unsure here. someone mentiond that 2.5" down tubes are unnessisary since a single 3" exhaust flows less then two 2.25". some of u might say the edelbrocks are junk, but i know of two peopl with em that have great luck with em. id buy mine ceramic coated from jet hot. should i save some bux and just get the edelbrocks?

 

i just added edelbrocks on 91 Z28 L98 and man i love them i think there worth it , imo. Some ppl on this site are dumb lol... They prob never even installed edelbrocks on there car

 

You don't have to install edelbrocks to know that they are inferior. Just looks at the designs and compare the 2. Tube size aside, the hookers don't narrow down like the edelbrocks do. They're basically pinched together to meet the collector and the "Y" portion of the y pipe, unlike the hooker's smooth transitions and superior overall design. I don't doubt that you recieved a nice gain from the edelbrocks though, as almost anything is better than the stock manifolds, but if you are going to do it, do it right and go with something with a better design such as the hooker 2055's or SLP headers.

 

Edelbrock products are not a big favorite on this board.

 

I would go with the Hooker 2055's. I have the Edelbrocks and they are working great for me. But I got them used and cheap so thats why I went with them . If I had the money I would have went the 2055's because like others said they have a better design.

 

yeah the 2055s seem like the best choice. now just to decide if i should order them from jet-hot or right from hooker. its too bad that people are having so many problems with ACS, i dont want to deal with that, plus i worry that a small company that hasnt been around a while might go out of busines making the waranty useless. leaning towards jet-hot right now

 

i got hooker 2055's from summit and then got them coated.

360 out of summit and 140 coated from jet hot with thirdgen.org member discount. LOL

Great product and smooth curves all over. fits well

Only problem is header collector hole is really small. like 2 inches diameter if that. Can open it up more by grinding out the material. think it can be opened to 2.25 inches or so and still seal correctly. not sure the gains to this. I havent done it so its just out of the box header. LOL power gains was good as is and sound improvement was awesome. LOL

Seen edelbrocks on other thirdgens and didnt like them as much based on appearance, and fitment. Looked pretty tight, alot tighter than my hookers.

 

wow, that saved u a lot of money then! they quoted me 680 shipped. maybe ill go the route u did and weld up the A I R tube holes myself, then send it to jet-hot.

yeah i heard about the collector problem. i have some real nice carbide porting burrs that id use to open that thing up as much as possible. i bet u can get it up to 2.5" dia safely.

 

Dude thats a no brainer lol With all the problems people have been having with ACS lately I would stay away from them for now. Jet Hot has been around and is a reputable company.

 

I got my hooker headers from acs and love them they did everything i wanted them to do. welded up the air and coated the headers. spend the extra money and go with the coated hooker 2055s they are a superior design to the edelbrocks

 

Some people on this site are dumb, they've installed edelbrock headers, and then say they love them

 

AMEN! To that !!! jet hot is where I would put my business!

 

LOL no i was just saying ppl on this site always put down edelbrock headers, and they prob never installed em on there 3rd gen in the 1st place...

 

I opened up my collectors on my 2055's and there has to be noticeable increase in power/flow. I wish i had money and time and a free dyno, i would of dynoed it before hand, and then modded the collectors and dynoed again but.. no beans :P still gotta get it dynoed period.. saving up now

 

And some of us have been smart enough not to install them on our own 3rd gen, some have also had the misfortune of installing them on other peoples thirdgens, they're crap.

 

ummm theyre are not crap, Actually they were very easy to install ( besides some bolts on the passenger side) I didnt need to remove the steerin shaft or nothin, took like lil over 7 hours. They sound really nice and give it that deep tone.. Also i can tell lil better performance also. L98 loves that kinda stuff

NUFF SAID

 

Based on how long it took you to install headers, and the times in your sig, I do not think you need to be telling ANYONE what headers are best.


-- Joe

 

Swing by my shop this week and I'll show you my hedman setup.
Stay away from TES. Junk.

-- Joe

 

Actually if you read he is not telling anyone what headers are the best. He is just giving his opinion on his Edelbrocks So I guess it would have been beter if we both stayed with the stock manifolds instead of upgrading to the "crap" Edelbrocks

 

It would be better if you had bought hooker or hedman, or even SLP.

After I made the posted I looked at his profile, and noticed he was born in 1987. I figure, he just hasn't had much experience building motors and fast cars. In a few years I think he will realize what we're getting at.

-- Joe

 

Joe is right, stick to hooker slp and hedman, i've seen all 3, hedmans were decent except for their Y pipe necking down to 2.5", the hookers seem decent, i'll continue to stick to SLP, none of em are the best, but all of them are better than edelcrocks.

What kind of proof that they are good is "ummm theyre are not crap, Actually they were very easy to install ( besides some bolts on the passenger side) I didnt need to remove the steerin shaft or nothin, took like lil over 7 hours. They sound really nice and give it that deep tone.. Also i can tell lil better performance also. L98 loves that kinda stuff"

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The Y pipe is a squish together D instead of an actual merge, the assembly quality is crap, IMHO they fit worse than the other 3 brands mentioned, yes they flow better than stock manifolds, what a surprise, heck you could build a log manifold from tubing out of a catalog and still outflow stock manifolds.

 

Hey Tommy,

I made a post about a year ago relating to correcting that. Just cut it before it necks down, replace with mandrel bent 90s.

At least these kids arnt trying to stick up for Flowtech like in the other thread..

-- Joe

 

I like my Edelbrocks, but if I knew about the Hookers a couple years ago... I woulda gotten the 2055's coated.

 

I made this post about a year ago. It's a sticky:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=204967

 

aahhh im not sayin edelbrocks are the best pal.. Id say they pretty good and arent giving me any issues so far. Man can you guys just accept a persons opinion