I haven't seen too much on here about the JBA headers. In my opinion they look pretty wicked, and are cheaper than the TRD's. I also like how they are seperate all the way to the bottom.

Anyone on here have them? If not how many of you want them now?

 

They look pretty sick! So the cross over is on top instead of on the bottom like stock? I wonder how hard they are to install.

Erich

 

The cross over is on the top for the OEM exhaust too.

 

From what I've read, I thought the only three choices were TRD, Downey and Edelbrocks. Here's another one.

The consensus still is that headers aren't worth the hassle for a N/A motor. Unless someone else can chime in and say it's worth it, you won't get much interest on these.

 

http://www.autoanything.com/products...=&v_id=2048532
here they are for $618 with free shipping. looks pretty good to me if your blown like ebelen said. or if you just want a little more HP

 

For along time I thought about getting headers and was going to go w/ JBA. These are actually suppose to be quite better than TRD. The more I read I found the 3.4 stock manifolds are actually not too bad. I instead opted for the mandrel bent 2.5" cat-back sytem instead which I would have probably got anyways.

I cant justify the cost/work for headers that may add a little performance.

But yes, blown or turboed, I would do headers.

 

I would like to know how they expect you to install those properly without pulling the motor.

 

"In theory..." I've read that you can do it by just dropping the arse end enough to snake the crossover through, i.e., you let the motor "pivot" a couple of inches on the mount.

With hindsight being 20/40, I kinda' wish that my crossover was up above, but I think that if I would have had a real 4x4 exhaust shop make it, it wouldn't be an issue. My downfall was having a local exhaust guy do it that didn't understand the issues. I've since had everything re-done from the Y back, which helped TONS, and I may get the crossover re-redone at some point at a real shop.

 

Yeah, I guess you could "dip" the motor down a little on its mounts, which might do the trick. BTW, an older 5.0 LX Rustang with Summit Racing stickers on it wanted a little today, so I obliged. It was safe (we were merging on the freeway up an on-ramp). We weren't even "racing" until I realized he was pacing me in my blind spot. Then, when he thought he had had enough, I could hear him punch it to "get around the big slow SUV." I was ready in 2nd gear though, and put the pedal to the floor. We were neck and neck until I shifted into 3rd, which is when I started pulling away from him and he backed off. You should have seen the look on his face.

Maybe I do like my headers.

 

YEAH!!!!!!

 

....with your setup I probably would have done the same.

 

Exactly why I want a turbo.

 

must get vb upgrade