Hedman Headers
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no experience w/ hedman - only use Doug Thorley products on my van. someone had a banks system completen FS - headers and catback for $350 - new. that's the only other brand i would personally consider.
just my 2 cents
neil
just my 2 cents
neil
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yeah, and on F series stuff there are a lot more options - i drive an E350 - heat/space/survivability all come into play. truck owners have few constraints. i kinda forgot what you drove when i posted. sorry.
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Thanks for the info. What did you run back of them. Did you get a Kit, or take it to a local exhaust shop?
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had my muffler dude do it. ran 3.5" pipe from the y-pipe to the cat. since my cat is single inlet/outlet we cut the cat back until we could weld a 3.5" inlet tube and a 3" outlet to it. then fitted a flowmaster the 3" out to factory tip location.
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I've searched Thorley for my Van, 80 460 and they show chrome and ceramic. The cheapest set is $700+? Am I missing something, I found Headmans for under $200, not ceramic of course but is there that big of a difference?
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i bought/installed my headers with 50k miles on the van, i have more than 250k now and never a problem with my thorleys. since i have not run anything else in the van but the stock manifolds i truly can't say these lasted when nobody else's would... but i am hard on my van. i have the manifolds off the van right now. they measure as flat across the flange as they did when i bought them - yes i am using the same head ruler as i did when i first checked them. my exhaust guy insisted on thorleys. i think it is less important when you are working with a truck where underhood temps are not an issue as with the van and i think you have even more latitude pre-EFI...
I WOULD DEFINATELY SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE CERAMIC COATING IN A VAN. caps on purpose - in fact i have wrapped my headers and fully accept their potential premature death. and the second they fail, i'll be on the phone ordering a replacement set of CERAMIC COATED thorley headers
also this topic popped up somewhere else, someone else had nice things to say about thorley products and he worked for hooker.
also, i was wrong, my system is 3.5" from the y-pipe thru the cat and then back from there to a 4" tip.
neil
I WOULD DEFINATELY SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE CERAMIC COATING IN A VAN. caps on purpose - in fact i have wrapped my headers and fully accept their potential premature death. and the second they fail, i'll be on the phone ordering a replacement set of CERAMIC COATED thorley headers
also this topic popped up somewhere else, someone else had nice things to say about thorley products and he worked for hooker.
also, i was wrong, my system is 3.5" from the y-pipe thru the cat and then back from there to a 4" tip.
neil
Last edited by neil 95 e350; Sep 21, 2008 at 01:09 AM. Reason: forgot
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