thinking about experimenting with mid length headers...

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Old May 29, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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thinking about experimenting with mid length headers...

so i have this freind thats a fabricator for orange grove arrigation and they use stainless steel pipes and mandrel bending and tig welding...so i mentioned about working on some long tubes...but...im thinking i might experiment with mid length headers first...i was thinking at first either modify my comps or by a set of OBX and modify them...but then i was thinking why not use my factory "down pipe" and cut it sow that the flanges are near the flex section...then cut the flang of the part that bolts up to the heads and just weld in some 1 1/4 stailes tubes following the paths that the comptechs would have taken...what do you guys think/
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Old May 29, 2005 | 11:09 PM
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No complaints about anything that could help peformance. good luck.
How much in gains do you think you would be able to pull out over the standard comptech headers?

Edit: Btw, how's the RSX lip spoiler replica goin'?
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Old May 29, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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I don't see how it would be worth the time or the trouble IMO. Just get an exhaust cut out to replace the cat. Basically making it a "race header"
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Old May 29, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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Tell them to make these

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Old May 29, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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Equal length would be nice
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Old May 30, 2005 | 12:53 AM
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Equal lenth is the way to go!
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Old May 30, 2005 | 03:38 AM
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Whatever happened to getting equal length headers anyway? I thought someone was going to eventualyl develop them for our cars
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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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from what i recall there wasn't that much power picked up with the equal length. You might want to take a look at getting stepped pipes to increase the speed of flow if these pipes are for daily use.
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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
Whatever happened to getting equal length headers anyway? I thought someone was going to eventualyl develop them for our cars

I believe they could be produced on a made-to-order basis but expect to pay out the ass for them.

They significance increase over the Comptech headers came in the midrange. The peak numbers were similar.
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