Anyone put headers on their truck?JBA offer some for $899 which gets you 19-22HP.There has to be someone out there that can give you more bang for the buck

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Do a search on headers. You'll find that no ones making any more power w/headers. Some have made claims as to making more power w/long tube headers, but no one that has installed them is making any claims w/short tubes.

 

I have the JBA Headers on mine and they are a nice looking header but there was no gain to be found at the track!

Matt

 

I've got Bassani Headers on mine, and not really a lot of gain in HP. But as already stated they look good and changes the sound (tone) of the exhaust, which is my reason for putting them on. I like the sound (tone).

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I'm running JBA on my 00. Makes the truck sound good. There might be a small performance improvement in there somewhere but you will need a sensitive seat-o-the-pants meter to detect it. If you do them do it for the sound just don't expect to see much on the HP side. JMHO.

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Rick

White 00 #2236 of 4966

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I would wait for long tube headers(equal length) personaly. I belive there are some already out now that I think about it.

 

That may be what he is referring to, because the short tube JBAs like I have on my truck don't cost anywhere near $900. The headers look nice, but the supplied hardware is pretty low quality.

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the old header ? again. steve at Custom Fabricated Headers (313-537-4456) makes an awesome set of long tube headers. and for a $100 more than those JBA's you get a fire cone and marmon clamps. here are a couple pics of mine that i had ceramic coated after i received them.

and these are the quality shots of his craftmanship

the collector


the marmon clamps, these are pretty much a no leak system.

 

nytling92, do you have any photos with these long tube headers installed? What did you do about Cats?

 

no, my headers are going in a 92 f-150 and i haven't put the motor in yet. BaBolt did the R&D work to get these produced and he has them on his truck, i think he did away with the cats. sorry i couldn't help on that.