Well here goes, on Christmas Eve UPS pulls up and delivers my long awaited Toda header(damn shipping strikes). My car is already jacked up and ready to go. I'm replacing my Spoon header with the Toda because of an accident I had a lil while back that killed my header...

Well first and foremost, I have a GSR not an R, so my opinion will be a little different. Either way install was simple and easy, no problems whatsoever cept the bolts off my Spoon header were bent from my accident(see pics) and snapped off when I was unbolting them.

Performance wise, I'd like to say I should have gotten the Toda from the beginning period. Butt dyno feels more mid range and the RPM's climb up VERY smooth and VTEC crossover is more subtle than before. A bit more torque is felt going from a stop. Daily driving car has been a lot more fun the past few days simply b/c of the mid range and added torque.
Then of course you have ground clearance. As some have said and I'll say again, you'll hit your oil pan before you scrap this header. It has a good ~inch over the Spoon. You can see in some of the pics. Dyno charts coming soon...meanwhile here's some pics:

****-a-spoon and height difference of the headers


Some pics of the primaries(can you guess which one is fucked up?)


OWNED


Some more random pics




Your's truly

 

ouch, that sp00m looks majorly shatted on

 

New Toda looks bad ***
I can definitely see what you are talking bout now, that header doesn't look like it has much of a chance

 

Dustin's car rocks

 

nice pics! like the one with the "ok" pose

 

Toda header is , and its ground clearance is !!

 

Toda nice I always opted for the 4-2-1 headers
got the Comptech for now but soon will be looking to upgrade
Toda cams need Toda headers

 

 

nice stickers

 

Poor Spoon header didn't have a chance

 

great pics!

May I ask how you managed to murder the SpoOM header?

 

Are you going to Jet Coat the toda?

 

Very Nice Dustin! why didn't u put on the ***** wig like at the meet? hahahaha


[Modified by Typ3 R Us, 3:24 PM 12/29/2002]

 

man, cant wait to get mine in...
nice dude

 

Sweet.... do you have shots of the header clearance while the car is off the jacks?

 

nice justin,
u know if ur teg wasnt so low u wouldnt have that problem of wrecking Yo headeR .
the spoonie looks alot like the JDM OE ITR header.

cant wait for my JDM ITR header to get in after being coated from jet hot.

 

Stick - my car isn't that low! the curbs are just too high

Raging Angel - Lift oversteer...etc owned me and I ended up jumping a curb and landing in a field confused.

azn98r - ill get pics of the clearance and the height of my car as soon as i can. i have pics of the Spoon header while on the car that i'll post up soon

 

 

is that an echo beenie?

Toda goodness

 

Not the best pic but its all I have of the SPoon on the car




2 finger **** in the front and the back


RIP




jonas - yes it is. Ecko owns

 

we have similar tastes.
toda = my favorite stuff for cars.
ecko = my favorite gear

 

That header looks so nice

 

great review rock...i know a buddy with one in his R which accordingly yielded good results too...i gotta save some cash now thanks for the comparison

PS-just to get a better picture of your set-up, what exhaust are you running?


[Modified by picasso, 12:15 PM 12/29/2002]

 

so uh....you gonna sell that spoon header??? looks pretty messed up....you gonna sell it??? let me know then. congrats on the new header....nice pics of both...

 

nice headers