I just want to know who will be interested in a GD on Headers. I already seen them advertised for $499.99 from OBX R. They will be a great add on to our Cars. I will be calling One of the guys I know from their to see if we can get a GD on them. Hopefully the headers will be a 3 pc thing all the way to the cat, so buying a y pipe will be no more. well if you guys want this I will get the ball moving on Monday, it all depends on how many responds I get from this thread. Post your thoughts and coments.

 

I'm very interested if they arnt too expensive. Keep us posted.

 

What kind of gains would we expect from the headers? How much more hps would we gain over the y-pipes?

 

I seem to recall someone on the org doing a test and not seeing any gains from headers...

 

it was Emax95 when he had his i30. i think he dyno'd 2 HP with the headers.

 

2hp for $500... hmm

 

Well the horse power gain is 12-14 hp. But you also have to remember that it will probably the whole set up all the way to the cat, meaning that you wont have to buy a Y pipe for it. Personaly I will rather buy the headers than just buying a Y pipe, it will also look alot cleener looking. They come in stainless steel or ceramic coated finish. Another thing you have to remember that the factory ones on our car are rusty looking and may have to replace them soon or in a couple of years. You will have to also remember that thir is not alot of products out their for our car, and they are probably trying to expand on products for our cars but if thy dont see a market out their for it then why try. Me I will get the headers I think that it is cool thet people are starting to come around and seeing that Hondas aint the only sporty car out their.

 

Never viewed honda as a sporty car...lol

 

if the price got under 300 then im in but its not worth it if its more.

 

good thing i can get OBX at cost

Ant

 

I thought Emax95 just had his manifolds hogged out to make them bigger inside. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

as far as i know you are wrong. i'm not sure about the brand of headers that he ordered but i do know that he ordered them from some place in new zealand.

 

Don did that, Emax got headers from NZ.

 

12-14 is only slightly more than with a Y-Pipe. But it will look better. I just wish somebody other than OBX made it. K-Mart brand of the import world basically.

 

from what i hear these things are garbage if u wanna pay 500 bucks so you can have shiny stainless steel for 2 HP then go ahead, WHAT A WASTE

 

I talked to someone at Obx R and they said that the header wont be out for another month or so. Hear are the spec on it it will be a 3 piece deal all the way to the cat, they also carry ceramic coated finish as well at a lower price than the stainless. They gave me the group deal but I will have to wait till they are comeplete if any one is interested email me and I will keep you posted.

 

the 2 hp gain people are talking about was with some new zealand header emax tested. mind you, unless obx decided to buy the exact same thing, it will be a different design and could most easily produce more power. another thing forgotten is that the horsepower was on top of the y-pipe being on. i'd recommend getting headers to anyone without a y-pipe. if you already have one, it's definitely more up to whether the smaller gains and looks are worth it. btw, the other no gain "headers" are what don did. it was nothing but doing work to the stock exhaust manifold... now, how about the new prices?

 

The prices are for those who are interested only. Since this product are still in the work, they do not want me to advertise the discounted price before they come out. I got a email from one of the org menber and they asked if the header comes with the Y pipe then all I will need is a cat back to complet the entire exhaust right? the answer to that is yes and no, to comple the whole exhaust you will need a high flow cat or a strait pipe but other than that yes a cat back is all you will need to complet the exhaust system. Like jdm said this mod is for people who do not have a Y pipe, if some one has a Y pipe then you will have to take the y pipe off to put the headers in. The headers will fit the following years as follow 95-97, 98-99,00-01 Maxima. I dont know if they will make one for 02-03 since stillen are making their own headers for the Max and Altima.

 

Umm, the factory manifolds will most likely out last even the stainless headers. Where the hell did you hear that they will have to be replaced "in a couple years"? Dont pull facts out of your *** to help sell your product.

 

So if this kit is for stock Y pipe owners, and it gains 12-14 hp... It makes sense that the Y pipe gives the same hp gains. So if you already have a Y pipe the gains would be nill. Thanks for the info... it makes perfect sense now.

 

like i said before GARBAGE, people don't waste your money, obx makes crap rice boy parts anyway

 

If the product is garbage then why do they give a lifetime warranty on them. Also they dont just cary rice parts they serve all imports and domestic cars as well. And the part about replacing the exhaust manifold soon I ment it because my manifold is cracked and the muffler shop told me it is caused by the amount of millage and how old the car is. I guess he was wrong, but I still need to replace it and dont want to pay $500 + for it. And if they offer life time on it then they won me over.

 

im still down for the header y-pipe combo. let me know when its ready. im in

 

Try getting them to honor that warranty. They'll claim abuse/neglect/user error/not their fault. I can sell you something and claim a lifetime warranty on it too, but all I have to do is inspect the part and say that it's not covered and I don't have to honor it. I know some people with OBX parts that had problems and that's what they were told.

Plus it's OBX, they make - headers, intakes, exhausts, taillights, headlights, clear corners, m3 mirrors, pedals, ebrake handles, shift *****, and the list goes on. Does it seem like they've focused on what they're good at? Or does it seem like they just have huge buy ins on the parts and get them relabeled as OBX. Their parts look the exact same as Maxspeed, Tenzo, APC, Niken, AC Autotechnic, and so on. All made in the same factory in Asia...

If their header even makes as much hp as the Y-pipe, I'd be surprised. This is the same company that claims 15-20 hp on an Accord with their intake/exhaust combo.

 

Cracked and rusted are two different things
And cracked manifolds arnt a common problem either.
What I meant was, they may get surface rust and look unappealing, but they will NEVER rust through. Just so you dont get people scared and think that they NEED to buy a set of headers.

 

I wonder how it would sound compared to aftermarket ypipes...

 

while i can see both arguments, i think we should probably wait and see what their quality is. i see where the guys trashing on obx are coming from, but who knows. maybe they make a good header. dc sports makes a lot of different stuff ranging from performance to cosmetics and such, and it just so happens their header is one of the highest rated for the honda b-series. granted, it's another company, but i'll hold off trashing on the headers for our car till i see what they do on a dyno. quality companies like hks make products for our car, but they're not necessarily good either. anyhoo, i think i'll wait and see how they do...

 

JDM4LIFE does have a good point, what we should do is get a volunteer that has no mods on the car at all run a dino like that and a db test as well. Do 1 dino run and db test with just the Y pipe, then do 1 with the headers and see wich one comes on top. I could talk to one of the guys from Obx R to see what the life time warrenty covers. But we will need a person with a Y pipe who is willing to let us borrow it. I will also need to find out were is their a dino in CT.