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Wed October 18, 2006
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$249.00
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Description:
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Increase exhaust flow with a pair of Summit shorty headers for Mustang. The headers feature 1 5/8 in., mandrel bent 14-gauge tubing, with sturdy 3/8 in. header flanges. They come available in multiple finishes to suit your performance needs.
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mstngjoe
Founding Member
Registered: July 2002
Location: Oregon
Posts: 432
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Review Date: Wed October 18, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: $249.00
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Pros:
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Construction & finish
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Cons:
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Collector to stock exhaust fitment
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First off....these are "off shore" headers. The headers I received were very well constructed. Welds were solid and even looking throughout. The stainless finish was excellent. The 14 gauge tubes and 3/8 flanges made for a heavy duty header. The tube openings on the flange were about 50% larger than stock. They fit to my stock heads just fine. Both sides went in without a problem. Driver side stock exhaust bolted right up and sealed very good. BUT, when it came time to bolt up the passenger side I had problems. Even after unbolting the entire stock exhaust system I just couldn't get a solid fit. It appeared as though the flange was off a couple of degrees from the stock header. Took it to my local muffler shop and found out that the stock exhaust pipe need to have the end flaired a bit more to make a solid fit to the colletor. The stock exhaust pipe also needed to be cut and about a 1" piece of tube was welded in because it was coming up short on that side. Cost me $175 for the whole deal.
I go into just about any header/exhaust project expecting things won't fit perfectly. I was not happy with the additional cost, but the headers looked great and were an obvious improvement over stock. I contacted Summit about the experience. They apologized and sent me a $100 Gift Certificate.
Although I wouldn't recommend this product to someone else, I still think it's a good header for the price even with the extra money I spent. Hopefully Summit will make some corrections to the product.
Here are some pics:
http://www.fordmuscle.com/pictures/mstngjoe/Header1.jpg
http://www.fordmuscle.com/pictures/mstngjoe/Header2.jpg
http://www.fordmuscle.com/pictures/mstngjoe/Header3.jpg
http://www.fordmuscle.com/pictures/mstngjoe/Header5.jpg
http://www.fordmuscle.com/pictures/mstngjoe/Header6.jpg
http://www.fordmuscle.com/pictures/mstngjoe/Header7.jpg
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