Pacesseter tubular manifold

[Race94]

Hey guys,
these sell for under $200 and they seem good. Has anyone tried it?
Any reviews?
I found some pictures but i can't seem to find it again, it fits mitsu turbo's.

Thanks

 

[rdrkt]

The best and brightest in the DSM community have said to run far away from this as fast as you can. That’s good enough for me.

 

[Defiant]

The Pacesetter stuff doesn't seem to hold up very well. I've not tried any DSM, but I did try one of their headers on my roadster- it blew out (pulled an assembly weld right out of the tube) in less than 2000 miles.

 

[supergoat]

I've been running a pacesetter cat-back for over 10,000 miles now. I also had about the same mileage on a Pacesetter header for my car as well before going turbo.

I've actually been very happy with Pacesetter. I also had their cat-back on my FC3S RX-7 and had no complaints.

 

[Race94]

ok thanks

 

[GRNDSM]

Originally posted by supergoat
I've been running a pacesetter cat-back for over 10,000 miles now. I also had about the same mileage on a Pacesetter header for my car as well before going turbo.

I've actually been very happy with Pacesetter. I also had their cat-back on my FC3S RX-7 and had no complaints.

Supergoat, you can not compare NT header to turbo header. Turbo cars run much higher EGTs and pressure in the header, so they are much tougher on the headers.

Having said that I am very interested in actual accounts from people who have actually used it... Most expert opinions have been based on initial inspection of this header and not actual experimentation... I have little doubt that this header will not last long on the street, but what about a race car? If it last me 1000 miles or about a year, I can life with that . But I would like to see if anyone dyno tested it.... Though I will not hold my breath.

Leon
RR

 

[workin_on_it]

well i also have an n/t and i also have a pacesetter header.
its wrapped and so far i havent had any complaints. bolted right up , did a little massaging with a die grinder and its going strong. had it about 10000 KM(im in canada). didn't make a huge gain but i did notice throughout the powerband.....bit easier to chirp between gears etc.
as for turbo application... i have no idea...sorry to whore up the thread

 

[swordfish]

Yeah they probably suck, but they are only $129.00. If you can weld, buy one, reweld it and have a cheap ass manifold that may last a while. If you are only looking for something as a crutch until bigger and better things, its cheaper than a 2G manifold.

jeff

 

[Scotty4G63]

My friend got a pacesetter header for dirt cheap so he put it on his old school Celica. It's completely rusted; hard to tell it apart from the stock manifold now... Also another friend of mine put a pacesetter cat-back on his Neon and the the welds on the hangers holding his muffler up broke off... I'd never buy pacesetter...