CLASS RACER FORUM - View Single Post - Stainless Steel Headers... worth it or no?

RonP · 04-08-2014, 01:24 PM

I worked with Kromerkraft from about 1995 to roughly 2005. I'm guessing we built 1 set of stainless for every 80-100 sets of mild steel headers during that period. A good ceramic coating will last several years. I can't remember any customers complaining about rust during this period. We never recommended SS during that period of time. After the first set, we tried to talk the handfull of customers out of SS.

And yes, he likes having the car on site to fit the headers. They are custom fit.
We had a fixture for Gary Russell LT1 F-bodies in that time. Gary sents numerous customers to us.

We never had a customer do a back to back test,....so I don;t know if there is a perf. benefit.

Generally the Tri-Y's help the mid range and peak torque and lose a little max power.
(based my experience and it varies from car to car if there is a benefit).

Thanks, Ron

04-08-2014, 01:24 PM	#19
RonP Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Detroit,MI Posts: 81 Likes: 28 Liked 29 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Stainless Steel Headers... worth it or no? I worked with Kromerkraft from about 1995 to roughly 2005. I'm guessing we built 1 set of stainless for every 80-100 sets of mild steel headers during that period. A good ceramic coating will last several years. I can't remember any customers complaining about rust during this period. We never recommended SS during that period of time. After the first set, we tried to talk the handfull of customers out of SS. And yes, he likes having the car on site to fit the headers. They are custom fit. We had a fixture for Gary Russell LT1 F-bodies in that time. Gary sents numerous customers to us. We never had a customer do a back to back test,....so I don;t know if there is a perf. benefit. Generally the Tri-Y's help the mid range and peak torque and lose a little max power. (based my experience and it varies from car to car if there is a benefit). Thanks, Ron