Summit headers? Are they any good?
07-26-2007, 08:44 AM
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RE: Summit headers? Are they any good?
i asked summit about the long tubes, they were not able to provide me with a name of what it mimics......so i would guess its actually a summit products. but heck its worth a try. i say go for it. everything i have ordered so far from summit has worked perfectly. there is some stuff thought i wont buy from them like the....summit heads, hahahah. (p.s. summit heads= GT40 aluminum heads)
07-26-2007, 09:03 AM
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RE: Summit headers? Are they any good?
i was hunting around for someones fox and came up with flowtech ceramic longtubes being the best bang for the buck. has anyone used these? they are a holley brand, so im guessing the quality cant be too bad.
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07-26-2007, 10:56 AM
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RE: Summit headers? Are they any good?
The summit headers you speak of are not BBK's.
Their flanges are not the same thickness, nor the same quality. They are much closer to a flowtech header, which I believe they are.
Cheap headers make me nervous, especially in a car with a tight engine bay where install is a major hassle. The welds are usually shoddy, the flanges thin and brittle, etc. Also, the painted headers will flake after the FIRST use. They will rust in the first year.
If you do get them, I reccomend you buy some better quality gaskets and locking header bolts to go with them. But hey, by the time you spend the next $50 for that, you may as well spend another $50 and get a higher quality header to go with it.
Your call.
Me? I'm getting the POS $99 Summit longtubes b/c I drive a truck
Their flanges are not the same thickness, nor the same quality. They are much closer to a flowtech header, which I believe they are.
Cheap headers make me nervous, especially in a car with a tight engine bay where install is a major hassle. The welds are usually shoddy, the flanges thin and brittle, etc. Also, the painted headers will flake after the FIRST use. They will rust in the first year.
If you do get them, I reccomend you buy some better quality gaskets and locking header bolts to go with them. But hey, by the time you spend the next $50 for that, you may as well spend another $50 and get a higher quality header to go with it.
Your call.
Me? I'm getting the POS $99 Summit longtubes b/c I drive a truck
07-26-2007, 11:07 AM
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RE: Summit headers? Are they any good?
ORIGINAL: Acer2428
The summit headers you speak of are not BBK's.
Their flanges are not the same thickness, nor the same quality. They are much closer to a flowtech header, which I believe they are.
Cheap headers make me nervous, especially in a car with a tight engine bay where install is a major hassle. The welds are usually shoddy, the flanges thin and brittle, etc. Also, the painted headers will flake after the FIRST use. They will rust in the first year.
If you do get them, I reccomend you buy some better quality gaskets and locking header bolts to go with them. But hey, by the time you spend the next $50 for that, you may as well spend another $50 and get a higher quality header to go with it.
Your call.
Me? I'm getting the POS $99 Summit longtubes b/c I drive a truck
The summit headers you speak of are not BBK's.
Their flanges are not the same thickness, nor the same quality. They are much closer to a flowtech header, which I believe they are.
Cheap headers make me nervous, especially in a car with a tight engine bay where install is a major hassle. The welds are usually shoddy, the flanges thin and brittle, etc. Also, the painted headers will flake after the FIRST use. They will rust in the first year.
If you do get them, I reccomend you buy some better quality gaskets and locking header bolts to go with them. But hey, by the time you spend the next $50 for that, you may as well spend another $50 and get a higher quality header to go with it.
Your call.
Me? I'm getting the POS $99 Summit longtubes b/c I drive a truck
**edit** i called and ask my friend,hes pretty sure its 1/8 thick flang on the header, i'll measure when i get home
07-29-2007, 03:43 PM
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RE: Summit headers? Are they any good?
i got the summit headers for my 93 they work good the only problem u will run into is the oil dipstick u will have to cut a small peice off the end of the bracket to get it to go back in the orignal spot
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