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justgod
09-10-2018, 09:15 PM
So I figured I’d just put this up for fun. I don’t remember ever seeing a side by side difference of the headers laid out next to each other so here it is!

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Joe Walsh
09-11-2018, 06:04 AM
Never liked how my KOOKS passenger side header flange was at a 45 degree angle instead of parallel to the chassis like the driver's side....:dunno:

Looking at it now, it looks like the KOOKS were fabbed up by a drunk!

KOOKS were the 'only game in town' back in 2004.
Mackdombles
09-11-2018, 06:12 AM
WTT very nice set of Kooks for stainless works......
sailsmen
09-11-2018, 09:31 AM
Equal Length vs Variable Length debate goes on..........
Joe Walsh
09-11-2018, 09:37 AM
Equal Length vs Variable Length debate goes on..........

LOL....where are the shorty headers in this discussion?

Either set of headers would be a big improvement over the OEM cast iron manifolds!
Installing them is the hassle.
sailsmen
09-11-2018, 10:05 AM
Be careful Glenn may chime in on the Cobra Shorty!
justgod
09-11-2018, 12:34 PM
LOL....where are the shorty headers in this discussion?

Either set of headers would be a big improvement over the OEM cast iron manifolds!
Installing them is the hassle.

Awww crap! I still have the Cobra shorty POS headers somewhere too! I could have thrown those in the pic lol. Those cracked all over the place. Garbage isn't worth the steel they're made of.
Comin' in Hot
09-11-2018, 10:08 PM
Awww crap! I still have the Cobra shorty POS headers somewhere too! I could have thrown those in the pic lol. Those cracked all over the place. Garbage isn't worth the steel they're made of.

You got that right, I had mine welded like three times before I installed SW headers on my blue car. The latest version of SW fit great, way better than the Kooks on my DD.
03Merc
10-02-2018, 02:15 PM
Had mine installed for $385!!!

Most places quoted $800. [emoji1320]


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Joe Walsh
10-02-2018, 02:21 PM
Had mine installed for $385!!!

Most places quoted $800.


WOW!
Super deal there!
Either that shop was being very nice....or very stupid.

I remember wrestling with my KOOKs headers for the better part of a weekend!
I used every type of socket, universal, extension, and wrench in my roll-away.
Had to rest often to drink a cold beer* and wrap my bleeding hands & knuckles.

*Sole purpose of the cold beers was to soothe my raspy throat from all the cussing and screaming that I was doing at the headers....honest.
03Merc
10-02-2018, 02:23 PM
WOW!

Super deal there!

Either that shop was being very nice....or very stupid.



Haha, I think both! It was a friend of mines shop who Her brother runs. They mainly work on Ford Diesel Trucks but they said they've done it b4! The nuts came right studs and I had all the connecting leads to bolt up to factory exhaust. They broke the EGR but I deleted it afterwards. Still happy!


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Chayton
10-03-2018, 07:06 PM
Haha, I think both! It was a friend of mines shop who Her brother runs. They mainly work on Ford Diesel Trucks but they said they've done it b4! The nuts came right studs and I had all the connecting leads to bolt up to factory exhaust. They broke the EGR but I deleted it afterwards. Still happy!


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Just had mine installed for free!!