Chikara header?

[Hybrid1990crx]

Anyone have any experience with these? I can pick a 4-2-1 up for kinda cheap and I was wondering how they are. Good gains? Quality made? Thanks guys.

[lilol89crx]

well i know hedman makes good headers for v8's(had a set of stepped headers on my 77 camaro) i havnt any experience with the chikara line. IMO it should be a decent header. how much u gonna pay for urs?

[Ace$nyper]

hes getting a good deal and this is 100% unbiased view.

[Hybrid1990crx]

LOL you're not allowed to post in this thread, Max.

[BigBearWest]

try to PM ci5ic he had one until he sold it to melt. but i don't think met ever installed it.

[Marc-OS]

I had a chikara header, I thought it was good for the money. Really good for those on a budget.

[GTA]

Originally Posted by BigBearWest

try to PM ci5ic he had one until he sold it to melt. but i don't think met ever installed it.

nope. Fishcat37 had the chikara header and sold it to melt. it didnt fit with the exhaust melts car had so he never put it on and asked ci5ic if he wanted to sell his dc sports when he swapped his engine (which he still hasnt done ). Last i heard Melt still had the header and was trying to sell it but that was a few months ago.

PS. yes, i know too much random info

[Jay eS Iye]

i actually think he sold it, b/c i wanted to buy it, but i think he said it sold

[crx hf]

I got my chikara header like 2 months ago and its great.Youll really feel the midrange HP.The only bad thing it will make your car sound a little dirty sort of like a lawnmover.

[viridion]

when do 4g's not sound like lawnmowers

i remember my DC 4-3-1 with 2" straight out the back mandrel bent with a 5" tip haha, was way too loud for highway driving... now i'm all about the mufflers

[crx hf]

Before i had my header my car sounded really nice.It was really troaty all i had was an exhaust and intake

[rosshatch89]

my friend has one hes only had it for about a year and its all rusted like you wouldnt believe

[bambam89lx]

I wouldn't get it because I've had 2 of them n they just rust away. Sure it'll look good for about 2 days...until it starts to discolor and rust. It doesn't matter if you live in Arizona and never got any rain where you live, It would still find a way to rust. I'm actually beginning to think that they make those headers out of "rust". I think they just weld together a bunch of rust and paint it. I think they even begin to rust in the UPS truck they come on and are all rusty when they get to ur door. I also think it's a conspiracy by HEDMAN. They make great V8 headers...but they purposely make shitty 4 cylinder headers and sell them at a cheap price so all the 4 cylinder guys will buy them and have shitty headers....lol. How does HEDMAN, which is a U.S. based company have the right to sell "CHIKARA" headers which is a japanese name? I would consider that false advertising. I personally would never get another chikara header. Of course it's gonna give you some mid range power.....but any header will give you power gains since our stock manifold is so restrictive. If Stop N Shop came out with a freaken header...it would produce more power than the stock one...and prolly more power than the Chikara header too. just remember...you get wut you pay for. If you pay $100 dollars for a chikara header....you're gonna get $100 dollars worth of rust, discolorment and minimal HP gains. Why is it that every time someone is selling a header, it's a Chikara one? Because they realize how shitty it is.
my 2 cents
sorry to the seller....I'm just posting my honest opinion.

[Ace$nyper]

Originally Posted by GTA

nope. Fishcat37 had the chikara header and sold it to melt. it didnt fit with the exhaust melts car had so he never put it on and asked ci5ic if he wanted to sell his dc sports when he swapped his engine (which he still hasnt done ). Last i heard Melt still had the header and was trying to sell it but that was a few months ago.

PS. yes, i know too much random info

I bought it of melt i just never got round to install due to lazyness i got all the gaskets for it *a bitch* and just never got round to install now i got a big B on the way it im selling it myself.

Its not going to rust with all the high temp paint thats on it now lol.