Hello everyone. I am hoping someone has seen this header before and could point me in the right direction.

Please let me know if you've seen one like it. It had some interesting tabs welded just off the block flange.

Thanks!

 

Looks like some kind of heat shield mounting tabs on there. I couldn't say for sure, but if I had to throw out a guess it would be Mugen. Hopefully someone else more familiar with aftermarket headers will chime in for you and confirm or not.

 

They do look similar, but the Mugen one has a very short final end and the one I found doesn't. It might be some kind of copy of someone's design.

Anyone have any experience with clones of name-brand headers? Do they make/add some power? Maybe they are just a little heavier with lower grade material?

 

Here is the Mugen from a different post:

 

Can anyone think of a header I have forgotten? It doesn't look like any of these. (below are some images from the header thread. I added some missing photos and added a a header or 2)

Amuse R1:


ARK-Rspec


ASM:


Berk:


Buddy Club:



CompTech:


CT Engineering:


DC Sports:


First:


Fuji Racing:


Fujistubo:


HKS:


Hytech:


Invidia:


J's SPL:


JVT Racing:


Maxim Works / Feels Header:


Megan:

loads/2014/10/urge-designs-unicorn-header-customer-pic.jpg[/img]

 

Mugen:
AP1:

AP2


OBX:


Podio Racing:


RS-R:
?

Spoon:


T1R:


Toda:
Standard:

Torquie-kun


Tracy Sports:


Urge Unicorn:

 

I see 3 possible matches, all of which look identical to me, minus the added tabs at the header primaries which could have been custom added for a heat shield. Or just a later or earlier addition from factory.

-DC sports
-Fuji Racing
-OBX

Look at the primary pipe pairing, the shape, the end of the collector and where the 02 bung is located and what looks like a mount tab about half way down the header where the Y connects. All of these 3 headers match these details. OBX is probably the generic copy of one of the other 2.