Bassani vs. BBK

[skylovia]

How much more power do you guys think that Bassani headers would make, if any, over BBK shortie headers? Ive decided to go with one of these companies but i need a little more info on them. Is the power of Bassani worth the cost or can i pretty much make the same power off BBK, or any other headers that are of the same quality of BBK?

 

[Maverick95]

I have BBK unequal-shorties. I like them. Nice product. Works well w/ my setup so far. Sounds good too. Can't speak for Bassani.
Mav

 

[mystang94gt]

I saw a header comparison someplace before and the BBK shorties made as much power as any of the other SHORTIES out there. Great product for the price and WILL BE my next mod. I wish I still had the article. But my brother had their ceramic ones on his 89 LX and they still look new after 4 or 5 years. Bassani's are great too and will prolly make pretty the same power. Pretty much paying for the name.

 

[willys1]

I dont think Bassani makes unequal shorties,,but I do know they are top of the line quality And the price will reflect that!!

 

[Mrgreen94gt]

Honestly, I would never be able to justify paying so much for shorties like Bassani or JBA. Longtubes, sure but shorties, never. My BBK shorties do their job nicely for minimal cost. They don't look very nice anymore, due to discoloration. That could be prevented with the optional ceramic coating, though.

Only other drawback that I can see is that the dipstick has to be routed differently. Makes it kind of hard to get in and out and seems to throw the reading off a little. This may be an issue with any of the shorty headers.

 

[wytstang]

Yes you have to reroute the oil dipstick tube but remember Lokar sells flexible dipsticks for our cars. As far as header my BBK equal length do there job just fine. Like mentioned I wouldn't pay what they want for there headers (Bassani/JBA) unless there was a MAJOR advantage in power/torque.

 

[ponypowa2]

Will the bbk shorties work with a bassani x-pipe?

 

[Mrgreen94gt]

Will the bbk shorties work with a bassani x-pipe?

Yes.

Yes you have to reroute the oil dipstick tube but remember Lokar sells flexible dipsticks for our cars.

Hmm. I've never even thought about a Lokar dipstick. Sounds like a future upgrade for me.

 

[willys1]

That sucks!! about the dipstick!! Do all equal lenth shorties do that,,or just BBK ?? I have FMS shorties (unequal ) and there is no problem!!

 

[DJHA90]

I bought the Lokar dipstick/dipstick tube and I dont like it. Freaking dipstick never goes in without screwing around with it. Also, dont plan on cheking the oil until the car cools down for quite a while...

 

[willys1]

I bought the Lokar dipstick/dipstick tube and I dont like it. Freaking dipstick never goes in without screwing around with it. Also, dont plan on cheking the oil until the car cools down for quite a while...

What kind of headers?

 

[wytstang]

All shorty equal lengths that I know of you have to modify the dip stick not unequal though it's the way the tubes "pretzel" around that cause the slight clearence issue nothing major though.

 

[skylovia]

Thanks for all the responses guys.

 

[Touring23]

I don't recall modifying my dipstick with my Bassani equals.
It worked fine for me. Now I have to go look at it again.