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Originally Posted by SVTSnake
No reshaping of the oil dipstick tube was necessary. Only had to loosen the bolt that holds the tube to the block, install the header, then retighten! On my 95 and 99 Cobra, I had to reshape the dipstick tube after the headers were installed...
ORANGE WHIP:
Sorry you don't feel that headers do any justice... However, for those that go to the tracks, and who occasionally race there Mustangs for what they were meant for (ie: sports cars), headers are great! I can guarantee you that my car pulls harder than before, and that is BEFORE my tune next week! Like Angus said, peak numbers don't mean sqwat, except for that, a number! You have to look throughout the curve to really see your improvements. My car dyno'ed stock at around 262HP. After a simple EFI dyno tune, it was up to 278HP, BUT I gained almost 30HP throughout the curve. Could I feel it? H*** YEAH!
Was it worth my time this weekend? You betcha! Not to mention I enjoy working on the car. Big deal, it took a little while to do. You in a hurry to get somewhere? Don't get caught up in peak #'s...
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Oh i wouldnt go that far to say that. I just cant justifie the time and money for the little horse that headers give up these days. Esp for the average street mach dirver. I can understand people that use headers when you are drag racing for living but not for an average daily driver. I can see mid pipe and cat backs replacments becuase they do give up horse and torque and they are relatively easy upgrades. Most of the restrictions are further downstream with cats, pipe size, and restrictive mufflers. Its more important to remove those restrictions than some minor curve imperfections within the exhaust manifold. Dont get me wrong, i think headers help but not to the extent that some people think at low end rpm. Which doesnt help the average daily driver. yeah the headers work better at higher rpm than lower, but again how offten is a guy doing to be driving his mach at 6800 rpm? And if you like spending 12 hours of your day replacing manifolds for headers... more power to you.