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Old 07-17-2005 | 07:47 PM
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http://e-partssales.com/Merchant2/me...tegory_Code=WS

also - anyone know how long to fit them? and approx cost?

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Old 07-17-2005 | 08:14 PM
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Honestly I think thats alot of power gains for headers. I have seen to many claims on bolt on power gains. I have an 04 C2, and a good friend has an 02 C2 with headers, well we play around all the time on the street before the headers I was faster, now with the headers i am even faster...leave it stock , or do real mods. Don't get me wrong the headers might be a good place to start, but you can not stop there. Think of the x51 package from Porsche all those parts and they only gained 20 to 25 HP......If you can spend the $$ superchargers are what give you the power increases....Good luck and let us know how it turns up
Old 07-17-2005 | 11:42 PM
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12.5 hp for 1295 not bad if it's true!
Old 07-18-2005 | 09:43 AM
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Your car already has headers, stock'.Headers' is simply a term applied/misapplied to having individual exhaust collectors for each cylinder, as opposed to an old fashioned exhaust manifold that has one large common collection chamber for all cylinders. Changing tube length or collector size will only yield minimal gains in top end HP, and lose some on the bottom end.



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