Thinking of getting a cheap ebay header for the S2000 and since I am getting my car dyno tuned soon, thought maybe I should see what it gains or loses in power.
I was looking at this one since it's so cheap. What do you think? How do the bends look? I emailed the guy asking what the collector and primary sizes are but have not heard back yet.

Here is the link. Ebay header.

 

I was looking at that one also. Only if the megan racing one doesnt work.

 

yeah I think I'm just going to pass on it. Not worth it even if it does gain like 3 hp which would be the max I am sure, but p[retty likely that it would actually lose power

 

You get what you pay for..

 

Ah so sick of the only answer you ever get on here is "you get what you pay for" My question was asking how the bends looked on the header since I am not familiar with the oem design really. I have personally on many occasion(different car) bought parts that dismiss the whole "you get what you pay for" fan club slogan.
I don't doubt that the welds will be worse than some of the higher priced ones. I was just curious how the bends looked to see if it might in fact get some power. I have decided that it's not worth it for me even if it does make power to do.

 

i dont really kno too much about headers but wat da hell, its only $100 with shipping. even if u get 3hp, its a cheap upgrade. wouldnt mind pickin this up for myself haha

 

It's incredibly difficult to make a good header for this car. There are only about 5 out of the 20+ that have tried that make good power.

 

Yeah wasn't expecting "good" power. Was thinking maybe if it made even 1whp it would be worth it since you lose lots of weight with it as well. I am not going to get it regardless just cause of the time of bolting it up and all at the dyno.

 

You may lose HP... Many headers 500-600 dollars lose power.

 

Yeah that is a very good possibility I am sure. I not going to even try right now, but I still am curious as to how it would dyno. I am sure it is just a copy of some other known header, thats how all those ebay ones are usually. So sometimes you do get a good performing product for really cheap. Had great results with my turbo back exhaust for my eclipse gst. Made tons of power with an ebay o2 housing, ebay race downpie, ebay catback.