Anyone have personal experience with any of the ebay header kit y pipes?

I only want the y pipe, but heard that you may need to weld a 5mm extension to it, to make it work that is.

Anyone?

stan

 

Ive seen some of the Ebay headers and they look okay. Not sure if its the same as the one you are looking at.

 

I have a set on my girls 3.5 swap and they work fine.

 

If I might make a suggestion. When you get the headers make sure they are straight. I had to take the front one to get machined. Its not fun. I have the OBX ones.

 

Wow, that one is more expensive than the one I was looking at.

The one I was looking at is around the $120-$180 range. I only need the y pipe.


Link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Exhau...item5195331692

Another Link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...item230a3e0e0e

 

pics of these mentioned headers installed?

 

there is a 97% chance that they dont line up with eachother right out of the box...

 

i have 3x racing ones from ebay. they were like 250 or so... they were perfectly fine. they fit fine and needed no modification.

 

Specially if you buy it as a kit!

I wouldn't buy a y-pipe + headers and only use the y-pipe. Unless its meant to be an oem replacement like warpspeed, catman (I think) and budget.

The y-pipe was designed to fit with the headers and might not play well with the stock exhaust headers.

 

itll work tho, iv read lots of people doing that, I just bot the WS for $200, because im to lazy to install headers on 3.0 engine when it would be next to pointless.

 

the only ebay brand that i ever had personal experience with that actually fit perfectly was SSAC. the last 3 or 4 sets of ebay headers+ypipe that ive worked with required some crazy modification. even when we used the headers and ypipe together, they didnt even line up. so i personally have lost faith in all of them.

 

What is "SSAC?"

 

^^^^the brand stainless steel auto chrome

 

i replaced my y pipe with the ebay one, it came with headers, but i just installed the y i had to pry and shove but it worked a month after that i installed the headers with enough butter and a big enough shoe horn anything will fit

 

Were you successful with just installing the ebay ypipe and the stock header?

I don't understand your last sentence. It only worked for a month after?

 

hes saying that a month after he installed just the ypipe, he finally installed the headers.

 

No. I think he's trying to say that buying the header/y-pipe combo worked out in the end because a month later, he was able to install the headers.

 

wat headers r we talking bout on ebay spyder, the speed daddy, obx details ppl?

 

ok, the reason the y pipe was installed first was time. when i had the time to spare i installed the headers. the brand im not quite sure of but i do have photos of them in my garage. the last sentence; its just a figure of speech butter is slippery and shoe horn help you fit in small places. sooo... if you have a civic you can put a 350 in it with enough butter and a big enough shoe horn.
oh and the y pipe had no leaks and performed well. but the headers were not just gonna sit in my apartment. they had to go in.

 

tuningpros, speeddaddy, etc. They all look the same.

 

Im guess the search is broken

 

I don't think the collectors of any of those headers are made right to incrrease performance they all seem to be polished up stock heaaders without pre cats but that's just my opinion.

 

for about the same price u can get the custommaxima headers and y pipe , at least you know there products been used before

 

Too bad the custom maxima ones are the same exact ebay ones just each company puts their own name on them.

 

+1

 

Just get a Warpspeed Y Pipe and call it a day. Spend $199 and know that it will fit right.

 

YUP

 

for an extra $40 something dollars why not spend the money & get the right product the 1st time???

super street has written so many articles on the horrors of buying no name ebay go fast parts!

 

Warpspeed or Cattman. Do it right the first time and never regret it.

 

what kind of hp gains are you looking at with headers + y pipe on these cars?

 

just installed the cattman headers, y-pipe and fastcat. Cattman claims he the only one that really makes headers for the maxima that just bolt up with no modification whatsoever. Whether its true or not is a matter of opinion. They are not cheap either $800 for a set. Cattman also claims 20HP gain from his headers. We'll let your own personal dyno test be the judge of that. I personal trust Cattman because he has been around awhile. I bought his catback exhaust 5 years ago and it still is going strong. Dont bother with his website...been out of date for about 10 years but give him a call...great guy to talk to and very knowledgeable with the maxima.

 

Depends on whether it's on a 4th, 5th, or 5.5 gen max. Gains will differ. And Cattman is currently the only brand with perfect fitment.

 

Cattman makes headers? I thought they only make ypipes and back to the muffler?

 

they sure do make headers and they look really nice now all bronzed up.

Check out my photo album with a photo of them installed.