Seeking an answer about Header upgrades on Civics/Integras

AcuraIntegLS

"Get you some"
I have a buddy who goes to school with me, and he swears up and down that tubular headers are actually a bad upgrade for civics/integras because he says "It robs torque, which is bad for 4 cylinders." I'm no car genius, but I know a little more than the average person and am still learning. I've never heard of headers being a bad upgrade for anything, but I just wanted to make sure. Needless to say my question is: Are headers a bad upgrade for civics/integras, or at least for my car?

P.S. I have a 91 Integra LS that has a b18a1 with b16 internals if that helps.
 

AcuraIntegLS

"Get you some"
That's what I figured. It wouldn't make much sense to manufacture performance upgrades that didn't help, but like I said I just wanted to make sure. He did mention something about a book that says that they're a bad upgrade, but then again he also said you buy it at autozone... Lol
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
aslong as its 2" or 2.25" or 2.36" exhausts you are fine with a stock motor and a 2" collector on the header. As long as its not a 2.5" collector on the header
 

AcuraIntegLS

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I can honestly say I'm not sure of the measurements on them. I got the car last month from a trade. I was told it has DC 4-2-1 headers, and from the pictures I've seen they do look similar. The rest of it is stock, straight piped, and the car sits so low that there isn't a tip on the muffler anymore. I assume it's from hitting the ground so much it just fell off lmao
 


JGvtec

New Member
AcuraIntegLS said:
I can honestly say I'm not sure of the measurements on them. I got the car last month from a trade. I was told it has DC 4-2-1 headers, and from the pictures I've seen they do look similar. The rest of it is stock, straight piped, and the car sits so low that there isn't a tip on the muffler anymore. I assume it's from hitting the ground so much it just fell off lmao
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Make an intro thread 8)
 

AcuraIntegLS

"Get you some"
So basically just stating who I am, and what I have? Then I can have people make fun of my slow car, YES! :D haha
 

Tam4511

CI BOOST FIEND
AcuraIntegLS said:
I have a buddy who goes to school with me, and he swears up and down that tubular headers are actually a bad upgrade for civics/integras because he says "It robs torque, which is bad for 4 cylinders." I'm no car genius, but I know a little more than the average person and am still learning. I've never heard of headers being a bad upgrade for anything, but I just wanted to make sure. Needless to say my question is: Are headers a bad upgrade for civics/integras, or at least for my car?

P.S. I have a 91 Integra LS that has a b18a1 with b16 internals if that helps.
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what header isnt tubular? Ive never seen a square header lol
 
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