Robotsan
Club Member
I've watched a lot of US youtube videos of cars with the MSA 6 into 1 headers installed, and to me at least, they all sound great. I don't know if its just my imagination or not, but they all seem to have certain high-pitched scream to them compared to other systems. I haven't scientifically tested this (maybe I need to watch all the videos of the 6 into 2 headers too!), and there's obviously other factors at play like different mufflers, even different engines, carbs etc.. but I just feel like there's a pattern with the 6-1 cars?
Evidence:
https://youtu.be/l_8mZIu435U
Then I saw the prices.. Seems almost too good to be true? Headers for $275 (for a '76 280z) and the rest of the system for $288? Obviously shipping is crazy - $1100 they quoted, but I got a quote from STS imports for $190, and that was to ship 2 lots of the above as I've been discussing splitting the shipment with another person. So would cost me personally £775 all in.
At that price it seems great.. but I have seen quite a few comments from searching the forum regarding the quality/fitment of the MSA stuff, and a bit of droning? Would it be a bit of a risk, or worth doing at this price? Is the droning due to the MSA backbox more than anything? Would that be sorted by adding a ZStory JDM box at a later date? Surely there'd be takers for a used MSA system too?
The plan was originally to go full ZStory but with the next batch not shipping until December, and if these MSA 6-1 headers really do sound as good as I think, I'm tempted to do this. I can always upgrade the rest to ZStory later.
Any advice duly welcomed.
Evidence:
https://youtu.be/l_8mZIu435U
Then I saw the prices.. Seems almost too good to be true? Headers for $275 (for a '76 280z) and the rest of the system for $288? Obviously shipping is crazy - $1100 they quoted, but I got a quote from STS imports for $190, and that was to ship 2 lots of the above as I've been discussing splitting the shipment with another person. So would cost me personally £775 all in.
At that price it seems great.. but I have seen quite a few comments from searching the forum regarding the quality/fitment of the MSA stuff, and a bit of droning? Would it be a bit of a risk, or worth doing at this price? Is the droning due to the MSA backbox more than anything? Would that be sorted by adding a ZStory JDM box at a later date? Surely there'd be takers for a used MSA system too?
The plan was originally to go full ZStory but with the next batch not shipping until December, and if these MSA 6-1 headers really do sound as good as I think, I'm tempted to do this. I can always upgrade the rest to ZStory later.
Any advice duly welcomed.