I was wondering guys, i wanted some new headers with good quality, i was reading about the Xs Power headers and im feeling the price. But then theres the DC which im hearing good things about also but its a lil more expensive.

Whats the quality of xs and is the price worth it or should i just go up to the DC headers.

any resonance issues with either and hows the power increase on both? anyone have engine pics with the xs or the dc headers in?

thanks twan

 

The main issue with the DC is the weak gaskets which can be resolved with liquid gasket maker on to of the DC gaskets or sub them with new metal gaskets. That is the only issue I had with them. I don't know anything about the XS except for something about the bolts.

Power gains should be = to each other.

 

Comptech!


but I voted for dc sports since that and xs power are the only ones listed.

 

check the CL side for the XS thread if you need more info,I made a few post in that one...............otherwise about a month now with XS and I am happy as can be.

 

Here is something I found on XS power

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I have the XS and so far they are great. Only time will tell how long they last but i like them.

 

I've had DC's installed since June, no problems and i'm using the gaskets that came with them with no problems.

 

I'm not an airflow expert, but my guess is that if you have a 5spd AT, DC is gonna put out a little more HP for you. The only XS Power header available for our cars has a "jog" in one of the pipes to go around the 6spd manual tranny. People say the bend shouldn't affect the airflow that much, but for my money I'd rather have my header pipes as straight as possible. Since you don't need it for the 5spd AT, why have it...? If I had a manual, I'd at least try the XS.

 

well until some one does a dyno no one will know. Also the XS is closest to the design of the comptech which shows the largest hp gains. Plus EVEN if you were to see a slight reduction in HP you would never notice it. And as i stated before the little jog is small and most likely isnt doing any real restriction.

 

i doubt the bend makes any difference, comptech's use the same headers for all cl's tl's including the 6sp therefore the comptech design has that bend in it, and comptech have the dyno'd results. Like fsttyms1 said these are basicly a copy of the comptech design, hence the bend and therefore you'll probably see just as good of gains as the comptechs, a few CL guys have dynoed these xs headers and compared them to comptech and the numbers are damn close.