prelude_boy17

I got a 99 type SH with a greddy exhaust and an injen cold air intake, but the only thing missing is the header. I've been reading through the forums for awhile and its come to my attention that the DC sport 4-2-1 2 piece headers are garbage, along with many others ( i.e. megan) due to the lack of any power gains. The DC ones were the ones i actually thought about buying to tell the truth, but i dont know. anyone got any suggestions?

Storm_Rider

i find it odd that if you bee reading around and have correctly come to the conclusion that dc headers suck (varies) then you should have obviously read what header does not suck.

but anyways, before people start spouting names like smsp or rmf and such, people are going to ideally want to know what your plans are. what are your goals for the car. is it a daily driver, a weekend warrior, a track car, a dyno queen, blah blah. and especially your budget. headers can range from $100 up to $2000, knowing what you want out of this will help people recommend the right header to get, because a smsp does you no better than a dc header if you are just sticking to i/h/e. good headers require good tuning to get the gains they yield, a good tune is essential to really take advantage of all or any mods. intake and exhaust is just a small step, first step to me. after the header, then you have to think about either eliminating or un-restricting the catalytic converter next. then get a freer flowing intake manifold like the skunk2 or euro-r (which both has their own strengths) or do a port and polish on your stock one (waste on a stock intake mani imo)

now if you go the distance, an expensive header will be recommended to you. if you are just looking for a kick and some stuff to chit chat and brag about, a dc header (what are they? $100 to $200 used?) seems like your match. there's nothing wrong with a dc header, especially if you mod the collector. but by that same token, you can mod your stock header collector too. its already designed relatively well.

good luck, i'm curious to see what people will say because this thread topic has been beaten dead over and over. and over. and now again.

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prelude_boy17

i understand what your saying, however, no one gives a great explanation of what type of header is a good header. one the forums they just brag about the ones that sucks and give no definitive answer as to the ones that are really good, or decent. as for me, it'll be a daily. but, i do want to brag due to the fact that my friends have pretty decent cars. (i.e mustangs, eclpises, 1.8 sentra with a turbo kit decently tuned.) i'll go as far as turbo but i dont want to touch it as i'm naturally aspirated.

petern101

^you didn't read his post. You answered nothing about your desire for the car

People have different opinions on headers because they vary for different people.

Storm, I totally agree. It's just this topic gets asked so much that we cannot say all of that every single time. If you don't answer their question, they come back asking because they don't know what they want. They want people to spoon feed them information or else they would have already found it.

This guy even states he might turbo. Anyone who knows anything about turbos knows you basically ditch the NA header.

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