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arthur
05-03-2008, 05:07 PM
i was looking for a cheap rh, and i found that the cheapest ones were obx. are they bad?? should i save more money and buy a dcrh??
sittinlow
05-03-2008, 05:07 PM
obx is like... how do I put this... the walmart brand rolex... it works... but doesnt do a very good job of working... save your money man
SiR R8TD
05-03-2008, 05:26 PM
i was looking for a cheap rh, and i found that the cheapest ones were obx. are they bad?? should i save more money and buy a dcrh??

You will definately get what you pay for, especially w/ OBX! Save up & get some quality.
beechstreet
05-03-2008, 05:29 PM
i did some reading on clubrsx and the third version of the OBX raceheader is a comptech replica with the DC flexpipe. majority of the RSX guys with the OBX piece seem pleased
shadowmd
05-03-2008, 05:37 PM
i did some reading on clubrsx and the third version of the OBX raceheader is a comptech replica with the DC flexpipe. majority of the RSX guys with the OBX piece seem pleased

:yeahthat:
03Si757
05-03-2008, 05:55 PM
With only clearance issues, the header performs pretty good for me so far, Im not sure what gains it gave, but I know when I modified the angle of the pipe after the 4 channels go into 1 it was a BITCH to cut. Really good welds aswell.
beechstreet
05-03-2008, 05:56 PM
With only clearance issues, the header performs pretty good for me so far, Im not sure what gains it gave, but I know when I modified the angle of the pipe after the 4 channels go into 1 it was a BITCH to cut. Really good welds aswell.

which version do you have?
03Si757
05-04-2008, 06:41 AM
which version do you have?

V3. I have the RSX-S version on a K24 swap.
IgottaEP3
05-04-2008, 09:15 AM
People will say its OBX dont do it, but take it from me ive had the header goin on two years and its worked perfect up until now, no problems at all.
thetunersource
05-04-2008, 12:12 PM
obx is like... how do I put this... the walmart brand rolex... it works... but doesnt do a very good job of working... save your money man

i dunno about that.... walmart brand rolex's look and keep time better than a real rolex, but its not a rolex, rather a cheap imitation... a cheap imitation that may end up making your wrist turn black....
03Si757
05-04-2008, 12:37 PM
i dunno about that.... walmart brand rolex's look and keep time better than a real rolex, but its not a rolex, rather a cheap imitation... a cheap imitation that may end up making your wrist turn black....

Iv had a rolex for 4 years now (State Champions in Football) and it has to this date been off on time, best peice of something I have ever seen, I love the watch more then I love my car. :peep:
FELON-K20
05-04-2008, 12:45 PM
I would save money and get a buddy club header
04cvcsi
05-04-2008, 02:02 PM
With only clearance issues, the header performs pretty good for me so far, Im not sure what gains it gave, but I know when I modified the angle of the pipe after the 4 channels go into 1 it was a BITCH to cut. Really good welds aswell.
how much did that obx header cost?

did you have to modify it b/c it was angled too high and made your midpipe hit your car?
03Si757
05-04-2008, 02:29 PM
how much did that obx header cost?

did you have to modify it b/c it was angled too high and made your midpipe hit your car?

It ran me like a little over $260 shipped brand new, and I just had it cut and welded to fix the upper angle of where the flex is located to keep my b-pipe from hitting hte bottom of the car, only cost me $25 to get fixed.

It was a strong metal so quality shouldnt be an issue, and the guy said the header looks damn good himself.
arthur
05-04-2008, 09:09 PM
if its the las edition, is it good enough??? or is it still way better any other?? will some other rh perform better?? i mean, besides the clearence issue, is the performance of this rh so bad??
03Si757
05-05-2008, 05:06 AM
if its the las edition, is it good enough??? or is it still way better any other?? will some other rh perform better?? i mean, besides the clearence issue, is the performance of this rh so bad??

The performance seems to be great, on CLubRSX, there are people that are finding it to have better overall performance then just about all the budget race headers, of course its not going to perform as great as the BC, Toda, SSR race headers, but for the price, I find it well worth it.
T_Virus
05-05-2008, 07:57 AM
get your car dynoed and post the results...
arthur
05-06-2008, 09:54 PM
get your car dynoed and post the results...


that would be cool!! so everyone could see what are the hp gains!!
superchargedk20
05-07-2008, 01:47 AM
the obx one doenst look to bad. comes in stainless steel right? i rather have that then a DC ceramic one
03Si757
05-07-2008, 10:44 AM
Heres a few pics of the header I took before I installed.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9710/header4pk9.jpg

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7189/header2nn8.jpg

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1702/header1ds4.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/33/header3qb5.jpg
04cvcsi
05-07-2008, 11:22 AM
i'm not really sure about this, but the angles of the pictures could have me wrong. are the first 2 ports going to the same tube?

on a normal 4-2-1 header, shouldn't the 2 exhaust ports on the outside go to the same tube and the inside 2 ports go to the same tube? the firing order should be 1,4,2,3 (correct me if i'm wrong). sorry for the lack of better words

ex. BCRH
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y224/dc5racin/BCRH/100_1159.jpg
does it make any difference?
MugenReplica
05-07-2008, 11:27 AM
I have the OBX Comtech replica one. Fits fine IMO and works well.
T_Virus
05-07-2008, 11:37 AM
the obx one doenst look to bad. comes in stainless steel right? i rather have that then a DC ceramic one

Me too...I just want to know the gains of it on a dyno machine...
arthur
05-07-2008, 03:04 PM
why would you rather have an obx than a dc?
v1c10us
05-07-2008, 03:13 PM
i'm not really sure about this, but the angles of the pictures could have me wrong. are the first 2 ports going to the same tube?

on a normal 4-2-1 header, shouldn't the 2 exhaust ports on the outside go to the same tube and the inside 2 ports go to the same tube? the firing order should be 1,4,2,3 (correct me if i'm wrong). sorry for the lack of better words

ex. BCRH
http://i6.com/albums/y224/dc5racin/BCRH/100_1159.jpg
does it make any difference?

makes a huge difference.
1-4 and 2-3 or
1-3 and 2-4 are best, its for scavenging, which other than cat removal is the primary purpose of an RH
that RH will do fine above 6k but below that you will notice it doesnt do as well as one that has the proper runner order.