http://www.obxracingsports.com/performance.cfm

I didn't know they made headers for the 4th gens. There's one on sale on ebay with better pics too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33631

With the minimal gains headers supposedly give, are the obx headers known to be inferior to the Cattman headers in build quality?


Bill.

 

HoLY ***!!!! They do make them.
Hmm the downpipe looks a little restrictive with that pipe going in a T shape with the rest of the pipe.
They do look much better than the stoneracing ones, and the price is just nutz!

 

i freaking placed on order for these way back in the day before they were ever made and i got ripped off from the midnight website. bastards!

 

wow interesting the y pipe looks somewhat crappy though

 

it says it has the o2 sensor holes but i do not see it..Yeah the Y pipe does look a little restrictive, is it possible to use our y pipes on those headers??

 

damn 1998... no good for me. Guess it the over priced ones from cattman

 

Those look pretty sh!tty if you ask me. I doubt those give any gains over the aftermarket ypipe. I'd avoid them.

 

is there anywhere i can just get the headers with no y-pipe??

 

Why? The shorty headers won't give you jack. That y-pipe looks worse than the aftermarket Ys we have available so I can't see that making any more power than the Y alone.

 

I think that stone racing (?) makes something like that. But I wouldn't seriously think about getting something like that unless there was a enough info about them.

 

The only reason id get headers (which i will) is for the sound and smoother flow. Cattman for an example, uses EQUAL length headers which basically makes your exhaust sound 10000x better, nearly like a 350Z. Takes away all the fart noise too, so those OBX headers wont do jack ****, it will make it sound worse since its a T intersection too. Doesnt look good at all, im with Big D on this one.

 

well as you can tell the seller doesn't know what he is talking about
"three piece type headers are easy to install."

 

so true

 

Will you people stop saying that Cattman headers are equal length, they aren't.

 

Have you ever measure them?
Please tell me how long is each tube so I can believe your theory

 

just get an well known after market y-pipe. don't buy obx.

 

He tested a version that was exactly equal length and it made virtually no gain over his final setup. The variance in length in the Cattman headers is very, very small so for all practical purposes they are equal length.

 

The y-pipe design on these headers is absolutely retarded. I would bet a lot of money that a good y-pipe alone will make more power than these things.

 

wow, this is the dream bolt on that everyone has been waiting for! I heard that you will actually gain MORE (+/-50whp) if you take your supercharger off!
Screw saving for FI, this is the KIT!

 

Have you ever seen a set of Cattman headers in person

 

I find it hard to believe that he tested an equal length set since he didn't even manufacture the headers that he is selling now. He buys them from New Zealand and then has them coated and sells them.

 

the cattman headers are AWESOME ! my car with headers will spank my old car with ypipe every time down the track and thats all i cared about !

 

I can tell you who has the prototype headers that were in Brian's old Maxima
I've seen the first set with my own two eyes, and they were in Brian's car, Then Y2kSESteve took over that car
So he did tested before selling

 

just received an e-mail from Dave from OBX he told me they have them on stock ready to ship only received i pic

 

danny, did you have to take out your radiator when you were installing your headers like steve did when he was putting his in or did he just do that to make it go faster?

man i can's wait to get those headers but i'm really not looking forward to the install

 

Blah, blah, blah. They Cattman's aren't equal length. Go back a few weeks and you'll find the thread.

 

No I didn't. I just pulled the fans

Big D
I guess you have no proof either. Fist you tell me they give 5hp, then you can't back up what you say
This is one of the reasons why the org is falling so bad, all this wrong info posted by people like you leads other people to believe what they hear.
Please only post info when you can back it up with real proof

 

lol, i just say we ban his stupid ***... THEY ARE EQUAL LENGTH!

and yes cattman headers are imported from New Zealand after they have been manufactured to his exact specs

 

Yeah, right. Can you prove they give more than 5hp over the Ypipe? I never said they give only 5hp over stock. Like I said, go back a few weeks and you'll find that they aren't equal length. There was a post some time ago and a person who installed them said they were not exactly equal. Even the guy that sells them for Cattman, hangs around here, said they aren't equal length. Yes, the difference might be an inch or less but that is still a difference. Before you go off preaching again like you're the big shiznit around here, prove me wrong. Then I'll retract my statement and be done with it.

 

Hey I'm not saying they are equal, but they are pretty damn close which makes no difference. To tell you the truth I don't even know how long they are, but Big D just happens to believe everything he hears, then uses it as part of his daily whoring

 

So what if they arent perfectly 100% equal, but they are pretty fuking close. It still makes the exhaust sound a whole lot better. I think the sound difference is worth the $800 imo, the power gains are just a bonus. Plus they look amazing, its deff next to do on my mod list.

 

they are 'almost' equal length, so as far as you can tell they are... where as the OBX are about 12" off

 

That's all I was saying. The header being less than 24" long even and inch is almost 5% difference. OBX sucks.

 

OK if they are not equal length, then what happens when you install them. Will the end of the y-pipe section reach the converter? or are the headers a bit shorter and the Y longer?

 

equal length meansthat each tube leaving the block is the same length all the way through to the y pipe, not that the pipe itself is too short just that the airflow is equal from all outlets of the block.

 

I just don't like how the rear header runs right into the side of the y-pipe. It should be curved so it does no block the flow.

 

Agreed. That is the second worst way to make the connection. Coming up with the worst way is left as an exercise to the reader.

 

...or to Nissan.