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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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Boost Brothers Header?

Anyone know anything about this particular header?

Did some searching but couldnt find much about it..

Anyone using it?

http://www.boostbrothers.com/product...age=1&featured
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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I just bought one on a whim, received it and construction looks very good! even comes with gaskets! I'm thinking bout selling it and getting a dual resonated midpipe fist tho.... I'll try to get some pictures posted...

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 05:34 PM
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Love the "customer review" at the bottom of the page:

"Author: Phil Mackinson
I have this on my RX8. The fit is good, the ceramic coating is great and we were really surprized by the dyno numbers. +28HP from just this alone. We're anxious to see how this does when we get rid of the CAT. Install was easy, but we needed some extensions to get to the bolts on the motor. Overall, we're really pleased."

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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28 whp?!
WOW, those Racing Beat guys are SUCH n00bs, they only claim 4 hp!

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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I wonder where "Phil Mackinson" works?
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rotary.enthusiast
Love the "customer review" at the bottom of the page:

"Author: Phil Mackinson
I have this on my RX8. The fit is good, the ceramic coating is great and we were really surprized by the dyno numbers. +28HP from just this alone. We're anxious to see how this does when we get rid of the CAT. Install was easy, but we needed some extensions to get to the bolts on the motor. Overall, we're really pleased."

Sounds like it works to me!!! Cant wait to see what those dyno numbers once its actually bolted to the car...
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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28? lol


Must have bought the Buttdyno from KaleAutoCo for $399 for that pull.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=41
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Ooh look 3 pipes with a collector! Woohoo! I wonder how much more power theirs makes than everyone elses identical looking 3 pipe and a collector setup?
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 09:39 AM
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^^^ the answer to your question is 24.

RB = 4
BB = 28

duh....
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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Lol... remember the days when people would take all of the advertised hp claims of the mods on their car and just add them together to get total hp? "My Z28 with catback and intake is at about 500 wheel...."
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Old Jun 2, 2009 | 10:29 AM
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^I overheard 2 ricers do just that several years ago when I was at a Barnes and Noble. I was looking at some car books and 2 kids were there also doing the same. One of them had an Eclipse and the "smart" one drove a Civic Si. The smart kid proceeded to tell his Eclipse driving buddy that a catback could get him 15 hp, a header could get him 10 hp, an exhaust tip(!!!) could get him 3 (I had a hard time not laughing at that one), an intake could get him 10hp, a flywheel could get him 15, and so forth and so on. The Eclipse kid was all excited. You could see the money burning a hole in his pocket. The final tally was something like 70 additional hp with bolt ons.

I actually did laugh out loud a little bit and the "smart" kid called me out on it. We argued a bit and he basically couldn't stay on topic any longer and started quizzing me about what I drive and how I must be jealous of his car and how mine sucked and yada yada yada. That was a pretty funny conversation. Typical ricer logic.
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