Grady Ogburn wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:01:28 -0400, Stlaurent Mr Steven said...
> >
> > Grady, what is the opinion on the Mesa Headers products? I am currently
> > looking to purchase some MESA headers for the Astro Blown Cruiser.
>
> Careful -- the Mesa that made my headers disappeared from the face of
> the earth. Mike Jones (of Jones Electroinic Technologies, original
> maker of the JET chips) owned the place, and shortly after I bought
> mine, he vanished. Moved from SoCal to Reno, then POOF. Gone. If
> you've heard anything to the contrary, let me know -- I'd like to say
> h'lo. It was too bad, because he stood by his gear AND the people he
> chose as distributors/installers. The shop that put mine on subbed
> out the welding on the Y-pipe, and they butchered it. He sent a brand
> new Y-pipe assembly, no charge. This time I stood under the truck
> while they decided that they didn't have to butcher it after all.
>
> If you have a line on real Mesa headers, they are extremely well-made;
> thick flanges - NO warping or cracks, triple nickel plating all over,
> perfect mandrel bends, strong welds, etc... I'd even consider buying
> them used, if you can get confirmation that there weren't fitment
> problems on the model you're getting. If anything goes wrong like it
> did on mine (and he's still incognito), you're on your own.
>
> Like I said -- be careful. Lemme know how it goes.
>
> --
> Grady Ogburn (Denver, AIM: JGradyO)
> Black '98 Sport CC 4x4 5.2l, 5 Speed, 3.55 LSD
> K&N GenII, MP TB, JET II, MSD 6A, Magnecor 8.5 Wires
> Mesa Headers & Cat, Gibson/MagnaFlow 3" Exhaust
> Leer Topper, APC CF Eurotails
I believe Kenne Bell now owns the templates for those headers. People that
have seen them side-by-side swear it's the same header. Contact them.
Bob
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