I am trying to decide on which header to get either JDM, Spoon, Toda, or A'PEXi. which one do u guys have the best response with

 

hytech

 

hell it took Eric forever for him top get his Hytech i don't have that kind of time

 

Spoon or Toda will be your best bet

 

If you have the money.........spoon, toda, mugen ex.

 

imho, you can't go wrong with any of the headers you posted - although I don't know anything about the apex header...

spoon, mugen, toda, jdm all seem to be high quality.

How about telling us your goals and budget?

dc jdm 4-1 seems to be a pretty good header for the price (~$315 shipped). And supposedly it is a copy of the jdm mugen...

 

Yeah, the only difference I've heard or seen between the Mugen and the DC JDM is that the welds and quality are better on the Mugen.........But for the price......you can buy 3 DC for 1 Mugen.

 

Well I don't know but the DC sports header on my CRX is like rusting in the welds only after 3 months...of barely really driving in the rain.
So I'm kinda turned off on the DC sports brand. Also if I'm not mistaken the DC JDM headers have 2.25 collectors so they lose abit there. I believer there was another post that went in depth about it but I just glanced at it since I was out of town at the time.

 

The price difference between the 2 can make you reweld teh header 10 times and getting another new DC header.

I won't say DC has better flow than Mugen or on par with Mugen because it's still not dyno provened.

Indeed, none of the headers are dyno proven to be the best. Neither for a stock setup nor for a Toda setup.

However, I would definitely go for Ceremic rather than SS for DC, my friend's SS DC header has rusted like crazy
and it looks very very gross. Ceremic is less likely to rust but in 4-5 years, you may have to reweld it due to cracking
from heating. It's still better than a rusted SS DC head which you can't do much once it starts rusting at the surface
and eventually eats into the inner pipe.

my 2 cents

 

You can always put high heat paint on the SS header. Not on the hole header, just over the welds. I promise it will not rust then!!!!!!!!!!!

 

well i would say go w/ the toda, the spoon, or the JDM mugen....when it comes to those 3, i say it's all personaly preference, and brand loyalty ahaha

 

The JDM DC header has 2.5" collector. I just got mine yesterday (ceramic coated) and quality seems to be real good. You can't go wrong with the price.

 

how much is the dc jdm header? also what did you do about the cat w/ 2.5 " collector?

 

If I recall correctly when I was last speaking with John he said that he was going to have 2 headers sitting on the shelf so that he would have some in stock...
Austin

 

Why not the SMSP header?

 

happy with the 5ZIGEN 4-2-1...no probs.

 

Go with the SMS , I am very happy with mine, and it puts all the others to shame except Hitech.

 

Other's to shame.......proof, we need proof.

Actually, you would be fine with any of the JDM collector headers, problems with the DC? Get the SS and then coat it with Jet-hot or simular. I would feel safe to say they all will be within 10 whp on a given set-up, hope I'm wrong