Worth the $800??

[SilverSophie]

I was looking around for a higher performance header set and came across the Skunk 2 Mega Power Header...FOR $800 :shock::shock:... DC headers i hear are great and they are like what $300?

Why on earth would these be 800? they made of gold?? :lol:

but seriously are these skunk 2 headers really that amazing? do they have THAT much of an increase in power? anyone used them?

 

[rockadilla]

the only reason the skunk2 header is better is because DC headers are known for cracking and the skunk2 one is made and welded a lot better. i believe on the website it explains that the skunk2 optimizes the performance of a fully built NA engine. but unless ur car is built, the difference in headers are almost nil, if u took a ride with each of them u probably wouldnt even notice any difference between the 2

 

[H8BOOST]

SKUNK2, BISIMOTO good stuff!.....DC I'm not a fan of.

 

[Cman46290]

i say that IDC how good of a header it is.... it aint worth $800.... are you kidding?

Find a good deal on a used one.. or get a lesser expensinve header~

The gains will not be worth the $800... no way

 

[Imcirrus3]

chuckles

 

[the4doorway]

i have a set of dc headers and i cant tell the difference between that and ebay headers besides the look in my opinion no header is worth more the $350

 

[mirrorimg]

When your motor is built up, this component can make a 15whp difference. Right now on your (probably) stock internal non-VTEC B18B1, it wont help much.

You guys are in a world of hurt if you ever go to try to get a custom header made. $800 will be the minimum you pay.

Look at the big header's (The real ones). Hytech, RMF Narrow, SMSP, etc (theres a header comparison thread floating around). They are all $600 plus header's. They all make gains over the JDM ITR replica 4-1 header's (Megan, DC style). Those low end header's hurt high performance builds.

 

[Samurai_Blue]

i think the skunk2 header is worth it if you track your car

 

[mohawk42s]

im running it w/ an almost fully build motor
i need another tune and cam gears but this is what i have so far on b18c1 w/ b16 jdm lsd trans

very happy with my purchase...

 

[mirrorimg]

im running it w/ an almost fully build motor
i need another tune and cam gears but this is what i have so far on b18c1 w/ b16 jdm lsd trans

very happy with my purchase...

What is fully built?

ITR pistons (or any other higher compression piston), larger cylinder bore, thinner headgasket/shaved head, flat faced valves, ported intake and exhaust ports, bigger cams? header? Cat? Exhaust? Needs more info than "fully build (*built*) with lsd trans"

 

[mohawk42s]

B18c1
b16a trans JDM w/LSD
Micro polished crank and hot tanked head and block
blueprinted block
Mahle 12.5/1 pistons
Crower econo rods
crower stage 2 cams
skunk2 intake manifold
AEBS throttle body 68mm
RC 550cc fuel injectors
ACT HDSS clutch
Fidanza flywheel
Skunk2 megapower 4-1 header
skunk2 megapower cat back 70mm
custom test pipe
Koyo radiator
Hondata s100
Injen SRI w/ K&N filter

ya know...ALMOST lol

 

[konerri]

piece together the internals of the engine first. Then pick a header.

 

[Cman46290]

When your motor is built up, this component can make a 15whp difference. Right now on your (probably) stock internal non-VTEC B18B1, it wont help much.You guys are in a world of hurt if you ever go to try to get a custom header made. $800 will be the minimum you pay.

Look at the big header's (The real ones). Hytech, RMF Narrow, SMSP, etc (theres a header comparison thread floating around). They are all $600 plus header's. They all make gains over the JDM ITR replica 4-1 header's (Megan, DC style). Those low end header's hurt high performance builds.

^^ That is what i was meaning.....

On an all stock motor... especially non-vtec.... the gains will not be worth purchasing an $800 header. I would hope anyone looking to do a decent build would EXPECT to pay that for a header.... but not on a DD with all stock internals and less than 150HP....

Thus why i purchased a cheapo header...cleaned up the engine bay a good bit... and got rid of my exhaust rattle at the A-pipe.... and gave a bit better sound. No SIGNIFICANT HP gains.

 

[JDMxDB8]

$800 is nothing compared to HyTech which is like around $1500. These expensive headers are worth the money if you have a properly built engine. And there is nothing wrong with DC Sports IMO. I had mine for 3 years without any problems.

 

[JackJack]

well im running on kiddracing hytech headers =] lol