hoffmanb16

My current header is warping a little bit and a few bolts wont go in. I swaped my b16 block for a b20 and the header fits and does not leak but it likely should be replaced.

I took a bit of a chance and bought a ebay header, I know tisk tisk tisk but what can I say the price was right...

Here it is:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33631

My last header was not brand name either and lasted years. I was just wondering if anyone out there has one of these units and what did they think about it..... It looks decent.

0Mike95lude

Looks just like all the other Hytech knockoff headers being sold here on H-T and elsewhere, from a quick glance. I find it unlikely that there is more than one manufacturing facility pumping out all these replica headers.

hoffmanb16

well im happy then cause the price is amazing! any others?

raverx3m

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i have recently bought one check out my build thread for review

hoffmanb16

I would like to read that... link please, I cant find it.

hoffmanb16

Found it sorry

Link is here

https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...m+build&page=2

hoffmanb16

Well I think for the price that is great, put my dremel to work for a little smoothing out and call it a day.... It looks pretty decent IMO. Thanks allot for that man!

any more?

hoffmanb16

bump

raverx3m

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lol how much more info you need?

do you use alot of OBX pruducts in your high performance race engine?

a 100 header will perform either like a 100 dollar header for long time or it will perform like a header it was copied from for a very short time

stealthpenguin

Seriously. It's a replica header with good design, but very poor execution... 'Nuff said.

Untengijutsu

Look at those pictures, pure china/taiwan mass produced crap quality products.

raverx3m

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they were supposedly working on improving the design. as i spoke to him and sent him the pictures of the flange asking to increase the pipe size to make it even diameter.

hoffmanb16

I was bored so I bumped it, whatever, dont post if you dont want to. No I have never used obx before... Why does that matter?

My last header was a 4-2-1 Ractive unit and I read these types of headers are great for top end power, so it was great for the b16. Now I have the b20 vtec setup and the tri-y headers are better for mid range torque. I live in a place that has lots of hills so torque is important to me.


It will be interesting to see how long this one will last... I will update this thread with a few pics if the design changes any.

raverx3m

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no reason for attitude man.

i mean what do you expect from this header?an ebay miracle or something

its 100 dollars price and the value is about there as well.

thats why good headers cost money because of the R&D and the fabrication and better grade materials that are used to make them.

and by buying a cheap knockoff you dont really support the company that spent time and money making your car faster.
which is kinda hard cuz most people have pretty toight budget now( and ever with a honda)


so you can choose:
buy a quality header that will last you long time and most likely fit great and deliver the results like promised.

or buy a knockoff, and buy it again in few months, and again, and again. in the end spending about the same money that you would on a quality product. but you gots a new bling bling every few months except theres no QA so the next one might be slightly different from the first one.


and btw, b20 already has torque, and belive me you will not suffer on an uphill with b20.

just as i dont suffer going uphills with my LS, and uphill is the only time i can keep up with a stock gsr lol.

hoffmanb16

lol... Whatever dude, Honda tech at it finest!!! haha lol

K7-1Ktrevor

gotta buy brand name to be legit.

hy-tech rep ftw. hate it or not, you can spend more money and feel better about your header. Ill buy a cheap one, spend about 3 hours trying to get the damn thing together and go make good power with it.

believe it or not cheap parts are a big reason hondas are soo popular.... theres a reason why no one builds early 90's Porsche's

hoffmanb16

TOTALLY AGREE!!! certian areas of the car demand a proper investment/best part, others not so much for 90% percent of typical hondas out there.



P.S

It makes me laugh when a guy tells me that b20 vtecs make good torque as if I don't know that.... I researched/bought/built/drive one..... typical HT non-sense.

hoffmanb16

If you know anything about the tri-y header you would know that it is EXACTLY like a stock cast honda manifold, but with piping and not a cast. It fallows the same flow pattern (up top). I really think the R&D that went into these headers were not as much as you think... Just a little FYI.

K7-1Ktrevor

Im going to have to disagree with you there, the header you posted is far from a stock exhaust manifold. it has stepped primarys (each tube gets bigger as it goes) and a merged collector. I made 224whp and 151tq sae with this header on a b20v that was 11.5 to 1 cr and sk2 tuner 3 cams. and even after 10k miles it didn't magically explode like it was supposed to (because it wasn't name brand lol)

believe it or not there was some one who tested a hy-tech rep on here somewhere against a real hy-tech and it actually made more hp. the real hy-tech has expansion chambers in it real close to the flange for some reason that caused it to make less power.

I also know a local guy who has a all motor 11 second B series hatch with .... yes a ebay hy-tech rep.

raverx3m

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yes my friend do some research before speaking hoffmang. because i did.

thats why its caled hy-tech replica and not a type-r replica...

and your comment about b20 kinda makes little sense, what were you trying to say by that?

like i said, no ned for attitude man, im just trying to give the info i have and not be so plain about it add a lil drama u know cool down

raverx3m

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btw theres 2 different knockoffs

one is sold for around 300 bucks

and that you and i bought for 110 bucks


they look the same but might be made from better grade metal on 300 as well i dont know

hoffmanb16

I said it has the same flow pattern up top, which it does. I should not have said it's EXACTLY the same cause obviously it's not. I think the R&D to produce a product like this would not be anything crazy, **** a skilled welder could make it,

and my comment about b20's was stating that I built and drive one so you telling me they have torque likes it's something I don't know is retarded.
What part did you not get?

raverx3m

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Honda tech at its finest...

stealthpenguin

QFT

K7-1Ktrevor

pretty much, its finest is when people tell you that an inanimate object like a header will wear out in 2k miles and your gonna have to buy 10 of them vs a brand name. its a header not a turbo manifold. it will last just fine. plently of people are making great power with them..

this kind of reminds me when the shodan told me that a ebay bov would blow my turbo up (scare tactics) I asked him to elaborate since I respect his opinion and know he is very knowledgeable on turbo cars but he never replied. ...