I agree Cayman if it ain't broke don't fix it. I have over 5000 miles close to 6000 no problems. NO leaks no warpage nothin. Your mechanics did not make the headers nor have they probably done anything like that before. Sikky makes parts for cars. I think they know what they are doing. It took us nearly a year to do this and many many prototypes until Sikky was happy with the design. As far as Elite goes you still haven't produced anything so I'd shut my mouth until I had something to actually back my talk up with. Just my two cents.The old saying "If it aint broke, don't fix it" keeps resonating in my head after reading all these recent posts. There are no leaks or warpage and the SIKKY headers have been performing flawlessly for both Jaslapp and I. I believe Jaslapp has thousands of miles on his headers and I have around 1500. SIKKY designed the headers the way they are for a reason and it's worked. So basically to those calling SIKKY out for making a a sub-par quality headers you have three choices.
1. Modify the SIKKY headers and pray they don't eventually leak or warp.
2. Stick with the directions and trust that the SIKKY headers are fine as is.
3. Wait for an alternative product that Elite will be offering.
Best of luck to you doublexl with modifying these perfectly good headers. I'll be watching to see how this turns out.
I wasn't talking about any of the other products you make. I was talking about your so called headers.I love ya buddy but I gotta say you really need to do your homework! I have MANY MANY products out there just most of them are custom peaces. As for the F, we have done the ported intake Manifold which gains 13-17whp. We also have many in the works, but I would like to see consistent gains and a perfect product before they are released! COUGH COUGH Supercharger COUGH COUGH