My new OBX headers :-)

[mpyle007]

Did these install directly around your steering shaft with out having to remove it?

[ParisTNDude]

Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt

Just to try and put this horribly d-railed thread back on track. This is what I got for $650, a beautiful set of very well constructed stainless steel headers with cats that will preform and last a lifetime and then some.

I don't see an oxygen sensor extension cable. Did it come with your headers. It comes with the Kooks...just askin'.

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by mpyle007

Did these install directly around your steering shaft with out having to remove it?

Yes, they for right by it with plenty room to spare.

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by ParisTNDude

I don't see an oxygen sensor extension cable. Did it come with your headers. It comes with the Kooks...just askin'.

No, those come separate from race tronics. When I ordered from Erik he added them to my order for $30. Everything shipped to my door was $679.

[mgoodbar]

Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt

No, those come separate from race tronics. When I ordered from Erik he added them to my order for $30. Everything shipped to my door was $679.

That a good price.. What about bolts?? I would guess they come with gaskets, but I would use OEM for headders.. They hold up better..

[1sweet11SS]

Originally Posted by aqueous blue

I think we all know where the Camaro is designed, built, and where various parts come from, etc. I'm speaking about an aftermarket part that we have some control over to make a choice of what we put on our Camaro. So, the subject matter is the OBX header. There appears to be a very small vocal group that get on hear looking for moral support because they know that they bought a cheap generic foreign product and put it on their American Chevrolet car. There is nothing you can say that can convince me that the decision to buy an OBX header is an intellectual one or morally correct one.

No one is looking for moral support. Someone is happy with their purchase and is letting others know there are other options out there......you can't seem to handle this logic. Maryland is letting readers know the differences between the two without the high blinded horse statements made by you. FYI "intellectual one" there are plenty of cheap generic foreign products on your beloved Canadian/Mexican built CHeeeevy aye! I changed my trailing arms a couple months ago.... You know what was stamped on them oh "high moral and ethical one"????

MADE IN MEXICO

Originally Posted by aqueous blue

American Chevrolet car

Keep drinking the koolaid Go buy an American assembled Honda.

[MarylandSpeed]

Originally Posted by kennyo

For crissakes....these big boys don't even have to match the OBX price,just come close and make it more palatable.Some of these setups are $600-700 more than the OBX.

OP already said he skipped Stainless Work (Chinese Stainlessworks) because they were $100 more.

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by mgoodbar

That a good price.. What about bolts?? I would guess they come with gaskets, but I would use OEM for headders.. They hold up better..

No head bolts, you can use the factory ones. I used the oem metal gasket. My car only has 2600 miles on it, so it was still like new.

[Badbubba]

Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt

Mine looked nothing like the one above. The first thing I did was check every single port visually and physically by running my fingers through them. It was like someone took a dye grinder to each port after welding it. I was very impressed.

I spoke with OBX on the phone and have no doubt if mine looked like that, they would of exchanged them.

Yea, grinding down the weld to smooth the transition from the flange to the pipe is great. But, it appears that the pipe was also ground down as well in that area, especially the left one in the photo. This was possibly done because the pipe was slightly oval after bending, then filled in with weld between the round flange hole and the oval pipe. If you were closer, I could use an ultrasonic gauge to measure the thickness on the pipe. Hopefully, for your sake, very little material was removed on the pipe. A lot of thermal cycling will occur at the pipe and flange. If a too much was removed, or removed unevenly, there could be a potential for the metal to fatigue at a faster rate and crack. Maybe that's why the pipes have a thicker wall (as someone posted early in this thread), to allow material to be removed (lol). The color of the headers now look great on your car due to the heat cycles. Good luck with them and continue to call it as you see it.

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by Badbubba

Yea, grinding down the weld to smooth the transition from the flange to the pipe is great. But, it appears that the pipe was also ground down as well in that area, especially the left one in the photo. This was possibly done because the pipe was slightly oval after bending, then filled in with weld between the round flange hole and the oval pipe. If you were closer, I could use an ultrasonic gauge to measure the thickness on the pipe. Hopefully, for your sake, very little material was removed on the pipe. A lot of thermal cycling will occur at the pipe and flange. If a too much was removed, or removed unevenly, there could be a potential for the metal to fatigue at a faster rate and crack. Maybe that's why the pipes have a thicker wall (as someone posted early in this thread), to allow material to be removed (lol). The color of the headers now look great on your car due to the heat cycles. Good luck with them and continue to call it as you see it.

Thanks man. It's just a crappy cell phone picture, had I known I was gonna be under so much scrutiny I would taken better pictures. It wasn't ground down that much, they just smoothed out the welds.

[MarylandSpeed]

On a serious note, the headers we tested turned purple too, you all the American headers we sell my turn bronze? Any reason for this?

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by MarylandSpeed

On a serious note, the headers we tested turned purple too, you all the American headers we sell my turn bronze? Any reason for this?

Maybe because they are polished? I'm guessing. It kinda reminds me of my dads harley with chrome pipes that turned purple.

[alcal1084]

just a quick question i has quoted 650 for a set of brand new BBK headers with high flow cats is that a good deal? and are the made in america? wouldn't want any communists to have my money!!! to keep this question within the thread maybe a comparison to the OBX headers?

[ss/rs-matt]

Originally Posted by alcal1084

just a quick question i has quoted 650 for a set of brand new BBK headers with high flow cats is that a good deal? and are the made in america? wouldn't want any communists to have my money!!! to keep this question within the thread maybe a comparison to the OBX headers?

Yes the BBK are made in the US. They are in California. Is that for a stainless set? If so, its a great deal!