what are good headers for my '82 GSL 12a. good headers that wont cost me an arm & leg to pay for....like under $275. the site to find it on would be great

 

Check out www.racingbeat.com

Stay away from Pacesetter though...

 

RB, is the only way to go for headers!

 

will they fit in place of the stock thermal exhaust. just standard bolt on....?

 

unless you can find a Rotary Engineering header

 

what do i have to change to make them fit my stock 82 GSL? i think its a Gsl????

 

nothing, unless you have a GSL-SE.....but thats a different(larger) engine. Anything with a 12a engine will use the same header in an RX7

 

If you want a bargain, then start watching eBay for your headers, or the for sale section on the forum.

 

nah, it's better to get it new.

there's nothing like unwrapping your very own, unused, shiney, mint, racing beat header/ exhaust. It almost will make you well up. seriously. it's beautiful.


~b.k.

 

^^^

Too true. I saw the brand new RB header, and catalytic, for an FC being installed. Thing was beautiful. And sounded great when it got fired up, too.

www.racingbeat.com is definintely the way to go.

 

Im waiting on mine to come in the mail, im like a little kid waiting for a new toy to come in the mail every day. is it here yet? hah

 

it took mine two weeks to come.

those were the longest two weeks of my life

 

Racing Beat racing header is the best one out there for the 12a. Although I have not heard nor seen the Rotary Engineering header. Curious I am...

 

here you go. split is RE while the other is RB. Notice the difference in the rear?

 

WOW those are some huge differences....

 

There are some significant differences. You see how much further it comes out at the engine before it turns that there is good for a few horses. Mindtrain is way better than RB as well. Matt you need to stop spreading parroted knowlege. There are at least 3 better options than Racing beat. Rotary engineering, mindtraid, and SDJ header. SDJ is by far the best in the business.

 

so the Racing beat header will bolt straight on? How do you know if its a GSL or a GSL-SE?

 

1) It's an '82, GSL-SE is '84-'85 only
2) You have a 12A. GSL-SE = 13B
3) The badging on the car would tell you.

 

well my car is a 82 i think its a 12a??? it has GSL on the side pillar next to the doors? but on the headers, the Racing Beat header will bolt straight on...Right???

 

A 12a header is a 12a header. You have a 12a. Any 12a header will bolt on.

 

so it will connect to the exhaust pipes, because mine is not the stock one but it starts a the flange. i mean i have no cats on my car just a muffler

 

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Out of the 4 different aftermarket headers, most of them will need some work to bolt/weld the stock system that is left. The only one that is a direct bolt in, that I know of, is the entire RB system, as they are the only ones tha make a complete bolt in system, even though it does not give the highest hp gain and to me, is a bit to pricey to buy. Especially when I can build my own. I just finished doing a full 3" header back system on the bp, with 2 new Magnaflows, for under $250.

 

Actually Mindtrain also sells a complete bolt in system. I almost went with them over Racing Beat (quite a bit cheaper), but the guy I talked to kept telling me over and over how loud the system was. It was almost like he was trying to talk me out of it.

After having the RB system for a couple of years now, it doesn't seem quite as loud as I might like it. If I had it to do over again, I would probably try to find somebody that had a mindtrain system just so I could hear it. A little louder might not be too bad...

Which is by no means saying that I am unhappy with my RB system either. But sometimes when you're married to a blonde, brunettes can start looking pretty good...

 

Well, my new 3" system is loud. Yesterday the little pre-school kid, who calls the widebody the 'Batmobile', asked me why it sounds like that. I simply said that it's built that way. I get a lot of looks from the body kit, now I get even more with the exhaust, some of them are very nasty ones too.