Best bang for buck headers??
03-28-2008, 08:47 AM
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Best bang for buck headers??
here in the summer i wanna get some longtube headers, preferably with cats. i have the o/r h with my mif muffs and it trumpets bad when i get on it, i hope some high flowcats will clean that up. i know the kooks lt's with the 1 5/8" primaries with hf catted x would be good from brenspeed, but any other suggestions would be good. i know of jba but they didn't have a catted x. i really want a catted x design with 1 5/8" primaries cuz i don't have FI and don't plan on it so i don't need 1 3/4" primaries, and i've looked at AR and Borla and Bassani (Freaking expensive haha)
03-28-2008, 05:20 PM
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RE: Best bang for buck headers??
i live near kooks main facility, as well as know many of their employees, and the shop that does most of their "showcase" installations. kooks is the best, by far, of all headers. ive seen them all, and when properly installed, kooks LT's with an off-road midpipe and catback, can see gains of 40hp, realistically, to the tire. i have a friend that has this setup with an intake, and a UDP, tuned only for the intake (hasnt yet been tuned for the exhaust setup) he saw a 70 horsepower gain. you show me a BBK (POS) or american racing header that does that.
03-28-2008, 05:36 PM
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RE: Best bang for buck headers??
ORIGINAL: lundis
i live near kooks main facility, as well as know many of their employees, and the shop that does most of their "showcase" installations. kooks is the best, by far, of all headers. ive seen them all, and when properly installed, kooks LT's with an off-road midpipe and catback, can see gains of 40hp, realistically, to the tire. i have a friend that has this setup with an intake, and a UDP, tuned only for the intake (hasnt yet been tuned for the exhaust setup) he saw a 70 horsepower gain. you show me a BBK (POS) or american racing header that does that.
i live near kooks main facility, as well as know many of their employees, and the shop that does most of their "showcase" installations. kooks is the best, by far, of all headers. ive seen them all, and when properly installed, kooks LT's with an off-road midpipe and catback, can see gains of 40hp, realistically, to the tire. i have a friend that has this setup with an intake, and a UDP, tuned only for the intake (hasnt yet been tuned for the exhaust setup) he saw a 70 horsepower gain. you show me a BBK (POS) or american racing header that does that.
hahahaha.....this is the biggest pile of **** i have ever read!!
so you are saying a 2005+ mustang is producing 360+ HP to the wheels with some kooks LTs, o/r pipe, UDPs and a CAI
hahahahaha.......sorry but that wont happen....even 40 rwhp fro headers and midpipe is pushing laws of physics on a n/a engine!
the only way you are gainiing 70 HP is if you have a car already pushing 800 HP probably.
03-28-2008, 08:02 PM
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RE: Best bang for buck headers??
ORIGINAL: lundis
i live near kooks main facility, as well as know many of their employees, and the shop that does most of their "showcase" installations. kooks is the best, by far, of all headers. ive seen them all, and when properly installed, kooks LT's with an off-road midpipe and catback, can see gains of 40hp, realistically, to the tire. i have a friend that has this setup with an intake, and a UDP, tuned only for the intake (hasnt yet been tuned for the exhaust setup) he saw a 70 horsepower gain. you show me a BBK (POS) or american racing header that does that.
i live near kooks main facility, as well as know many of their employees, and the shop that does most of their "showcase" installations. kooks is the best, by far, of all headers. ive seen them all, and when properly installed, kooks LT's with an off-road midpipe and catback, can see gains of 40hp, realistically, to the tire. i have a friend that has this setup with an intake, and a UDP, tuned only for the intake (hasnt yet been tuned for the exhaust setup) he saw a 70 horsepower gain. you show me a BBK (POS) or american racing header that does that.
03-29-2008, 01:12 AM
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RE: Best bang for buck headers??
I am with Matt on that- I do like the Kooks but those gains are not possible! ARH are great header IMO and if I do get them it is between tose 2 companies
03-29-2008, 01:48 PM
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RE: Best bang for buck headers??
The Kooks are great in quality fit, and finish. I don't know about those gains though. They weren't cheap either, I don't remember what I paid, but I did get a discount, and they were still over $1000.
I got 308 rwhp with all my mods in signature, including the kooks with catted x pipe.
I got 308 rwhp with all my mods in signature, including the kooks with catted x pipe.
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