Subaru EJ20 Headers?, Who's using what? Too many options! Options

[CptTripps]

Who's using what?

I'm finding a TON of options on eBay that range from $125-$800. I have no clue what the real difference is though.

Equal Length Headers or Unequal Length Headers?

Am I looking for a new oil pan too, or will the stock (2003) work?

Differences in the Turbo Pipe?

I want to buy now...just don't want to get the wrong thing and regret it later when it doesn't fit with what I'm doing.

I realize that I'll be hunting for an exhaust too, and that it'll likely need to be a custom built pipe, but the rest of the stuff seems to be pretty important.

[914forme]

It would be so hard to due a truly equal length header. Nearly equal is good enough. I would source the flanges, and then order up the pipe. On mine I have ordered the flanges, I will grab 16 ga tube and mandrel bends and do it up. I am going to spend money on three items. The flanges and the collectors.

Narrowed it down to Cone Engineering
or Burns Stainless, they also sell steel. The Collector is the best investment. After that I plan on sending it our for ceramic coating. And a coating on the inside to keep the heat in. If your good enough, you could go straight to stainless, I would rather prototype in steel, and then make it better latter.

Don't forget you also ned a proper turbo flange. We had a guy in the area from the TDI crowds that I would have recommended to do your work, he was east of Lima. Welding and fab skill where top notch. He still does fab work, by day works for these guys,

by night he'll do side jobs, but he's in Richmond Michigan now.



And the inside, dudes got talent, my welds look like (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) to his.