FYI, I know a few folks have been pinging/asking questions for first hand experience with these headers. I finally pulled the trigger on a set after considering a purchase from another member here. I just couldn't pass up the price of $180 delivered to my door. Oh, then I applied the ebay coupon out there for this month and it turned into $160 delivered to my door.
But wait, there's more! I opened up the box to inspect everything. The header looked great. It mated up perfectly to a head sitting on the bench. I was just looking at the bolt spacing. I then compared it to one of the CI gaskets that I got from Matt and everything looked kosher there too.
Now, you might notice I said I used one of Mike's gaskets and not the supplied one that came with the header. Well, whoever packaged this thing wasn't very smart about how the gasket got put in there. It was all beat up, bent like crazy, and the layers were separating in multiple locations. Basically unusable. Two emails with the vendor later and I got a partial refund of $20. They were awesome about it and everything was done fast as can be.
For those of you doing the math at home, this is a stainless-steel header, delivered to my door for $180 - $20 - $20 = $140!!!!
I won't call this a success until I actually try to mount the thing in the vehicle and check for starter clearance, but right now I'm a pretty happy camper. I will keep ya'll informed. It's going to be awhile though until my exhaust system shows up. It's probably going to be another month at least until that happens.
myway, I still owe you a phone call about that rearend you called me about.
But wait, there's more! I opened up the box to inspect everything. The header looked great. It mated up perfectly to a head sitting on the bench. I was just looking at the bolt spacing. I then compared it to one of the CI gaskets that I got from Matt and everything looked kosher there too.
Now, you might notice I said I used one of Mike's gaskets and not the supplied one that came with the header. Well, whoever packaged this thing wasn't very smart about how the gasket got put in there. It was all beat up, bent like crazy, and the layers were separating in multiple locations. Basically unusable. Two emails with the vendor later and I got a partial refund of $20. They were awesome about it and everything was done fast as can be.
For those of you doing the math at home, this is a stainless-steel header, delivered to my door for $180 - $20 - $20 = $140!!!!
I won't call this a success until I actually try to mount the thing in the vehicle and check for starter clearance, but right now I'm a pretty happy camper. I will keep ya'll informed. It's going to be awhile though until my exhaust system shows up. It's probably going to be another month at least until that happens.
myway, I still owe you a phone call about that rearend you called me about.
