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Old 02-02-2017 | 07:47 AM
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9.8 vs 10.2 deck makes a difference, couldn't remember what you bought, I guess if you didn't need to modify your existing exhaust you will be ok

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Old 02-02-2017 | 08:19 AM
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Many of the old Cigarettes had 34 inch center to center.
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Old 02-02-2017 | 08:49 AM
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Not sure which generation stainless marine you have , but I can tell you that you will be going backwards replacing stainless marine with stellings headers..in terms of maintenance . You will be testing and fixing those headers every year, been there done that...never again... I will tell you that I had stellings black model and they fit a tighter center than my new stainless marine gen 3 ... Jerry had to make custom center manifolds to make mine fit.
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Old 02-02-2017 | 09:08 AM
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Seems the deal is not as great as I thought, gonna pass I think.

That being said maybe I just make my stainless marines dry and leave them for now
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Old 02-02-2017 | 09:28 AM
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For me, its a no brainer to use GEN III stainless marine on a blower motor. Performance and reliability.

N/A motor, there could be some decent perf gains with a full length header over a gil or sm marine standard setup.

My stellings were made in 1996. I had them repaired once in 2011 for a slight leak. But I dont run in salt either.
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Old 02-02-2017 | 09:29 AM
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Does Stellings still make headers?
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Old 02-02-2017 | 09:40 AM
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Haven't in a long time. I'd bet the newest ones you'd find are 10+ years old
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Old 02-02-2017 | 09:55 AM
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Gotcha that explains google failure lol
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Old 02-02-2017 | 10:10 AM
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For overall (peak) power the full header will be the best bet. But thru the cruise RPM range you won't see a big gain over the Stainless marine. The Stainless Marine sure are more reliable than ay full length header out there other than the Keith Eikert stuff.
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Old 02-02-2017 | 11:37 AM
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I've got the stallings green tag in a 12 meter with 33 1/2" center and have a good 1 1/4 btwn the two center. The only thing to consider is that's with gm heads. Your aftermarket heads with 1/2" raised exhaust ports will narrow the gap a bit.
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