ebay headers-any good??? coated or stainless

[bigdan]

with vortec heads ,you are limited to around .480-.500 lift ...
very easy to get .100 cut off the top of the valve guides to gain more clearance ....

I have a set of 062 vortec heads that I shaved .100 off the top of the guides without any negative issue ....

they flow around 185 cfm stock ..very good heads for the buck $$$

I did a 350 with those and the apropriate edelbrock rpm intake with a comp cam of .520 lift & 244 dur @.050 lift got 431HP with 1 5/8 headers


i will never say that it is not worth spending more money for quality headers of either better material or bigger tubes ...it is just that at a certain point ,unless you are looking for every ounce of HP it's not always worth it ....

take my case: second gen LT1 with lots of performance mods on it .
but i'm going for mid length (down the firewall) because the car is dropped 2" and i'd rather loose 5-10 hp because i dont have full length , then to scrape the flanges on the pavement and loose 30Hp because the bottom tubes are squished!.... and the headers i have fitted there without any banging at all! quite rare

Dan

 

[Silent viewer]

take my case: second gen LT1 with lots of performance mods on it .
but i'm going for mid length (down the firewall) because the car is dropped 2" and i'd rather loose 5-10 hp because i dont have full length , then to scrape the flanges on the pavement and loose 30Hp because the bottom tubes are squished!.... and the headers i have fitted there without any banging at all! quite rare

Dan

i also forgot to mention that the car has air ride on it, it hugs the ground right now when its dropped. the exhaust with shorty headers never once scraped. i have been considering switching back to performance springs but either way she is going to be low. so i guess maybe thats something to consider. i guess i posted this topic to figure out if this ebay header is a decent quality piece but i think it has turned into a header style and size arguement.....

 

[bigdan]

personnaly , I bougth 3 sets of headers for different cars on e bay ....

always been satisfied with my purchases ....

one set was for my integra GSR ......stainless: good quality !

the one i just bougth for my cutlass is cheaper ( black painted semi length) but looks great in quality and I paid $79.00

Yeah,this post turned into a headers debate ....

Dan