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Old May 26, 2001 | 04:14 PM
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Edelbrock's headers suck!

I didn't cut anytime off my et with these headers. Both capped and un-capped. I am running drag radials so the 60 fts. are consistent! I was getting 1.9 60 foot times. Still running what I ran before. My friend put heddmans on his 87 formula and picked up 4 tenths! Looks like these will be going up for sale when the new motor is in!!! Sorry, just had to vent!

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Old May 26, 2001 | 10:44 PM
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what did you have on there before? Headers can't do much without a high-flo cat and a catback exhaust. Any way let me know the price when you want to sell them

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Old May 27, 2001 | 01:35 AM
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from a performance standpoint...yes they do!
from a every day dork stand point, they are much better than stock manifolds.
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Old May 27, 2001 | 02:01 AM
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I guess you havent been reading my posts. I mention how much Edelcrock's header suck in every other one on the Exhaust board.

Sorry to hear you got burned by them.


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Old May 27, 2001 | 10:02 AM
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Well I got them cheap so I went ahead and bought them. BTW, I am not running a cat, and have a Flowmaster 3" exhaust. Who knows, it just stumps me. They obviously are not better than the factory manifolds, because I was running these et's before the headers. I am going to do some more tuning and see what happens.

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Old May 27, 2001 | 12:32 PM
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You are right in that the Edelbrock Headers suck, but so does the Flowmaster....

I have both, and I picked up 30 rear wheel HP by uncapping my exhaust on the dyno.

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Old May 27, 2001 | 01:43 PM
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Yeah but you have aftermarket engine, with many aftermarket bolt ons. So it would probably help your motor out a lot more. As for mine I am running pretty much a stock motor. With the exception of the exhaust, headers, and free mods.

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Old May 27, 2001 | 02:01 PM
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Its not that hard to understand, if u modify the exhaust u have to modify the intake as well. When u modify your intake then the modifications of the header will pay a dividend. LIke a human being, Inhaling and Exhaling is very important to get your motor running.
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