**Everything you need to know about eBay headers**

thanks for the help everybody, its greatly appreciated... i plan on doing ebay headers w/ a race cat in a month or so which will kick off my summer performance modding spree (headers, diff, software). Cant wait What size cat must i buy? 2.25"?

Yes. I believe 2.25" is correct.

Originally Posted by MJRMatt330

thanks for the help everybody, its greatly appreciated... i plan on doing ebay headers w/ a race cat in a month or so which will kick off my summer performance modding spree (headers, diff, software). Cant wait What size cat must i buy? 2.25"?

Dont do a race cat it is an extreme waste of money. You wil not notice a difference between race cats and normal cats. The whole concept of race cats is retarted how many race cars do you know that have cats. Good choice though with the ebay headers you will love them.

you should add the cat info to the first post, as well as the main ebay sellers

like this

deluboz(generally most expensive)

gmotogarage(most likely to give you the right header)

trader-nas

boombop(feeling lucky? might get the wrong ones)


and seriously, this needs to be stickied, period.

Maybe with a little disclaimer added to the original post stating that the forums themselves do not condone illegal activities, blah blah blah...

I really must say this thread cleared lots of things up for me, and if more people can see it, then great!

I'm working on my headers as of right now.

Great write up Ken

Originally Posted by ridin325

Dont do a race cat it is an extreme waste of money. You wil not notice a difference between race cats and normal cats. The whole concept of race cats is retarted how many race cars do you know that have cats. Good choice though with the ebay headers you will love them.

well i need to do cats, so what exactly are you saying... stick with no cats or stay away from "race" cats and get a "normal" cat? Arent the ones someone linked only 115 dollars or something?

Geewhizzz Ken is there anything else i should know??





lol j/k nice writeup, vote for sticky

great post
I think any future threads asking questions already answered in this post should be locked

Originally Posted by e4604

Geewhizzz Ken is there anything else i should know??





lol j/k nice writeup, vote for sticky

Butters = AWESOME

Originally Posted by MJRMatt330

well i need to do cats, so what exactly are you saying... stick with no cats or stay away from "race" cats and get a "normal" cat? Arent the ones someone linked only 115 dollars or something?

Why do you need to get cats? As already stated, cats or no cats, getting the headers makes your car illegal in CA. The only reason to get cats is to cut down on noise.

nice write up ken. i am looking at headers too soon

Originally Posted by Owtlaw333

As already stated, cats or no cats, getting the headers makes your car illegal in CA. The only reason to get cats is to cut down on noise.

Yeah...that and you might still care about the emissions your car puts out.

Originally Posted by Owtlaw333

Why do you need to get cats? As already stated, cats or no cats, getting the headers makes your car illegal in CA. The only reason to get cats is to cut down on noise.

i would like to cut down on noise along with keeping emissions halfway decent too. (dont want the godawful smell) How do i pass an emissions test then in CA if i get headers? (w/o bribing )

Originally Posted by MJRMatt330

i would like to cut down on noise along with keeping emissions halfway decent too. (dont want the godawful smell) How do i pass an emissions test then in CA if i get headers? (w/o bribing )

Sweet-talking

Originally Posted by Owtlaw333

Sweet-talking

is that really the only way to get away with it?

Originally Posted by MJRMatt330

is that really the only way to get away with it?

Yup... you'll fail the visual, you'll fail the diagnostics and you may even still fail emissions without a fairly restrictive cat (which would defeat the purpose of getting the headers.) So yeah, you'll need to give a reason for the guy to push "yes" on that computer screen, lol.

My last Smog check guy was questioning my intake and said I can't pass with it but was nice enough to let me off the hook (after him dicking me around for a little bit and later asking if I worked for the government ) Although I felt that he was just tired since it was the end of the day, so you can try that tactic as well

Originally Posted by Owtlaw333

Yup... you'll fail the visual, you'll fail the diagnostics and you may even still fail emissions without a fairly restrictive cat (which would defeat the purpose of getting the headers.) So yeah, you'll need to give a reason for the guy to push "yes" on that computer screen, lol.

My last Smog check guy was questioning my intake and said I can't pass with it but was nice enough to let me off the hook (after him dicking me around for a little bit and later asking if I worked for the government ) Although I felt that he was just tired since it was the end of the day, so you can try that tactic as well

sh1t. that really sucks... damn CA, why do they have to be so strict... anyway, thanks for the info and i still think im gunna do the headers

Originally Posted by Owtlaw333

Why do you need to get cats? As already stated, cats or no cats, getting the headers makes your car illegal in CA. The only reason to get cats is to cut down on noise.

Sadly we're not all in CA. Here in the UK you can use pretty much whatever exhaust system you like, but it's got to pass gas emissions analysis during annual MOT test (there are also roadside spot checks here too) which the OEM cats will. What components you use for the rest of your system, headers, cat-back system, is up to you, although you must have some kind of muffler / silencer, although fairly loud ones are allowed.

No sticky yet huh? lol.