<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by doc2be:
I have the spoon header from Billy. I used to think that our primary manifold was good enough, but after I took it off of the car and compared it to the spoon piece there were some big differences. First of all, the stock manifold's bends and merges were very harsh and abrupt, while the spoon is definitely much more gentle and smooth. Even though, the stock manifold’s welds and bends looks good and clean on the outside, it looked totally different on the inside. The inside welding edge was very rough and there was a dramatic reduction in size of tubing space right after the flange (and it was even more cramped at the bends). The spoon piece was much smoother, and the space was much bigger and consistent all the way to the down pipe. The stock down pipe does not look nearly as restrictive as the stock primaries, and I guess that’s why spoon doesn’t make a down pipe for our application. I don’t understand it and that’s why I am still looking to have a custom down pipe made. The fit and finish of the spoon piece is perfect, although some people complain about the dull finish, my has a shiny golden appearance, much like my mugen exhaust. As far as performance is concerned I felt some pretty good gains around the mid rpm region, but I don’t have solid proof such as an before and after dyno. I wanted to get the mugen manifold originally, but I am definitely satisfied with the spoon header.</font>
