Is there really that much of a difference in a 99 to a 01-04 corvette to make headers not sit flush cause of a tunnel plate and passenger air tube?
The C5 headers are designed for a 01 to 04 for the AIR setup on the passenger side. The airtube connects to the second tube on the 01 to 04 cars and the third on the 97 to 00. So in order to make this work you have to do a couple things. One either delete the air tube itself and use a block off plate or two buy the 01 to 04 airtub and reconnect. This requires more work in removal of the intake. The tunnel plate is because the rear o2 bung is off. I know these two problems were never really mentioned to OBX till this week by myself. I had a conversation with the guy who designs the products they make under the oBX brand name. The issue of the bungs will be changed in the future and the option for two different C5 sets will be a possibility as well. I just tried to find headers for a 04 Corvette (this is 5 years of time to work on the site), and all they showed me were fart cannon style mufflers. If a company is to lazy to update their site with parts, then Id say they're pretty lazy on the rest.
I guess i dont understand this as the mufflers are in the carback part of this system. Of which by the way OBX has a C5 catback exhaust that will be available next week for less than 500.00. The pieces i think your refferring to is the resonators. They are right now an off road setup. A catted option is coming soon.
People think of corvettes as being awesome, especially the ones who make it a life dream or cant afford one. So why have an awesome car, and not an awesome exhaust? Why settle for second best? (if OBX can be classified for that) If you expose those headers to everyday elements on a car like mine that's daily driven, those EBay headers will rust and crack. They might be good for the type of vette owner who garages his 24/7 an only takes it out to car shows or the casual Sunday drive to the market :thumbsdown: .
I fall into one of the garage queen owners personally and only drive my car on weekends and 6 months a year tops because of the winter. Are you the type of owner who loves America, so you bought an American car? Type of person who wants to support the American economy? Then why buy from some Chinese company, only helping them to own us in the future.
You would be surprised what parts are actually made in China that are of American branded name on them. OBX is actually an American company based in California that has the product produced in China because the cost is much less. I actually looked into a part to be made and the difference was huge. The peice i am lookig at still requires an injection mold setup and in the US would cost me $125,000 to $140,000 for the design and setup. In China it can be done for around $60,000 for the exact same peice.
Honestly, why would a company offer an exhaust setup that not only consist of long tube headers, but a complete x-pipe and..and catalytic converters for a mere 649$$. If a single catalytic converter cost like 500 bucks, whats that say for this complete (minus rear muffler section of course) exhaust setup?
The system they are selling right now does not come with cats. The cost of the stainless for the system is only around 100 to 150.00 for all peices. The future setup with cats will be more than the 649.99
Think my dynamax superflow long tubes with x-pipe cost 1300 combined. They went on the car with 17k miles and currently at 34k miles. The pipes still look brand new, and the none coated headers don't even have a hint of heat bluing or rust. Ive even bottomed the headers out on a couple speed bumps..still no rust where they got minor dents and scrapes.
you have a great setup and i have never said different about any of the brands of headers. I am only saying that for the bang for the buck for the people who do not want to or can not afford the brand name headers have an option now. With the C5 market dropping in price there is a younger crowd who might not be able to afford the high end stuff who still want to mod thier car. There are C5's out there for 14 to 15k right now and its a total different market than a few years ago when you couldnt find anything for less than 20k. So people budgets are different this is just an option for them in headers.
Its all apples an oranges, but to me when it comes to putting parts on my baby, my "awesome" ride...Im not gonna short change her with cheaper parts. Theres some things in life you gotta splurge on even if it means waiting an extra month to gather the funds.
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