I have a straight pipe on my car...what headers will bolt up to the old cats or what is now my straight pipe...which headers do you guys recomend...i know pace setter is cheap but i havent heard anything good about them...please let me know..thanks

Peace
Buddy

 

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Dude...do a search on Headers...you will find all the answers....

 

A buddy of mine has a Pace Setter header, straight pipe and Dynomax mufflers in Houston. It sounds nice at idle, but at WOT, it sounds like a weed-whacker. He said he likes the performance gain, but hates the cut in torque, and the annoying noise. Personally, I am doing the racepipe and cat-back, but leaving the old manifold in place. It just sounds better to me that way!

 

You've probably never heard the RB header/presilencer to a HKS exhaust then. Very throaty deep toan and not weed whacker like. Still has the 3300 RPM drone though.

 

you do know that backpressure DOES NOT create torque right??

i had the pace setter header on my low 14 N/A, i didnt think it was bad, i had a straight 2.5" pipe with no silencers or mufflers, very very deep tone up to 3000 and then a weed whacker on steroids, but still a nice sound up there.

 

The only headers that I know of that will bolt to OEM cats are the ones from Mindtrain. RB and Pacesetter (a VERY last resort) do not. You have to have a custom 3-way cat fitted in. The Mindtrain headers and the Racing Beat headers are great! I have the RB on my car and the fit and finish of them is unbeatable. The were a polished silver that now has the cool heat-blueing affect to them. Really neat looking.

I have heard of Pacesetters, under heavy race conditions, actually bending on racecars. The pipes they use are too thin for the rotray's heat.

Carl