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mickey

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i look up ebay but most of them is only for 4g63 and that get me mad because i cant find the header to buy for my 420a. i want to find good price and great header but cant find one yet. if you have one or know of one, please let me know.
 
thank and most likely im thinking about buying this 4-2-1. they all not even name brand but i guess i still get some power from this.

What do you mean by name brand. Are you looking for greddy, hks and brands like that? With those brands you pay for the name. Megan racing is as good or better in most cases.
 
What do you mean by name brand. Are you looking for greddy, hks and brands like that? With those brands you pay for the name. Megan racing is as good or better in most cases.

True but even if i buy any name brand (not top one), i bet it doesn't make any different.
 
I would do a search here on tuners for brands/quality. I don't think it's as big a deal as turbo setups though, but I'm not N/A so haven't done the research.

With a turbo setup the header has to support a lot of weight and with the combination of weight and high heat from a turbo application they easily crack on crappy headers. So N/A being not near as much heat and weight you might get away with cheaper headers, but like I said I'm not real sure past that :)
 
What do you mean by name brand. Are you looking for greddy, hks and brands like that? With those brands you pay for the name. Megan racing is as good or better in most cases.

"Good" as in it will make roughly the same amount of power for the 5000 miles before it cracks? "Better" as in you don't have to save up for it, you can afford to pay $150 for it right now? How would a product that is a stolen, reverse engineered copy of the original, produced using inferior materials and unskilled labor be better? Please explain and link to these dyno tests proving power gains from switching to Megan products. Is this kind of like how all Intercoolers are the same because you had one bad experience with a BS overpriced nutswinger core from a BS overpriced nutswinger vendor who's cores just plain suck, and a cheaper one worked decently for your moderate power levels?
 
I would do a search here on tuners for brands/quality. I don't think it's as big a deal as turbo setups though, but I'm not N/A so haven't done the research.

With a turbo setup the header has to support a lot of weight and with the combination of weight and high heat from a turbo application they easily crack on crappy headers. So N/A being not near as much heat and weight you might get away with cheaper headers, but like I said I'm not real sure past that :)

It not even that. Dont try make it sound like my car anit fast. I have two 420a motor. One motor is gonna be my DD and it will have some somewhat power. after that, I will start my second 420a motor as a turbo motor.
 
"Good" as in it will make roughly the same amount of power for the 5000 miles before it cracks? "Better" as in you don't have to save up for it, you can afford to pay $150 for it right now? Is this kind of like how all Intercoolers are the same because you had one bad experience with a BS overpriced nutswinger core from a BS overpriced nutswinger vendor who's cores just plain suck, and a cheaper one worked decently for your moderate power levels?

First off, the megan header is a good quality part. Second it is well known that some parts from supposed high end vendors are as shitty as some of the lower end product. 3rd you have no idea of the setup i was running thru the intercooler, or what other intercoolers i have installed on the many many cars i have worked on in my 15 years working on these cars. That was just one example. Thanks for trying to talk trash though.
 
First off, the megan header is a good quality part. Second it is well known that some parts from supposed high end vendors are as shitty as some of the lower end product. 3rd you have no idea of the setup i was running thru the intercooler, or what other intercoolers i have installed on the many many cars i have worked on in my 15 years working on these cars. That was just one example. Thanks for trying to talk trash though.

^ that my buddy
 
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It not even that. Dont try make it sound like my car anit fast. I have two 420a motor. One motor is gonna be my DD and it will have some somewhat power. after that, I will start my second 420a motor as a turbo motor.

Lol reminds me of how much ass my N/A 420a hauled:rolleyes:
 
i look up ebay but most of them is only for 4g63 and that get me mad because i cant find the header to buy for my 420a. i want to find good price and great header but cant find one yet. if you have one or know of one, please let me know.

I have a used 4-1 header and downpipe from when I was N/A If you want it ill let it go for pretty cheap.
 
thank and most likely im thinking about buying this 4-2-1. they all not even name brand but i guess i still get some power from this.

just so you know, the header pictured in the link with the name 4-2-1 header, that's still a 4-1 header.
a 4-2-1 header was four pipes that merge into 2 pipes, go for awhile, then merge into one pipe. that picture is 4 pipes that merge into one pipe.

just fyi.
 
"Good" as in it will make roughly the same amount of power for the 5000 miles before it cracks? "Better" as in you don't have to save up for it, you can afford to pay $150 for it right now? How would a product that is a stolen, reverse engineered copy of the original, produced using inferior materials and unskilled labor be better? Please explain and link to these dyno tests proving power gains from switching to Megan products. Is this kind of like how all Intercoolers are the same because you had one bad experience with a BS overpriced nutswinger core from a BS overpriced nutswinger vendor who's cores just plain suck, and a cheaper one worked decently for your moderate power levels?

Well i dont know of any megan headers dyno but this $400 Greddy Header only picked up a measly .0.4hp and 2tq so those reverse engineered products don't have much competition to be "better " LOL:
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS - Power Pages - Import Tuner magazine


And to the OP you can try this second link for further potential progress as the dyno showed a increase of 5hp from cam gears and 2hp for a tune up. Check others profile for further build information. Good luck:

1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS - Power Pages - Import Tuner Magazine
 
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