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You won't gain much, if anything, using a header with the stock turbo. The turbo itself is far more restrictive than the header at this point. At this stage, about the only upside in going to a header would be going to an equal-length model and losing the blub-blub sound.

Buy a downpipe and get tuned to stage 2.

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Equal length = 20whp / 20wtq over UEL. Why buy a header if it doesn't get you that performance?
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Yeah, but you lose power along the way. Who pays to lose power?

 

People who buy UEL headers for a Subaru, or worse yet buy an UEL header for a car that came EL as stock, that's who.

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People who buy UEL headers for a Subaru, or worse yet buy an UEL header for a car that came EL as stock, that's who.

 

That's what I was getting at...

 

Port/polish and a Grimmspeed crosspipe is about all I'd ever do. At stage 2 or 3 on a DD car, I'm never going to miss that 20hp. I should say, that 20hp sacrifice is worth having the rumble so I don't sound like every other EL header, 4 banger on the road.

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Port/polish and a Grimmspeed crosspipe is completely pointless, with gains that cannot separated from sampling noise.

 

Fixed.

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I still haven't heard a boxer with a ELH that sounds like an inline 4 in person :shrug:

 

 

ELH or stay stock. The invidia 1.5scroll is a lovely piece. Similar to the full race piece.

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Thread's not QUITE dead yet, right? Still 2013 lol

 

Everyone has addressed the performance gains, but none the reliability gains. Having an ELH means your engine's exhaust pulses aren't fighting for space in the pipes, in fact they'll draw eachother out through exhaust scavenging. Biggest problem with any turbocharged Subaru: cyl 2 & 4 running hot = cracked ringlands. I just bought Invidia ELH to prolong the life of my stage 3. The hp & tq are just a nice side effect.

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