Does anybody know if the new meagean headers batch are out yet???
if so where are they at?????????

 

I believe that they are out and u can get them at megan's site if not there are a couple of places I think that sell it for a bit cheaper. Supposedly these will clear the oil pan with no problems.

 

Megans, are they better than comptechs? I thought they leak or something... I read something about it on this board.

 

I dont know if they are better than comptech but I dont see much posts on the megan headers on this forum.

 

I've already got the a set from the new batch. I'm having pretty awful resonance issues. But the new batch did fix the leaking issue.

Still gotta go back to dealer and get them to retorque the bolts. Hopefully that will help. My opinion of the headers is still pending until the resonance issue is addressed.

 

No one of these other header companies has proven to have better quality than Comptech consistanley, but Megans seem to be o.k. Some just have issues with resonance, and a few of the older ones had issues fitting.

 

the resonance problem is probably due to the design or the welding of the downpipe

 

hmm, i just bought a set from megan yesterday. i hope i get a good one....

SSTS

 

and.... how can you tell if its (megans) a new batch or old?

 

pls let me know after retorquin the bolts. i am contemplating a used comptech or the meagans. some ppl say alphawrecks is alrght but it also has issues with licks and resonace.

 

used comptechs

and you can sell them pretty much teh same price afterwards

 

What is resonance??????

 

well, resonance is really just vibration. and in our case it's the fact that you can hear the headers vibrating during acceleration/idle/etc.. not a good sound in most cases.

SSTS

 

i have OBX headers.. but im one of the very few that got lucky with a good one. mine has no leaks, no problems, and no resonance whatsoever. so im very happy. i loved the gains on it too. didnt have to spend too much money on it at all since i got it used. but megans shouldnt be too bad since all these headers that they make on our cars are all replicas of comptechs. only thing is that sometimes it doesnt come out like the real thing

 

who's up for a groupbuy on them megans?!?!?!?! if u guys are up for it, i'll call them tomorrow.

 

There's a groupbuy on another forum for $210 shipped.

 

 

Exactly. I had no resonance when I first picked up the car and it seems to be getting worse, so I think the bolts just need retorqued.

Anyway, what I dont understand is I get mad resonance between 2000 and 3000 RPM's in second gear. But NONE in other gears at the same RPM level. It seems to me that if the engine is spinning at 2-3k RPM's, I should be getting resonance regardless of what gear I'm in. Not the case though.

Any explanations?

 

http://www.v6performance.net/forums/...=&threadid=928

 

The difference between the new batch and old batch can only be seen when placed side by side. Watch out for a lot of the old design out on the market because some supplieres bought them cheap off megan and just sanded off the megan logo in front while still isting them as the same. There is a megan header groupbuy deal going on another site for the new batch at a great price but I cant list the site here for obvious reasons.

 

Cant wait to get it tomorrow, hopefully get it in soon. How is yours doing? and resoance?

 

Umm....Bxscig, Im actually jaketheb0mb

 

Oh yeah I knew, I was just wondering if you had any resonance with it and if so what did u do about it. Thats all

 

I had the headers now for almost a year. When the headers were first installed, there was a slight resonance but no leak. But after a few days, most of it went away. I even went back to retorque the bolts which took care of almost all of it. I mean you can still try to hear it with your windows down and radio off at 2.5k rpm but its bearly unoticable. What i did notice the most is the fact that my intake hiss got a lot louder. Ive done a lot of research on the resonace issue. It seems to me that only the new comptechs doesnt have the resopnance problem. I think one of the possible causes is the material usage. The oem header were made from steel and is very very thick and heavy. This is probably one of the reasons why it is able to insulate the resonace better. But all aftermarket headers were made a little bit thinner in order to increase the diameter of the intake hole without increasing the diameter of the tube as a whole which makes it less able to insulate the resonace. Another possible cause is the fitment. These headers bolted right now and even cleared the oil pan. I dont really see how that can be a real cause.


Below Ive listed a few reasons why people were having noise problems other than slight resonance. Most were fixed once the problem was recognized.
-bolts were not torqued(remember to use stock bolts)
-cat pan rattling
-improper placement of gaskets

 

^ good guy, i got my headers off of him over the weekend and will be installing these over the weekend. Hopefully it will all go well and hopefully their will be NO resonance.

btw im the guy with the black tl.

 

Thanks The ones that you have are also the new batch that clears the oil pan? Cant wait.

 

which one?

 

clarify this for me, are you saying use the stock bolts as in what comes of the factory stuff? or what comes with the headers?

I'll await a response before I pass judgements or make fun of you...

 

same, resonance started coming about 2 weeks after having them, but i haven't had them retorqued since installation, im sure that should do it.

 

Will need your services soon!!

 

oh man... like an beat up car huh...

 

Not even close to a beat up car. You can ask TOMMIGSR. We met up today and I gave him a ride. Im not sure if he even noticed it.

To clarify what I said. You need to use your factory bolts. By torque I mean dont just use an air gun to tighten the bolts, you need to get a torque wrench to make sure its tighter.

 

Props to keepingitclean. I ordered some headers from him on Tuesday, and they came today! I have some questions about installing the headers. Which one is front and rear? Only difference I can see is that the middle pipe on one of the headers is slightly angled more. Will they only fit one way? Also, everyone says to torque this and that. Are we talking about tightening them as tight as possible, or actually torquing them to a certain spec? Thanks!

 

Yea, umm, WTF??? THe stock manifolds use studs which are not possible to use on the aftermarket headers as they all use bolts.

And yeah, any mechanic with a friggin brain know to troque parts like headers so they don't warp and cause exhaust leaks, or are not tight enough and cause leaks.

 

I just had a set of the new batch of Megans installed. No issues what so ever. But hey its only day one. Hopefully I wont have any. I do have a question though. What kinda of differences do you feel will the headers "kick in". Is it really obvious enough for you to notice and say "yup the finally started working"

 

Yes. It will take 3-4 days for the ECU to fully adjust. After that you will definitely feel them in the higher RPM range.