Im sorry if this was already posted but i couldnt find anything. Does anyone have dc headers on there G, how do you like them. If you dont what have you heard of them?

2004 G35c Black on Black/ 6mt/ premium/ aero

 

no help here???

2004 G35c Black on Black/ 6mt/ premium/ aero

 

So far not a fan here, keep your money........

Caribbean Blue 2004 G35c w/Navi
19x8.5 Racing Hart CR's 245/35/19 on Toyo T1-S
19x10 Racing Hart CR's 275/35/19 on Toyo T1-S
TEIN Basic coilovers
Nismo Intake
DC Sport Headers
Greddy Exhaust

 

You might find a benefit to your headers more if you replaced your cats. Very restrictive.

2004.5 Coupe/5AT/Ivory/Everything but front spoiler/Nismo CAI/Crawford V5

 

I have them on my sedan 6mt. Took me 7 hrs to install and a lot of scrapes and arm damage to show for it. Sound is much louder at the top of the rpm's .....even with the stock cats back on. With test pipes it was absolutely obnoxious. I am looking at getting a set of resonated test pipes to replace my cats again.

 

What about the performance aside? Any big gains?

Heeeeellllllloooooooooo people.......

2003.5 Black/Black 5AT Fully Loaded w/ Navi
Clear Corners / Injen CAI

 

what do u guys who run test pipes do when it comes time for inspection? I noticed that the last time i went for inspection its not like they put my car up on a lift or anything (not my g but my suburban). Would they even notice the missing cats? I would think that maybe theyd hear the suond and think something was up if they werent there.

2004 Black on Black g coupe 6spd.... <3 aluminum pedals, clear corners, z tube, and pop charger. From down south, houston tejas

 

Yes.....gains feel the same with headers as when I had the stock manifolds with test pipes. With new pipes and the headers I think I will see more power. I dyno'd at 245 rwhp before the headers with stock manifolds and Mines test pipes.

 

245 rwhp on a optimistic Dynojet? Or a loaded Mustang more accurate dyno?

Who [normal non performance person] will buy a moded: headers, cats, exhaust, G35.....by the way as an owner you are legally responsible for returning it to oem status prior to or AFTER the sale if found out till 100,000 miles.

"As is" is no legal protection for emission tampering/fraud.
Many states measure the emissions on a dyno, not just the go no go MIL light code check test.

Consider the situation where you sell the car it passes to another state or two, fails, then the source is tracked back to you 3 years later. There is some protection if you sell to a dealer because they are supposed to check these things but you will still have to share in liability to restore.

 

That's easy Q, just sell the car with the stock parts back on and simply sell the aftermarket upgrades for $.20 on the dollar. The only thing I'd say would be a problem is the headers (one more reason why I'm staying with the stock headers).

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let's get back to the original question.... DC Headers are definitely one of the cheapest options for us. but is it worth the savings?

If they are not going to give as much gain as even borla then I wouldn't go for them. I think that if you are "hardcore" enough to get headers then it makes no sense to skimp on the part.

Not that I am about to dish out $1000 for the Crawfords. I am hoping someone will say "LOOK! my XXX headers do almost as good as Crawfords and they cost 1/2 as much!" then we'd all be happy. thou I don't see that happening.

 

I'm having second thoughts about the Crawford headers. I don't know if I want something at 1500 degrees 2 millimeters away from my A/C lines.

2004.5 Coupe/5AT/Ivory/Everything but front spoiler/Nismo CAI/Crawford V5/Crawford Cats/ Service Engine Soon

 

just got them on my g35 sedan took my shop 6 hours to do. definite gain in midrange to top end. but i also have a tru dual set up. replaced the cats with two straight pipes all the way back

 

-fish,
That's exactly the conclusion I came to a while back. From removing the engine from it's mounts to questionable gains for the money (I'd have to have someone else do the install since I live in FL), so I decided to pass on the headers and just do everything else in the air flow equation... and I didn't even know about the heat issues...

Unfortunately I cannot decide if Vortec really fits into the air flow equation (or financial equation). [img]/w3timages/icons/wink.gif[/img]

<font color=blue>The above statements are only my take on the issue. If you disagree with anything I typed then you are 100% right!</font color=blue>

 

Super Street magizine got 14hp on the dyno from a Dc Sport header and a prototype true dual exhaust on the sedan. TD's on the sedan alone usually make good gains by themselves however.

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G35 6mt