Best Header for 08 fg2?

[FG2nv]

I've been looking on here and I see that a lot of people are happy with the Vibrant header, but my question is how does it perform compared to the Buddy club? I've never put headers on my car so I guess I'm a noob when it comes to this... whats the best header for my car? I don't wanna be cheap with my parts so I don't mind paying a little more for quality parts... Can anyone help me out? thanks guys

[FG2nv]

And oh yeah, I will probably be paring this header with a DC sports full catback exhaust...

[nevertofast]

the vibrant is probably better paired with the vibrant exhaust ! if not i would go with the buddy club but i think the vibrant header + exhaust showed really good gains

[loves to speed]

i have DC Sport, but only because it was cheaper than the Buddy Club, but i hear you get more from BC

[FG2nv]

Originally Posted by nevertofast

the vibrant is probably better paired with the vibrant exhaust ! if not i would go with the buddy club but i think the vibrant header + exhaust showed really good gains

What kind of gains?

N I kinda got the exhaust for a price that was too good for me to pass up, so I know imma slap it on, for now at least... the dc sports catback wont' do too much for me?

[BrineSI]

Please do a search, this is covered at least once per week, by the way I have the dc sports and love it...

[nevertofast]

yeh i really dont know because i h ave the ebbay test pipe and stock exhaust

[FG2nv]

Originally Posted by BrineSI

Please do a search, this is covered at least once per week, by the way I have the dc sports and love it...

how much did the DC sports run you? and how much of a difference did you feel?

[FG2nv]

So buddy club is my best bet?

[fijibluenewb]

I prefer personally to pair same company parts, just me though. If you have Vibrant catback, stick with the Vibrant header. It's nice to know yer stuff is made for itself, even more so when dealing with a high end company.
If you have piece it togethers from all different companies, eh yer guess would be good as mine. I am sure you would be happy with either. Be real careful tho when matching yer header and exhaust.

[NitrousG35]

I did this thread expressly to help answer questions like this. The BuddyClub should be close to the Vibrant RH. Some people say it is 2-3hp more, but I can't verify this. One thing for sure, the Vibrant has the BuddyClub beat on price.

Mother of all questions about race header threads

[FG2nv]

Originally Posted by NitrousG35

I did this thread expressly to help answer questions like this. The BuddyClub should be close to the Vibrant RH. Some people say it is 2-3hp more, but I can't verify this. One thing for sure, the Vibrant has the BuddyClub beat on price.

Mother of all questions about race header threads

Now this is a big help!!!!!



DO you agree that you should try to keep everything within the same company, in other words if i go w/ the vibrant header I should try to stick to vibrant exhaust? or it doesn't much a difference? thanks for your help bro

[NitrousG35]

Originally Posted by FG2nv

Now this is a big help!!!!!



DO you agree that you should try to keep everything within the same company, in other words if i go w/ the vibrant header I should try to stick to vibrant exhaust? or it doesn't much a difference? thanks for your help bro

Well, I know that Vibrant has designed their race header to work best with their cat-back systems. You can mix and match, but I like staying with the same system.

[FG2nv]

Originally Posted by NitrousG35

Well, I know that Vibrant has designed their race header to work best with their cat-back systems. You can mix and match, but I like staying with the same system.

I just pm'd you with one or two more questions, sorry for the bother

[NitrousG35]

Originally Posted by FG2nv

I just pm'd you with one or two more questions, sorry for the bother

No problem. Always glad to help out a fellow 8th Gen member.

[BTRobertson]

Originally Posted by NitrousG35

You can mix and match, but I like staying with the same system.

Makes me wonder when Skunk2 is going to get with the program and come out with a race header option, maybe one with a high-flow cat as well? Damn would that be awesome with my MPR 70mm exhaust...wow. I hear the Vib RH works well with the Skunk2 exhaust, but is damn loud. Just the way me likes it.

[NitrousG35]

Originally Posted by BTRobertson

Makes me wonder when Skunk2 is going to get with the program and come out with a race header option, maybe one with a high-flow cat as well? Damn would that be awesome with my MPR 70mm exhaust...wow. I hear the Vib RH works well with the Skunk2 exhaust, but is damn loud. Just the way me likes it.

Good point. I too am a little surprised that Skunk2 is so late to the party. Can you imagine their race header with the 70mm cat-back? Talk about power and sound! BTW, get me the info about the 4-2-1/4-1 header info so I can update the race header thread.

[BTRobertson]

Will do bud.

[BrineSI]

Originally Posted by FG2nv

how much did the DC sports run you? and how much of a difference did you feel?

Very noticeable and it was $330 shipped from SCtuned.com through this website... comes with new nuts and gaskets, stickers, have run their headers on several previous cars with great results as well...

Mixing and matching is fine, I think a DCRH along with whatever exhaust fits your needs is the way to go (looks and sound wise) but I'm also a quality + value guy, not just quality, I mean isn't that what the Honda Civic is, quality and value? I'm running the Apexi WS2 exhaust which looks very close to stock to avoid the coppers hassling me and perhaps discovering a catless system. The sound is also plenty loud for me but very clean and smooth, loud on a hot day, not too loud on cooler nights when I might be carting the wife off to a fancy dinner out , because that's the kind of guy I am... lol.

[NitrousG35]

Originally Posted by BrineSI

Very noticeable and it was $330 shipped from SCtuned.com through this website... comes with new nuts and gaskets, stickers, have run their headers on several previous cars with great results as well...

What's interesting is that Excalibur had a BuddyClub RH on his Si and got rid of it. He put on a DCSports header and feels the performance was similar between the two. DCSports makes a very affordable RH for those on a budget.