New Tubular Header Opinions

[1fast97gsx]

One of my friend makes headers and manifolds for hondas, and he decided he would do mistus as well. Since I have a 2g mine became the prototype. I have some pics of the runners just tacked together to check everything for clearancing and fitment. Everything fits REALLY well and there are no problems with it hitting anything. It clears the power steering by about 3/4" and the upper radiator hose by 3/4" as well. The dipstick is about 3/4" away as well. Everything fits REALLY nice. He is hoping to finish it this weekend. It will be tig welded together and have a t3 flange .. however a mitsu flange will be optional. Mine is also being set up for an external wastegate.

sorry for all the pics ... just wanted to cover all the angles. I will post up finished pics asap. I might polish it as well .. not sure yet. What you guys think so far?

 

[1fast97gsx]

oh .. I measured thrugh the headlight openings .. it clears the hood by 1 - 1 1/2" at least as well.

 

[philipkrotch]

thats sick!!! how much would he be willing to charge. i want to buy one, . mine would be for a mitsu turbo, because i have a 1g, and an internal wastegate. let me know if hell be willing to do it. thanks man!

 

[BUCK]

Great pix! It's gonna give the Front side of the Valve Cover Gasket a helluva lotta heat...

 

[G_S_X]

so you are going to make a custom flange from those? Looks like a hard project to me

 

[TargeT]

what kind of gains do you expect from that set up?

 

[1fast97gsx]

There is a collector that gets welded to the 4 runners and the collector goes to the flange. The bottom of the flange would be about the same height as the stock manifold flange ... maybe a tad lower. The runners as they are now would have to extend about 3" down still to be at the same height as the stock manifold flange so we did account for that. The collector will be done this weekend and everything will hopefully be tig welded together tuesdayish .. so I'll be back on the street wednesday then. ( Still have to make my lower intercooler pipe but I want to wait till I know exactly how the turbo is going to sit. Oh well I've been down for 6 months now .. whats another few days . ) A nice thing about this manifold is you won't need a spacer plate for bigger turbos. As most of you know once you start going with huge turbos they will hit the block. As the manifold is right now the turbo would sit at about the stock location, however after the test fit we have decided to angle the collector just a tad away from the block to give is that extra 1" or so of clearance.


He is going to start making them for people and selling them once mine is fully done and tested. They will be internal wastegated standard, but external will be an option I believe. As far as price we have yet to decide, I'll see that it's a good price at least for all the tuners members. I'm honestly not really looking to gain more than a few horses ... it's mainly to help with spool up on bigger turbos and it just looks badass. I didn't wanna weld onto the stock cast manifold and it was slowly starting to crack over time anyways. I just got an awesome deal on this because it's the prototype so it was worth it for me to get this instead of another stocker. And it just looks badass so far. ( I'm sure it'll gain a little hp and torque .. but stock manifolds have run 10s all day long so it's not something that NEEDS to be upgraded for the average person ) As far as the heat, I might have it ceramic coated to give it a cleaner look and that's supposed to help with the heat issue as well. I don't think its going to cause too much of a heat problem as it is ... but I will let everyone know how it does as soon as I'm back on the road.

 

[95TalonTuner]

these dont give any hp, only aid in spool up.

 

[BoostinAWD]

Ooohhh me wants. Give to me

 

[1fast97gsx]

well it's still not done .. I'm getting really upset with the guy because I gave him the money 6 weeks ago yesterday. I get the same bs excuse all the time that its "almost done", but as soon as it's done I will post pics. This is all I need to finish off my car too :thumbdown .

 

[jake98gst]

That header is goddamn awesome. Please let us know when he gets done. How much was the prototype? And how much does he plan to charge for the piece that's going to be manufactured?

Jake

 

[1fast97gsx]

well I'm not supposed to say how much I paid for the prototype. He is planning on selling them for 400-500 I'm assuming. Either way he is pissing me off because it was supposed to be done a few weeks ago and it's still not done. I can't get a hold of him because his phone doesn't work either so all I can do is talk to him online and he isn't on much. It's been 6 weeks and it's still not done so I don't know what to think about it and him selling them to you guys right now ... :thumbdown

 

[1fast97gsx]

well turns out he blocked me on IM because I kept bothering him about it or for some other reason. ( It's been 6 weeks now though ... come on!!! ) He told another kid I know that he can't figure out how to finish it or something so I'm just going to pick up the pieces and leave it at that as far as this guy goes. Guess it's not going to be made for public since he's not even going to be finishing the prototype. I'm going to finish mine myself, and I will consider selling it or keeping it .. not sure yet. Anyways

 

[kpt4321]

That's a bummer, because that is a very good looking piece.

Excellent choice on the FMIC too, that is a great core.

 

[kpt4321]

these dont give any hp, only aid in spool up.

Not true at all. A good manifold will help with spool, response, and power.