Headers
New User
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Colorado
headers
Go to summitracing.com.
I am looking at the new catalog and there are several applications.
Summit Truck headers....... $159
Dynomax........................ $105
Hedman......................... $139
Summit has great customer service and shipping. Good luck!
I am looking at the new catalog and there are several applications.
Summit Truck headers....... $159
Dynomax........................ $105
Hedman......................... $139
Summit has great customer service and shipping. Good luck!
Elder User
Joined: Mar 2000
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Your friend will much better off laying down the extra coin and getting some quality headers and gaskets. I've go the Ford racing stainless steel headers on my truck and they work fine. They cost more but they shouldn't wear out anytime soon.
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 6,214
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From: New Jersey
Nothing wrong with mild steel headers short term, but eventually they willl burn though as often they utilize thin-wall tubing so its easy to bend. The solution here is to coat the inside of the headers with something like Jet-Hot or equivilent, and they will last significantly longer.
But that adds to the cost, and you might as well buy stainless headers, which pretty much last forever.
If you want to go super cheap, pick up some 3/8" steel plate, use an exhaust gasket as a template, and cut out a header flange. Then buy scraps from your local midas/mineke as they often have exhaust tubes bent incorrect for pennies on the dollars. "Employee screwups" are cheap.
If you can cut and weld, a set of "employee screwup" homemade headers might cost you $75 to 100, and you can make them anyway you like to clear anything you want.
You can even by used headers off e-bay or sometimes you'll see headered cars/trucks in the junkyard. Got a set for my old 75 Dodge D200 that way, found a set of "B" block headers on a similar truck that was sitting on its roof. Was a PITA to get them off because the truck was upside down, but they cost me $25 for the set and only had very light surface rust.
Many, many options for the cheap in all of us. But if you want it to last, mild steel headers with coatings (on the inside) or stainless all the way.
But that adds to the cost, and you might as well buy stainless headers, which pretty much last forever.
If you want to go super cheap, pick up some 3/8" steel plate, use an exhaust gasket as a template, and cut out a header flange. Then buy scraps from your local midas/mineke as they often have exhaust tubes bent incorrect for pennies on the dollars. "Employee screwups" are cheap.
If you can cut and weld, a set of "employee screwup" homemade headers might cost you $75 to 100, and you can make them anyway you like to clear anything you want.
You can even by used headers off e-bay or sometimes you'll see headered cars/trucks in the junkyard. Got a set for my old 75 Dodge D200 that way, found a set of "B" block headers on a similar truck that was sitting on its roof. Was a PITA to get them off because the truck was upside down, but they cost me $25 for the set and only had very light surface rust.
Many, many options for the cheap in all of us. But if you want it to last, mild steel headers with coatings (on the inside) or stainless all the way.
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Postmaster
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,775
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From: Conway Arkansas
Hes seen the Summitbrand
he wants cheap....
Ive ran a set of cheap dynomax headers for years and had no problems
He dont care of they are long/short tube
just headers... better than the stock exhaust logs
as long as they fit
Was trying to find somin around 125 or so
he wants cheap....
Ive ran a set of cheap dynomax headers for years and had no problems
He dont care of they are long/short tube
just headers... better than the stock exhaust logs
as long as they fit
Was trying to find somin around 125 or so
