Originally Posted by
Mrmiata
Sounds like those were 95% there. One would think just a little tweaking on a bend or two would give the required fitment? Just finding a shop interested enough to work with and not want your first born would probably be the only holdback.
Edit: Were those the ones SD was showing at the start of that thread?
Yes, that was the root of our frustration.
It took ~9/10 months for them to tell us that the fit wasn't satisfactory (which we knew from the beginning). Also, while they claimed the proto was their own design, it's rather interesting to me that the ones Steve sent up (VRP) for SD to use as a template looked identical to the "progress" pics.
The need is a simple one: Design a shorty header that fits between the exhaust ports on the head, and the OE catalytic converter flange, with bigger primaries than stock... without leaking or hitting the transmission.
We're coming up on the nine year anniversary of the Crossfire, and the above hasn't happened.