Incoloy 800.

 

Amen!

And yes, I heard the same, recently.

 

 

What frustrates me is how few genuine options for the 951 there are out there. SFR makes crap stuff nowadays, Lindsey went pear-shaped years ago, and anyone who might produce a decent product has what seems like a 10-year waiting list and crap customer service.

So kudos to those of you who put in the effort to try new products. It's times like this that give me a glimmer of hope and postpone my desire to just pony up for a car with a better aftermarket (kidding, but you know what I mean).

 

SRF makes "crap stuff"??? Tim may not be a board sponsor anymore, but I think I know him well enough that he would never skimp out on quality just to save a few bucks! Please elaborate on your claim.

 

So I asked Mike Lindsey about the factory headers and this is his comment:

"I believe there are 3 different materials used in the 951 header, the tubing is Inconel, the cast flanges are something else, same with the joint material where the tubes merge together."

Regards
Mike

And WTF is pear-shaped? The Lindsey brother have taken this car and provided many aftermaket solutions to many many problems related to these cars. As wall as SFR and Albert Broadfoot.
I'm going to stand by my comment that OBX is cheap! Your better off using used factory headers unless you want to buy a welder, kitty litter, lots of lead, and then the OBX headers so you can weld up there crapy welds an shove it into the kitty litter with your lead. Have fun with that.

 

Actually if you do a little research Lindsey is less about product development and more about product documenting and repackaging. If you catch my drift. What they offer is good and fills a need but lets not make them into something they are not.

 

Humboldtgrin - you are starting to look somewhat like a troll. I really hope that view is wrong. This is a great place to learn and share ideas. A great deal of knowledge and experience can be found here.

Lets keep the dialog civil and devoid of personal insults . Lets keep it on topic.

 

Headers are off no broken welds, no cracks. One less than perfectly sealed exhaust gasket. Overall, they held up really well for a sub $300 header.

 

This wouldn't be Akrapovic would they?

 

Thanks Justin. Seems like a pretty pleasant surprise, especially for 275 bucks!
I know the 930 guys have been running
OBX stuff for a long time.
Maybe they are on to something?

 

FWIW, I just got an OBX 4-1 merge collector that I will be using for my exhaust build. It's 321 stainless, with 1.9" OD inlets and 2.5" V-band outlet. Nice looking unit. We'll see how this thing holds up.

 

JustinL, were the welds reinforced before you ran the manifold? Or is it straight out of the box?

 

Straight out of the box, same as mine. The only difference was usage. During the time we both had them installed my car saw heavy track usage and Justin's saw street usage as he had bought a dedicated 944 race car.

 

Yup as Chrenan said, straight out of the box. I did a few track events over the first couple years with these headers and probably one a year for the last 2 combined with fairly frequent street driving (at least once a week).