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Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« on: May 09, 2008, 01:18:54 PM »
Hello,

I am in the market to get new Headers and Exhaust, but don't know what would be the best for me.

-I would like something that has a nice deep tone, but I dont want it to sound like a Honda.
-I also like in California, so I would like it to be street legal.
-Price wise I would like to stay around $400-700.
-Would a K&N Filter help too?

What can I expect to gain with the set up on a stock sidekick?
1995 Suzuki Sidekick JX
4 door
5 Speed
Everything is stock


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Offline RJkick

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 02:17:39 PM »
Thorley Headers $250 new
2 and a quarter inch exhaust depends on muffler but around $200

Gain Maybe 30+ hp
92 Sidekick 1.6L 16v Calmini\OME 4.5" lift 3" Body Lift OME962 springs in front w\.75" spacers OME955 in rear w\1.75" spacers Extreme Duty Strut Eliminator kit and rear ProComp MX6 Shocks 31X10.50 Nexen M\T   Thorley Header   2" exhaust  Calmini front truss bar and stabilizer and skids   Custom Bumpers and Rock Rails  Limit Straps

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 02:25:58 PM »
Thorley Headers $250 new
2 and a quarter inch exhaust depends on muffler but around $200

Gain Maybe 30+ hp


dont forget the APC stickers

thats good for another 5hp

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 05:41:36 PM »
   Thorley has a california legal header.Both can easily be done within your budget.
KING ZOO!!

Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2008, 05:44:36 PM »
How does Thorley compare to Calmini?

It seems a lot of people here have that one too. Does it sound different?

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2008, 08:24:05 PM »
i'm in california also and have to smog every two years.
calmini hasn't gotten certified yet(still working on it, i understand), but doug thorley has been.
i've been researching a little- just can't rationalize it yet.
mabe next year
'89 kick w/little motor, still got pieces of jeff's pucks, stan's sticks into 4.24:1 tcase, 31x10.5x15's, rear lockrite, kick power steering, some radios(kj6esv), bmw seat, other changes just because. done on the cheap.
suzi the psychic gets me fishing.

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2008, 08:48:01 AM »
Thorley Headers $250 new
2 and a quarter inch exhaust depends on muffler but around $200

Gain Maybe 30+ hp

The motor only has 100 hp to start off with. There is no way you are going to get 30% more power out of it by changing the exhaust. You can expect maybe 5 hp increase at the best. Quite a while back Zaggy rebuilt a 1.6 with head porting, cam, full rebuild and exhaust etc and got about 12 - 15 hp increase on that engine(someone can correct me if i'm wrong). From personal experience you will notice the gains in the upper RPM range not so much off idle.

Derek
91 Sidekick jx
2" BDS supension lift
2" BDS body lift
1" Coil spacers
32" TSL's and some other stuff I did And now with a Lockrite!  www.cardomain.com/memberpage/783382

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2008, 09:03:11 AM »
Here is Zaggy's build thread, it's a bit long but you can surf through it to find the important stuff.

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=59.0

Derek
91 Sidekick jx
2" BDS supension lift
2" BDS body lift
1" Coil spacers
32" TSL's and some other stuff I did And now with a Lockrite!  www.cardomain.com/memberpage/783382

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2008, 07:00:37 AM »
    A lottle increase in gas mileage usually comes with it as well.Din't expect a huge difference,but with gas nearing $4 a gallon any improvement is sweet!!
KING ZOO!!

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2008, 07:43:41 AM »
4.09 for 87 oct in my neck of the woods and 4.50 for diesel!
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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2008, 07:39:42 PM »
I love my combo which is the Doug Thorley header with 2.25 pipe into a high flow cat then immediately into a resonator then into a turbo muffler.  The resonator makes the big difference in sound.  I hate the high pitch rattly tingy noise the suzukis make and the resonator will bounce that back and cancel it out.  Mine now has a nice growly flowmaster sound and it is nice and quiet during average driving and growls under load and if you run up to redline and back off you get the little cackles in the exhaust too.  I bought the stainless steel resonator on ebay for about $30, header from RRO for $245, turbo muffler from farm and fleet for $50 and then pipe from autozone for about $30.  I did get a noticable increase in performance mostly when driving into the wind and not having to downshift.  Not sure about the mpg.  Plus the smile every time I rev it up in the garage before shutting it down... Priceless.   


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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2008, 10:09:32 PM »
here i got the thorley long tube header, magnaflow high flow cat and spin tech exaust and i love my sound its hella deep for a 4 cyclinder and has a great echo.

watch this vid its the white sidekick

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2008, 04:09:41 PM »
Hey Sidekick did you knotice a power difference with the exhaust?  what kinda $$ did you drop on the whole kit?
I got your Jeep thang,  thats why it burns when I pee..

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Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2008, 11:08:17 AM »
ya a lil i drove a friends kick that was the same lift and tire set up and mine deffinetly had a lil more power, all power is at higher rpms though, gas mileage after the exhaust system cold air intake, spark plugs, high spark wires, and preformance radiator, im running with the EGR valve out about 26mpg thats mixed driving and NW area so its pretty hilly.  The entire exhast set up was 200 even for header new cause i called thorley themselves and talked them down proce wise lol, the spin tech was 50, cat was 50 pipeing was 100 tip 15.  all that was from a freindly exhaust shop and since i put decals from their business on my rig they gave me a deal.  i think its cause my rig is so noticeable.

Re: Headers and Exhaust... Which one to get?
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2008, 11:13:50 AM »
Do you think you could show some pic of your ride and maybe from underneath...