Prelude VTi-R Header

**Lukather** · 06-05-2009 12:18 AM

Hey guys,

any of you looking for a decent set of headers for you H22A Preludes would know just how difficult it is to find a set that ticks all the boxes - stainless steel, good quality, reasonable price, easy fitment, nice design and most importantly significant gains. Sounds impossible I know, but I reckon I've found a header that has all these :-)

The header is an 'ebay special', however it is the EXACT Hytech/SMSP design so you know it's a quality design. It's TIG welded stainless steel and has very good quality craftsmanship.

I purchased it off a seller by the name of chameleondesignz. There are others on there that sell the same header, but he was a great seller and awesome to deal with.

I managed to pick up the header for sub $650AU including shipping, and that included head gasket and extension piece to attach to your exhaust..

The only fitment issues were that the O2 harness needed to be replaced because the stock one was too short (Around $115 for a Bosch), and also the crossmember had to be slight grinded away in order to fit the header in comfortably.

I recently just installed this header along with a Lukey 2.5" mild steel exhaust (Carline on Grange Road A+++) and the gains were immediately noticable. These headers were a great buy and i would strongly recommend them to anyone in the market with a VTEC Lude.

Anyway, hope this helps.

**MrKaji** · 06-05-2009 12:23 AM

i love this setup

i sat in the car as soon as it got fitted it pulled very hard right till top end
VERY NOTICEABLE GAINS!!!

beautiful headers!!!

**rbk_212** · 06-05-2009 11:01 AM

good post man its seems youve picked up one of the gems off ebay!

you gotta be careful though theres some real dogs out there..

**Lukather** · 06-05-2009 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by rbk_212

good post man its seems youve picked up one of the gems off ebay!

you gotta be careful though theres some real dogs out there..

Yeah mate you're not wrong there and you do have to be careful. In the case of this ebay seller, he had a very high feedback count and percentage rating which negated the risk factor.

**rbk_212** · 06-05-2009 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by Lukather

Yeah mate you're not wrong there and you do have to be careful. In the case of this ebay seller, he had a very high feedback count and percentage rating which negated the risk factor.

well youve made an informed decision and its paid off, so well done!

hows the performance?

**drifter** · 06-05-2009 11:31 PM

nice job mates... the only header i could find off ebay is X-FORCE header ....
they are not too bad for a 5 gen prelude VTI-R ATTS

**Lukather** · 06-05-2009 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by rbk_212

well youve made an informed decision and its paid off, so well done!

hows the performance?

Performance is great. Very noticeable pull in the mid-high rpm and the engine just breathes so much better

**ZeForce** · 06-05-2009 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by Lukather

Performance is great. Very noticeable pull in the mid-high rpm and the engine just breathes so much better

I can vouch for that

**94vtirozguy** · 07-05-2009 10:55 AM

Hytech and SMSP have multiple designs and are different manufacturers, and each of those manufacturers ask for the specs of your engines as they have different designs / specs for the setup you send.

So how can 1 set of headers combine multiple different specs from different manufacturers .......

congrats on the buy and gains but don't believe everything on ebay

**ZeForce** · 07-05-2009 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by 94vtirozguy

Hytech and SMSP have multiple designs and are different manufacturers, and each of those manufacturers ask for the specs of your engines as they have different designs / specs for the setup you send.

So how can 1 set of headers combine multiple different specs from different manufacturers .......

congrats on the buy and gains but don't believe everything on ebay

Take some time and study both of their H series headers carefully. Both companys use a very similar design and for obvious reasons, there really isnt much space in the prelude chassis for many different variations (compared to EG/DC chassis)

**94vtirozguy** · 07-05-2009 11:02 AM

there are 4 variations at SMSP for the h22 that i know of.

Some versions require the engine mount support and support brace to be modified to accomodate them

**ZeForce** · 07-05-2009 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by 94vtirozguy

there are 4 variations at SMSP for the h22 that i know of.

Some versions require the engine mount support and support brace to be modified to accomodate them

Thats correct but some a specifically designed for H22a in EG/DC chassis and cant be used in a prelude