Opinions on Headers Wanted
 

I am on the brink of buying two sets of new keith eickert headers/manifolds. Am looking for any opinions on problems, performance, reversion resistance, sound etc. Seems like the best of all worlds and I like the whole concept. On the other hand, I always hate to find out after I spend thousands of dollars about a problem, so I appeal to the OSO knowledge base for advise, opinions... good bad or indifferent.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

The older Eickerts are among the best headers out there.

Are the old one cast or the "real" tube headers Cord?

Dave

I have been running them four years without a problem! They definetly make hp and have their own sound! You will be very satisfied!

Can't run a procharger on a motor running Eickerts.

I have them on 1100hp blower motors that have performed flawlessly for 3 seasons. Before I did the blower motors, they were on a pr. of carb'd 850 hp. motors.
They aren't as "pretty" as CMI's or Stellings, but they do the job, just as well, in my opinion.
When we dyno'd the blower motors we used the Eikerts and made 1100hp @ 15 lb's boost and 1050ft-lbs torque. We switched to a larger set of dyno headers to try to simulate CMI's big tubes and only gained 10 hp. At that time I made the decision not to use CMI's or Stellings as there didn't seem to be any more of a performance gain for the additional cost.

The "old" ones are the cast header.

The cast aluminum header is the one that I'm refering to. If there is a "new" one, it is the same as the "old" header with a few water outlets in different locations.
Keith Eikert bought the molds for the headers from a friend of mine here in Minnesota. He had P-F Marine that produced that header until Keith bought the molds. Keith changed a few things but they are basicly the same.
They are a great equal length marine header. You won't be sorry if you choose to use them, in either configuration.

Thanks for all the great responses. I am curious what the perceieved drawback would be in using these in a blown application. All I can think of is runner size.

I called kieth eickert yesterday and was told he is no longer casting the manifolds and has sold operation. They are still being produced but by someone else.

I have a line on these for $2k per set which seems very good.

Dave

That's why I was refering to the "new" vs "old" Keith Eickert.