Summit racing
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Summit racing
I have a thread going in the f150 forum, but i don't seem to be getting many responses.
Whats is everyone's experience with summit? Good service? good prices? What about their product, good quality? The reason i'm curious is because their headers are significantly cheaper than the other brands and i'm wondering if I'm going to be making a mistake by taking the cheap way out on my 5.4.
I don't see what could be that different unless there is a bad weld on the header, or something doesn't line up.
anyway, thanks for any opinions, advice, etc.
Paul
Whats is everyone's experience with summit? Good service? good prices? What about their product, good quality? The reason i'm curious is because their headers are significantly cheaper than the other brands and i'm wondering if I'm going to be making a mistake by taking the cheap way out on my 5.4.
I don't see what could be that different unless there is a bad weld on the header, or something doesn't line up.
anyway, thanks for any opinions, advice, etc.
Paul
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I've ordered a few items from them, but the items were nothing special, meaning just things like an an engine lifting plate that attaches to the mounting surface of the intake manifold. Stuff like that.
A friend of mind orders from both Summit and Jegs for his race car.
He seems to like them both.
A friend of mind orders from both Summit and Jegs for his race car.
He seems to like them both.
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Summit generally makes their headers from 16ga metal (maybe 18ga) it's thinner then the hedman stuff hence more prone to cracking. They carry a good selection, but i don't really like the customer service people, they're kinda mean.
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I actually had summit headers on my 94 F150 5.8. They were really made by Holley. The paint burns right off, so that look like crap really quick. Other than that they were great.
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Summit is great. i have had nothing but great experiences with them. Tech support is top notch, the people I have talked to didnt mind answering even the dumbest of questions and one person even helped me trace down a vacuum leak and told me a part # so I could go to advance and get parts.
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Originally Posted by JoeBlow
Summit is great. i have had nothing but great experiences with them. Tech support is top notch, the people I have talked to didnt mind answering even the dumbest of questions and one person even helped me trace down a vacuum leak and told me a part # so I could go to advance and get parts.
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Terran, C/S rep may have had a bad day when you called.
Happens.
Or maybe you got a someone who no longer works there.
Happens.
Or maybe you got a someone who no longer works there.
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Originally Posted by sierraben
Terran, C/S rep may have had a bad day when you called.
Happens.
Or maybe you got a someone who no longer works there.
Happens.
Or maybe you got a someone who no longer works there.
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Originally Posted by BLK94F150
I actually had summit headers on my 94 F150 5.8. They were really made by Holley. The paint burns right off, so that look like crap really quick. Other than that they were great.
Mike
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I've had nothing but good experiences with Summit, especially their shipping. Free shipping, and if they sent it any quicker it'd be on my front steps before I ordered it. I bought a set of rear springs for one of my trucks, they were here in a day, for free. Not bad for a long piece of steel that weighs 80+ pounds
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So what you guys are saying is buy from them, but buy a different brand? What if i just painted the 'cheapo' headers with that high temp paint?
Or some type of anti-rust paint if they make that
Or some type of anti-rust paint if they make that