hks exhaust+??(header)??

[Luis240]

Hi, I wanted to know if your running the hks high power exhaust, what Header are you guys using with it??

Because I'm about to buy the hks exhaust off of this guy,and my car came with ebay header. so i wanted to know what you guys are using.

thanks

[simmode1]

Don't worry about a new header unless yours is janky. If so, just put a stock exhaust manifold and downpip back on and then save your money for a turbo project or an engine swap.

Headers don't do anything on a KA except move your powerband around.

[WI_240sx]

DC sports headers are really nice for NA applications

[Luis240]

thanks you guys,so i would be alright with ebay header?

[WI_240sx]

yeah, until it starts cracking around the weld seams.

[simmode1]

thanks you guys,so i would be alright with ebay header?

Many (myself included ) run them for years with no real problems at all except for some possible fitment issues. If the header is already on the car, no biggie.

The point is that a KA header isn't something that you should aspire to get. It's something that you waste your money on because you didn't know better.

[Tsukiko]

true.

mine does sound rather nice though.

[WI_240sx]

true statement. its more for flash under the hood than performance

[simmode1]

true.

mine does sound rather nice though.

Yeah... I get the WRX comparison alot. Sounds like it's running on 3 cylinders to me though...

[WI_240sx]

I got that a lot too when my car ran. I suppose it matters on the diameter of the exhaust and what kind of tip you got. straight pipes make it REALLY sound like a Subaru. Except 240s tend to shoot flames when you let off the gas with straight pipes..

[JoseBronx]

are headers found in a junk yard any good? anything I would have to look out for?

The previous owner did some ghetto setup so the O2 sensor doesnt fit and that might be why my car is having so much problem

sorry to hijack the thread lol

[simmode1]

I got that a lot too when my car ran. I suppose it matters on the diameter of the exhaust and what kind of tip you got. straight pipes make it REALLY sound like a Subaru. Except 240s tend to shoot flames when you let off the gas with straight pipes..

I rock the CS exhaust... 3 inch diameter, resonated w/ dual tips. Nice & deep while still being quiet and discreet.

are headers found in a junk yard any good? anything I would have to look out for?

The previous owner did some ghetto setup so the O2 sensor doesnt fit and that might be why my car is having so much problem

sorry to hijack the thread lol

OEM exhaust manifolds should be fine... but you gotta inspect them yourself. You never know.

If I saw an aftermarket header at the junkyard, I'd leave that chit there. It's junk and thats where it belongs.

[Luis240]

yeah i was thinking of going back to stock exhaust manifold because i read on here that aftermarket are more show than performance,

hopefully if i do get the exhaust it sounds good with the header

[Luis240]

bro are you serious about the flames??

[simmode1]

Lol... even with a header, egr delete, hollowed out cat and a 3 inch exhaust, the only thing my car spits is black soot...

Imma gross polluter

[WI_240sx]

yeah. I know 4 people in town with 240s, 3 of them shoot little baby flames when you let off the throttle and the other has a stock exhaust, so idk. but yeah, im serious about the flames!

[adrianfromthecastle]

if you don't have a turbo and you're shooting flames out your exhaust... you have a problem. thats NOT a good thing.

lol

[Luis240]

who's 240's are they??

because i only know of you,mike,shunrey,and this kid moses

[WI_240sx]

mikes 240 never shot flames. shunrae's does shoot flames.. and my friend dave who crashed his shot flames.. and mine shot flames... and my entire engine bay(has not effected the engine what so ever) started on fire once, but we wont get into that.. lol

[Luis240]

that's crazy..lol. i didn't know shunrae's did tho,i was with him and mike at 100 about 2 weeks ago,if i would of know i would of asked to see..lol

[s13beast]

I have a pace setter header with a hks hi-power. sounds like garbage. WAY to loud and raspy.

[Tsukiko]

missing? nah. I never got that impression from my header. Just a deeper tone, and a bit more of a lumpy cam sound if you reeeeeeally listen, but not as though its misfiring. I've heard subies with exhaust work in person a couple times, and the cam/unequal length header sound was much more prominent.

although, maybe the idle is a bit off cause i need a new O2 sensor. ha.

also, not a BIT of rasp. just deep and mellow. really nice compressed low end sound when you let off the gas while in gear. A bit more mid-rangey when giving it the beans.