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V · 06-20-2006, 09:52 AM

I am looking to buy a set of LT headers for my '01 SS. What would you guys recommend?

Pace Setter 1 3/4 LT coated
Hooker super comp LTs
Headman (1 1/2 - 1 5/8 stepped primarys)
Kooks(1 3/4, 1 7/8, or stepped 1 3/4 - 1 7/8 )
QTP

any other suggestions? pros/cons? i will be running an ORY-pipe with whatever setup i get. And as of now, i'm leaning towards the Kooks 1 7/8 headers.

rgaynor85 · 06-20-2006, 09:56 AM

go with the pacesetter coated they are nice i got em and i cant complain they fit perfect. i think the only ones i would get over thse are kooks maybe but they arelike 3x the price

V · 06-20-2006, 10:14 AM

yeah i heard the pace setters fit good and are the best value. but i remember back like 10 years when pacesetter was a company not really known for performance, just cheap mufflers/tips etc. so thats the idea of them that sticks in my head to be honest.

pace setter coated are like 430, kooks 1 7/8 are 780(non-coated i believe).

84HOtransam · 06-20-2006, 11:19 AM

ive got coated hooker super comps on my 84 and i think there great..fitment was amazing and the coating is still perfect.

01ws6TA · 06-20-2006, 11:22 AM

Pacesetter- for price and fitmet
Kooks- nice quality headers
QTP- If you want the best of the best bar none.

foff667 · 06-20-2006, 12:01 PM

I loved my pacesetters but if i had the extra $300 I wouldve gone with QTP's

rgaynor85 · 06-20-2006, 02:38 PM

ive heard alot of people bitch about QTP's Y pipes being crappy, falling apart and hanging really low, the headers are great tho. the pacesetters fit really really well and they are coated cant beat the price id say like 75% of LS1 owners use pacesetters, the kooks i also hear fit extremely well and the y pipes are very good fitting as well. but the stainless ones i think are like 1400 bucks

NJSPEEDER · 06-20-2006, 03:04 PM

QTP's make the most power in every dyno shoot out i have ever read. they are pricey, but they are the best too.
spend the money to do it right the first time

1Fastformula · 06-29-2006, 02:57 PM

I have Hooker Super Comps on my 91 Formula, but for my 02 Z-28, I am seriously considering Dynatech headers.

I put of set of these in a friend's SSR and the quality is just amazing. Anyone have any input on them?

foff667 · 06-29-2006, 06:21 PM

yes, uber expensive, much more so then either qtps or kook's

they look great but i think they are like $1300 for the headers/ypipe isnt it?

ins0mnia24 · 06-29-2006, 07:07 PM

I'd go with QTP Header's and have mufflex fab up a custom stainless Y-pipe
It cost me less than buying the QTP Y-pipe since i paid in cash
And he got my Y-pipe up higher on the driver's side than the stock Y was..
No banging, no issue's, done i don't have to go back until i do the cut-out
I think the only people who bitch about QTP fitment are the guy's that expect stuff to just go in on it's own
And my set the steering had to be moved but it was well worth it if you ask me

Rich189 · 06-29-2006, 07:16 PM

i only hear good things about qtp and kooks id go with either or

foff667 · 06-29-2006, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ins0mnia24

I'd go with QTP Header's and have mufflex fab up a custom stainless Y-pipe
It cost me less than buying the QTP Y-pipe since i paid in cash
And he got my Y-pipe up higher on the driver's side than the stock Y was..
No banging, no issue's, done i don't have to go back until i do the cut-out
I think the only people who bitch about QTP fitment are the guy's that expect stuff to just go in on it's own
And my set the steering had to be moved but it was well worth it if you ask me

was your car just there being worked on about 3 weeks ago?

ins0mnia24 · 06-29-2006, 07:32 PM

I think it was 5 weeks ago but i'm not sure , only way to tell if it was me was if it was on a trailer being towed by a Gray Chevy SUV , I wasn't there a friend of mine is friend's with them so i let him handle it plus he live's close by

foff667 · 06-29-2006, 11:53 PM

yeah I was talking to the guy actually...it was on open headers...I was tuning an ls2 SSR that day & he needed a bung installed. Nice car

ins0mnia24 · 06-30-2006, 05:01 AM

thanks Foff ,My g/f said it was the last week of May my car was there so that was my friend Rick then if ya met him, , He has a wicked Firehawk and LS-series specialist .. I've been trying to get him to join the site here since January.. Sorry smokingss didnt mean to highjack the thread