ok ok I know comptech makes headers for our car (97 3.0) But 1,000 + dollars is not exactly pheasable (sp) for a 17 year old highschool kid who is trying to slowly progess his car. So who else makes headers? Does chikari or DC sports??

 

well i think the only company to make headers for the 3.0 is comptech but i am not positive. if u had a 2.2/2.3 then u would have more options since 94-97 accords headers will fit.

 

Right now, Comptech is the only retail seller of headers for the 3.0. Word is, there's another company (Greedy, I think) that's going to offer headers in the near future.

 

true indeed and they should be priced at $600.. thats what i feel they rae worth after paying $1100...

 

Someone on the Accord forums said they found some wierd Azn company that made headers. Not sure what the final word on that was.

 

i dunno on a 3.0 but headers on my 2.2 didnt make $1000 dollars of a differnce ... dont even think mine made the $300 dollar difference i paid

MaCe

 

couldnt we just go to like a machine shop or soemthing and have some custom headers made? im sure it would probably cost less than 1k.

 

It's not that easy...if you were to get everything custom you are probably looking towards more than 1000. Anyways, the comptech ones for the 3.0 have been dyno'd for something like 25-30hp.

 

really? i thought that was the numbers for the cls. I thought the 3.0 got like 15 horses. hmmmm. well mayeb i'll have to start saving. i need all the horses i can get my hands on. too bad our tranny sucks the big cawk.

 

oh ya another question, do you get any kind of torque gain from the headers? I really want more torque but dont know how to get it.

 

ummm.... NO!

you gain 25-30 HP at the crank if you are a CL-Type-S...
the 3.0 Cl gains 15-18 at the crank.... that translates to about 10 hp...

you only feel the headers power at v-tec... from 4000 rpm my car takes off.. but its still sluggish off the line as if it were stock!

As for TORQUE... probably about the same as HP... you may want to ask Comptech direct.

 

IMO; not worth $1100.

 

the comptech catalog i looked at quoted 18 hp at the wheels gained on a 3.0 - is this just bullshit?

 

nope.... like i said.. if i had to repurchase them i wouldnt... maybe for $600 I would!!!

 

Did it quote:
1) "18 hp gain" or
2) "18 hp gain at the wheels"?!

theres a big difference btwn the 2... #1 means at the crank.. not the wheels... I believe their dyno tests say at the crank!

 

I think FastvtecCL dynoed 30 hp to the wheels or something like that.

Keith...Help us out!

 

Yeah that's where I got my numbers from. He gained 25 or 30..

 

I would like to see that in writing....

besides, what other mods does he have done??? CAI and Exhaust will boost his numbers from headers... lets talk the HEADERS alone!!!

 

No one would do headers as a first mod. Atleast not logically.

Here's the "writing" part you wanted. He has his dyno sheet somewhere, but I can't find it.
http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...t=headers+30hp

 

I did my headers prior to an exhaust because i was waiting for APEX to release their cat-back... now i just need $$$$ .. but when giving dyno numbers, comptech does not sit there and tell you what the numbers are with other mods... they give you that individual parts production and a sum of all other parts with it!