Yes, I've seen that too, the first stainless headers from smallcar were fairly good material and I've seen several last for a long time like yours. The quality of the material has gone downhill and was mediocre since I stopped using theirs about two years ago and developed mine.
-Hans
Vanaru Engine Systems
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--- In subaruvanagon@..., Leon Korkin <korkwood@...> wrote:
My stainless steel CS header has been used for 6 years on hiways,
washboards, dirt, sand and mud for 6 years
no cracks no problems and no flaking coatings
i have flex tube welded into J-pipe
Leon
On 5/6/2012 1:46 PM, Bob Stevens wrote:
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Rhino <rhinoculips@...
<mailto:rhinoculips%40gmail.com>> wrote:
Does anyone have first hand experience with Vanaru's exhaust
headers? Any
problems with cracking? Rusting? They are $200 more than smallcar's but
they sound like a better product. I would like an exhaust that tucks up
(like smallcar's) and will last.
Just my suggestion: go mild steel with ceramic coating. It will NOT
crack,
and will last a long time. For some reason, these
conversion exhaust systems don't seem to tolerate the needed design
changes
AND the use of SS.
I've had this experience with SS on 2.2 and 3.0 Subaru motors, and my
current mild steel and coating is going quite strong at
2 years and 33K miles.
Bob
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