JBA headers, worth it or not?

[dancron]

I've been looking a some JBA cat4ward headers for my 3.0 but is the power increase worth the money? The truck already has a K&N intake, superchips program, and custom cat back exhaust.

 

[graff104]

What are they priced at now? Last time i checked they where way to rich for my blood.

 

[stmitch]

I asked this same question over on RPS awhile back:

http://www.rangerpowersports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253793

I would say that unless you plan on doing forced induction, new JBA's are a bit too pricey for the gain you get. Every once in awhile, they run some JBA look-a-like headers on ebay for like $225. I'd try and get some of those or maybe some used JBA's. I picked up a used set of stainless JBA's and had them ceram-a-coted locally, and the total cost was $350, or a little more than half of what a set of new JBA ceramic headers costs.

 

[prerunin13]

I have them and honestly with all the stuff I have done I think the biggest bang for the buck was the Granatelli maf. The coating on em has lasted and they sound great but for what I paid in '00 not sure it was worth it. Also not sure if you can still get the maf anymore?

 

[dancron]

i'll see if i can find them cheep or something like it, how much of a power increase do they seem to give the truck anyway?

 

[prerunin13]

Not much really but they do a difference when climbing hills. Like I said the maf was worth every penny.