Ebay Stainless Steel Headers - Do they Sound like Raspy Crap?

[Mushroom Stew]

SO I got some ebay SS headers for my m50 swap. Someone mentioned in a Facebook post that they make the exhaust sound raspy, which I hate. I'm keeping my exhaust mostly stock, perhaps changing the muffler, that's it.

What are people's experience with them on a m50, sound wise?

[luckysnafu]

They can be a little raspy, especially at higher rpm. If you want to reduce the rasp I would highly suggest ceramic coating the headers. I did that on my s52 swap and it made a world of difference in reducing the rasp. I've got an m52 with non-ceramic coated ebay SS headers and an s52 with ceramic coated ones. If you really want to know the difference I can probably take a couple of videos revving the engines over the headers. m52 engine is currently being swapped into a convertible so it may be a couple of weeks before I can get a video of the non-ceramic coated ones

[NC325iC]

i have them on my s52, along with a single 2.5 pipe which has a cat, a borla xr1 resonator, and a vibrant muffler.

Sounds pretty good to me. Not raspy, bit of a growl

[haaken675]

The headers sounds great with a good exhaust. I have run them before and I LOVED the way they made my magnaflow exhaust w/resonators sound. The key is to put resonators in line for sure.

Side note, I have a new, unused set for sale if you are in the market. bought them for my swap but have since decided to go turbo...

[ahrensNW]

The headers sounds great with a good exhaust. I have run them before and I LOVED the way they made my magnaflow exhaust w/resonators sound. The key is to put resonators in line for sure.

Side note, I have a new, unused set for sale if you are in the market. bought them for my swap but have since decided to go turbo...

I might be interested if it's cheap haha

[Mushroom Stew]

Thanks for the replies. Im going to play it safe and just use m52 headers. The fear of rasp is too much for me lol

[exhaust]

If I had to do it my system over I would have had them coated. I'm running 2.5" dual pipes into high flow cats, a x-pipe and a UUC System U. I'd like to either switch to an insulated x-pipe or add a resonator this winter to take the rasp down.

[f4tj0n]

I have a S52, eBay headers, vibrant 2" 2-to 1 2.5", long 2.5" magnaflow bullet in the center, and 2.5" vibrant at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BhhdnJM-5M