cheap. When looking at the differences in headers, look at the gauge steel they are made from....usually cheaper headers are 18 gauge=crap.
Here's the breakdown. I don't like Mac b/c the primaries are not connected. If you take them off for anything...have fun putting them back on. BBK and FRPP make high quality shorties. BBK chrome will turn black and blue b/c that's what chrome does in heat. BBK ceramic shorties are good to go and ceramic headers hold in heat better (good for exhaust) and dissipate outside heat a little better. FRPP's headers are stainless steel. The ceramic set is Jethot coated. Livernoismotorsports.com has the FRPP ceramic shorties for $289<--cheap. When looking at the differences in headers, look at the gauge steel they are made from....usually cheaper headers are 18 gauge=crap.
05-09-2006, 11:25 PM
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Westminster, MD
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RE: which shorty header brand is on your car.
Flowtech is actually supposed to be a pretty good company. There owned by holley who also own hooker. I know a lot of guys with chevys that run flow tech exhaust and haven't had any problems installing it.
I run bbk headers because I got them cheap.
I run bbk headers because I got them cheap.
around the flanges