Need some advice

StrokerScamp said

In his original post, the OP ASKED about headers. headers are not cheap so that tells me (and evidently others) that he knows what headers cost. So, we can them make the assumption he can at least buy headers. He didn't ask if he NEEDED headers. Go back and look. he said he was looking at buying headers and a two barrel. He has access to the same internet anybody else does and can see the same prices we all can. How are we supposed to know what his budget is? He might not need headers, but he said right off the bat he was gonna buy some. Nobody's spendin his money. Nobody's givin him BAD advice. It's his decision to sift through what's available and make the decision on his own. Nobody's tryin to do that for him here.

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Yes but if you'd read down to about the 4th or 5th post, he says that he's just starting to get into this and doesn't really know much about it. At that point, people should realize that he's looking for more than just product recommendations and should start digging a little deeper to help out.

Who knows, maybe he was talking to a friend or something about how to get more power out of the slant and he told him he needs headers. So he comes on here asking for headers and saying that he's new to this. You guys recommend him the correct headers, he spends $1000 or whatever it costs for headers and a new exhaust and now it sounds good but he can hardly even tell there is a difference in performance.

Did you answer his question? Yes. Did you actually help him with his goal? No. You just advised him to spend a lot of money that doesn't get much bang for your buck when working with a slant 6. To me, that's exactly what bad advice is. He's going to sift through a bunch of information thats basically a waste of money until someone finally chimes in and asks him why he wants headers and what his goal for the engine is. If he was a long time member asking for headers then thats one thing. If he's new, then give him information on headers and ask why he wants them on a slant six and what he expects to gain from them. That way when he says he wants more power, you can tell him there are other ways to go about it that cost less and will give you much more power than headers will on a relatively stock engine. It shouldn't take 3 pages to finally have someone chime in and say that.