Pictures of SS Autochrome Compared with JBA Headers
I know there was lots o' questions regarding the difference between the SS Autochrome headers and the JBA's. Well take a look in my gallery for a side by side comparison. I recently purchased the titanium coated JBA's off TS member dpeete (thanks, Doug!) and have had the SSA 's off of ebay (Stone Mountain Racing, SS Autochrome, Inc.) for a while now.
The initial quality on the welds, bends and craftsmanship definitely favors the JBA's, although some of their imperfections may have been masked by the coating. The Firecone is definitely a nice idea, but in who knows what the 'real world' effects on overall torque and hp are.
The SSA's seem like they are stout and I have only minor complaints regarding their workmanship. But for less than 1/2 the price, definitely the better bang for the buck!
The biggest difference is in the diameter of the tubes, SSA have a larger diameter than the JBA's.
The OEM metal gaskets seem the best, and the other two are very similar. The JBA set came with some cardboard looking collector flange gaskets, so I imagine those will get replaced with OEM crush gaskets as well.
Anyway, comments are welcome, I was just posting for those of you considering buying headers.
PS - The SSA's are for sale! See my sig line!
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Thunder Grey Metallic
Factory Options: Leather Captain's Chairs, Color Keyed Running Boards, tow package Aftermarket Additions: JVC KDSHX900 w/ HD, Sirius S50 Satellite Radio, JL Audio Stealthbox, Eclipse 500W 5-channel Amp, MB Quart Ref Components w/ 1.5" tweeters up front, Coax rears, Peel & Seal sound deadening, Trenz Billet Grill, Tailgate Extender, Sylvania Silverstar headlights, Hella SuperTone Twin Horns, Ivan Stewart Body kit Modifications: Unichip with custom tune, JBA Titanium coated headers, Hellwig Anti-Sway Bar, TRD Dual Side Exit Exhaust, Powertraxx No-Slip, TRD IS Wheels Polished and Powdercoated Gunmetal Grey, shod w/ 285/75R16 Michelin LTX A/T2, Fabtech Performance Coil-overs & Donahoe Racing leaf springs with bilstein 5100, Rear Porterfield Carbon Kevlar Shoes with cryo-treated drums, Power Outlet Mod, Rear Seat Mod, NGK iridium plugs MySpace
There is a comparison of the two on the dyno in my dyno pictures. I have also had the JBA headers and now have the SSautochrome and the JBA feel like they have better low end torque than the SSautochrome.
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stock exhaust
Formerly Modified JBA headers now SSautochrome headers temporarily
TRD LSD
Extang lift off tonneau
Hankook DynaPro AS RH03
stock air filter & box
220 HP @ 4800 RPM
302 TQ @ 3400 RPM Run With Spintech Sportsman XL muffler, stock air filter, and JBA headers
208 HP @ 4800 RPM
285 TQ @ 3400 RPM Run With Spintech Sportsman XL muffler, TRD air filter, and stock manifolds
204 HP @ 4800 RPM
271 TQ @ 3400 RPM Bone stock
Quarter mile 15.526 @ 87.17 mph bone stock in 40-degree weather 2WD SR5 V8.
Quarter mile 15.389 @ 88.66 mph modified in 60-degree weather 2WD SR5 V8.
0-60 IN 6.88 seconds on G-tech
Dyno run results click here
I know there was lots o' questions regarding the difference between the SS Autochrome headers and the JBA's. Well take a look in my gallery for a side by side comparison. I recently purchased the titanium coated JBA's off TS member dpeete (thanks, Doug!) and have had the SSA 's off of ebay (Stone Mountain Racing, SS Autochrome, Inc.) for a while now.
The initial quality on the welds, bends and craftsmanship definitely favors the JBA's, although some of their imperfections may have been masked by the coating. The Firecone is definitely a nice idea, but in who knows what the 'real world' effects on overall torque and hp are.
The SSA's seem like they are stout and I have only minor complaints regarding their workmanship. But for less than 1/2 the price, definitely the better bang for the buck!
The biggest difference is in the diameter of the tubes, SSA have a larger diameter than the JBA's.
The OEM metal gaskets seem the best, and the other two are very similar. The JBA set came with some cardboard looking collector flange gaskets, so I imagine those will get replaced with OEM crush gaskets as well.
Anyway, comments are welcome, I was just posting for those of you considering buying headers.
Can't comment on JBA's but I can on the S&S. I had mine chromex ceramic coated, ontop of stainlees header and with 1/2 thick flanges....these will last the life of the truck (should). Total cost $340.00....and makes my billet engine bay look totally sweet! Plus...the sound and power improvement was quite nice
I did grind flanges flat on 24" disc grinder, (slight warp from weld heat), and polished the collectors and ports prior to coating, and used OEM metal gaskets.....and recomend doing so.
Can't comment on JBA's but I can on the S&S. I had mine chromex ceramic coated, ontop of stainlees header and with 1/2 thick flanges....these will last the life of the truck (should). Total cost $340.00....and makes my billet engine bay look totally sweet! Plus...the sound and power improvement was quite nice
I did grind flanges flat on 24" disc grinder, (slight warp from weld heat), and polished the collectors and ports prior to coating, and used OEM metal gaskets.....and recomend doing so.
Pictures of SS Autochrome Compared with JBA Headers
I meant SS Autochrome. (point is I posted what he asked for) And the pic is properly labeled.
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