Are VQ35 Hotshot headers worth the $600 when doing a 3.5L swap into a 4th gen or are the gains minimal enough to use the 3.0L headers and save $600?

 

AFAIK, you might as well go with the 3.0 headers. The only thing worth money over that would be Cattman headers, since they're equal-length.

 

Hotshots > stock and worth the price.

I don't have them but have seen dynos where they are right on par with the Gen I/II Cattmans.

 

Yeah if you have the money I would get Hotshots. Easy to install with engine out. Cattman's are NOT that much better than HotShots.

 

If I ever swap a Vq35 my in my A32....I'll go hotshots...

 

I believe the Hotshots are equal length too.







Btw, I know I only needed the first pic, but they were just so nice I couldn't resist.

From thread: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=435912

 

To the OP, IMO Hotshots will be worth it.

 

Right then. I stand corrected.

EDIT: Wait a sec. Second pic posted by Puppetmaster: That doesn't look totally equal-length to me. The center runner is the shortest, followed by the left one, and the right one is the longest...

And Cattman's definitely look better...

 

Niether cattmans nor HS are exaclty equal length... But they're the closest to it.

 

Pic's of Cattmans?

I want spaghetti-long tube equal length headers..

 

 

Here ya go........

 

Like already posted, they are not perfectly equal length, but I think the point was just that the design is still better than the stock headers and Hotshots added to a 3.5 swap would be a good idea.

 

Cattman Gen IIs:

 

bought my hotshot headers for $550 shipped and i am satisfied. i just couldnt see myself spending $700 plus on cattmans. i rather take that oney and spend it on some other mods.

 

Yeah they look about THE SAME!

 

sorry to be a little ot here but can you order the top sections seperately from the rest of the Y? in either the hotshot or the cattman?

 

i highly doubt it that the actual manifolds are sold seperatly from the y-pipe. the part that concerns me is how much ground clearance there is between the loop in the y-pipe. so if i hit bottom out somewhere that part is the first to get damaged.

 

^^ I think I remember someone saying that the bottom-most part of the loop is no lower than the crossmember. Could be wrong though.

 

i will take a pic of how low my loop is. i believe it is lower then the cross-member

 

I got cattman's on my 3.5 swap. I actually got all kinda N/A mods with it. And not only I like the sound of it. The mechanics of the shop that I worked the engine with, they were all clapping and hollering about the outcome of the sounds. Of course, like every other 3.5 swaps, I ran into problems, too. But you can see the outcome of my setup at the following thread, and I did explain a little bit about the way it sounds in post #23. check it out...
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=485451

 

Not one problem for mine..

 

Ha! You're a lucky guy. I'm so envious of your success with the swap. I hope not to prowl too long with my swap.

 

I wasn't impressed by the Cattman Gen II fitment at all. Sounds like I'm going to go with Hotshots.

 

i didnt have any problems with the 3.5 swap at all either

 

I guess my bandwagoning was done without thorough research...LOL.

But, good job and congrats to all of you who's got it to work. I can't wait for mine to work out. Then I'll hit it up the dyno in October.

 

I have the 3.5L Hotshots on my 3.0, and some people say they don't fit..

I had my hotshots and cattman gen1 i believe, side by side, they are VERY similar, the biggest difference in that hotshots are 3 piece, and cattman is 4 piece. They are both made to be very close to equal length.

DO NOT use the supplied gaskets, go OEM on the exhaust manifolds and gasket before cat. I nuked the supplied gasket, and drove around sounding like a 5.0l mustang with open headers until i got the Oem and fixed the leak.

 

ground clearence with hotshot headers

 

will those hotshots fit on my 99 cali spec?