914/6 header questions.... Options

[ChicagoPete]

Will be running a 2.7 with Webers in my 914/6 and am looking at 1 5/8" O.D. headers available. Does anyone have comparison experience between those offered by Bursch, Patrick Motorsports and GT Racing. Does it matter which muffler you use with any of these?...my thoughts was to use a 2 in 3 out sport muffler...single outlet for street use and cap off the single outlet and use the dual outlet for track.

[Eric_Shea]

Correct... any further east and you get really wet. My Balcony was on the 34th floor overlooking Lake Michigan. I loved that!

Now... on to headers. With the flat vs. the triangle, I think you'd be arguing over 1/2 hp or something. I could be wrong. Could you get a better built muffler? Yes. After bead blasting mine clean it's easy to see the welding work is just "OK". After bead blasting my "factory" muffler clean, it's easy to see the welding work is just "OK" as well... So, no doubt, Euro, and S-Car-Go and Patrick will probably make a better product but I believe the Bursh, properly treated (again, I used POR-20) will last the life of your -6 or conversion. Some have had fitment problems... (Clay?) Now you're into the "you decide" territory.

The Auto-Farm muffler is easy to build. Those little caps would be difficult but not impossible. I don't think the factory sport mufflers are loud. If you come slamming into the parking lot at 5-6000rpm at midnight you may have a problem but idling in, in second gear shouldn't offend "anyone"

Here's a thread where I posted the muffler mod. Get a decent factory muffler from Z and mod it if you want otherwise... leave it stock.

Muffler Post with Mod. PDF