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Recently diagnosed an apparent exhaust leak, and it turns out there's a fairly large crack in the 1-4 exhaust manifold. Stainless replacements are hard to find, and I didn't like the idea of backdating to the cast iron version. Then I spotted a local Craigslist ad for misc 944 parts.
There was a picture in the ad for some kind of aftermarket headers, and I'm pretty sure they're Bursch. Called the guy up and he wasn't sure, but the asking price is pretty reasonable. I'm picking them up this weekend.
Does anybody have any experience with these with the stock catback? How's the noise level? Build quality? I'm not expecting much in the way of performance gains, especially since my intake and the rest of the exhaust are all stock (for now, at least). Also, I have a spare roll of exhaust wrap. Would it be at all beneficial to wrap the headers? Or would that only make them more prone to cracking?
Previous pages in that thread document my Adventures In Exhaust. Here, Here, Here and Here.
I think they sound like poo, even after repairing them, but I've also been told, "that's what 944's sound like." As long as they're in one piece, I'm not going to complain. It's a track car.
Also, don't use caliper paint on your headers. It'll burn right off. :-)
Last edited by CrookedRacer; 11-15-2016 at 05:29 PM.
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I'd like to get a set of those (like the ones I sold last year ) but modify so that they stay as 2 collector pipes rather than merging into a single to fit the stock system.
So to give you my overall impression of the headers, though, I don't know how much they're asking but I wouldn't pay a lot for a questionable set of these headers. They'll last you maybe a couple years if you're lucky, and you'll have to fix them.
I don't know how old mine are but they came with the car, they looked like your picture, and they probably already had weak points, if not holes.
If you're taking off that test pipe and using your OEM cat + resonator, it might actually sound a lot better than mine does.
So if you can get them for cheap, and you're handy with a welder or you know someone who can weld thin wall tubing, then it might be worth it.
So to give you my overall impression of the headers, though, I don't know how much they're asking but I wouldn't pay a lot for a questionable set of these headers. They'll last you maybe a couple years if you're lucky, and you'll have to fix them.
I don't know how old mine are but they came with the car, they looked like your picture, and they probably already had weak points, if not holes.
If you're taking off that test pipe and using your OEM cat + resonator, it might actually sound a lot better than mine does.
So if you can get them for cheap, and you're handy with a welder or you know someone who can weld thin wall tubing, then it might be worth it.
He's only asking $75. For that price, I'll take a gamble. We don't see a whole lot of rust up here in the PNW, so assuming the donor car has lived most of its life in the region, I'm not too concerned. I'm not a welder myself, but I have a coworker who used to be a professional. I'm sure I could get him to do some freelance work for me if necessary.
I think I will stick with the OEM cat/resonator, assuming the cat isn't too clogged. Thanks for the tip.
11-15-2016, 01:23 PM
Bursch Headers
) but modify so that they stay as 2 collector pipes rather than merging into a single to fit the stock system.