headers before cam

[Trotter]

people say that the tubular headers flow well, do they flow well enought to put them off untill after i get a cam? i have a 2000 btw and was looking to get a gt2 or a abbot n/a

i have a full magnaflow catback, hi-flow cat & intake fyi

[UDLOSE98]

Re: headers before cam

i wouldnt cam a car without headers, just doesnt add up.

[97rs4life]

Re: headers before cam

nah get headers if you are going cam

[blacksport]

Re: headers before cam

Has anyone actually dyno'd one of the V6's before and after to see what the real gain is from a tube manifold to the midlength pacesetter?


You would have no problems running a cam with the tube manifolds. When you have headers you will have a slight pick up in your upper RPMs.

[Smoke Panther]

Re: headers before cam

if you have the money for a cam, you have the money for shorty/mid length headers

[lilchubby]

Re: headers before cam

i just bought the gt2 cam, and orginally was gonna go with my stock tubular mannis. after some research and a little bit of scraping up money, i went ahead and bought some pacesetters. and it makes sense. basically its like a cam makes your engine "take a bigger breath" it its not able to "exhale" all that air then you just creating a bottleneck. And hell you can find a set of used pacesetters for around 150. might as well do it.

[97rs4life]

Re: headers before cam

Has anyone actually dyno'd one of the V6's before and after to see what the real gain is from a tube manifold to the midlength pacesetter?


You would have no problems running a cam with the tube manifolds. When you have headers you will have a slight pick up in your upper RPMs.

around 10rwhp gain