Hola,
I am thinking about putting together my own complete "sport" exhaust system for my 220 wagon including a new header. I have seen several Skandix and IPD headers and would like your opinions and experiences with them. Also what is your muffler of choice? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Will Hawkins
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1985 240 DL 1967 122s Wagon

Yo, Will!!

I hate headers.. most cheap ones are crap! Noisy, don't seal, don't fit, inefficient, etc.!! If you want a good one it's gonna be in the $300 range or better and the only one I would buy would be though John Parker, he won't sell you the first on on the shelf, he will help you decide which one is best for your application. I think he has access to 3 or 4 configurations, based on your engines state of tune.

The folks at Skandix are working with the Simons people on a sport exhaust for the wagon. It is still a bit down the road. John Parker has completed his wagon exhaust design I believe. At $270 or so, his price is pretty close to Skandix' and ya know it's gonna be good stuff!!

I have a Skandix on my 66 coupe and love it. On my wagon, I've got an IPD style header and a locally fabbed 2 1/4" exhaust with a Dynomax muffer. It works OK, but no great savings over John's wagon system that wasn't available when I needed pipes! My wagon system fits OK but I have no doubt that John's is a much cleaner and well detailed piece of work... for about the same money!!

Mike

Will-
Search the archives, there's been a lot on this lately. I put the Skandix sport on my 122 a month or so ago and, after some initial fitment issues which were particular to my car, have been really happy with it.
Tom
NYC