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C5A4
10-01-2004, 12:49 AM
I have a 03 that I have installed a AFE cold air intake, Magnaflow cat back and the Predator tune. Will headers give me anymore power I can feel? I have read that there are some bolt on types, can those be installed by the average home wrencher in the garage? If I wanted to pay to have it done what labor time would I be looking at? I was thinking of the Edelbrock shortys?
C5A4
10-01-2004, 12:49 AM
I have a 03 that I have installed a AFE cold air intake, Magnaflow cat back and the Predator tune. Will headers give me anymore power I can feel? I have read that there are some bolt on types, can those be installed by the average home wrencher in the garage? If I wanted to pay to have it done what labor time would I be looking at? I was thinking of the Edelbrock shortys?
C5A4
10-01-2004, 12:49 AM
I have a 03 that I have installed a AFE cold air intake, Magnaflow cat back and the Predator tune. Will headers give me anymore power I can feel? I have read that there are some bolt on types, can those be installed by the average home wrencher in the garage? If I wanted to pay to have it done what labor time would I be looking at? I was thinking of the Edelbrock shortys?
HGW
10-01-2004, 01:33 AM
http://elcova.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=2826088551&f=6706011751&m=9186017565

This link may help--so will this one.

http://elcova.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=2826088551&f=6706011751&m=6396078553
BigBoi
10-04-2004, 08:23 AM
Can a Novice install these?
HGW
10-14-2004, 12:46 AM
Sure you can---it is all bolt on stuff with instructions. A pro will install the headers in four hours and the exhaust in two----so figure eight hours of his/her time---after all he is not going to start anything else that day!
Blue
10-17-2004, 04:43 AM
I've got the long headers that bolt up to the cats and I received a noticable hp improvement. I'm told the short headers sound louder than stock, but really doesn't provide horsepower improvement. My headers required some welding by the installer. From what I can remember it only took them two hours to R/R. I installed the cat-back system and it took 2 hours at the most. No need to lift the vehicle you just need a hacksaw to cut the tubing behind the rear axle and the willingness to get a little dirty.
Big Z
10-17-2004, 11:38 AM
Just some more reading material! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

http://elcova.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=2826088551&f=5106011751&m=6826020973&r=3076020973#3076020973
Blue
10-19-2004, 03:17 AM
Big Z,
Great writeup. Well worth the reading.