I don’t have the upgraded headers like this, so take my comments with a grain of salt obviously:
Are they going to be worth it? Eh, yes and no...probably more on the no side it sounds like.
If you’re just going off performance gains alone, the $1800 price for parts alone is definitely not worth it. However, any seriously upgraded LX with a Hemi will need this mod, so if you plan on continuing to mod for more power, this is an essential mod that will have to be done sooner or later...might as well do it now, right?
Then there is the value you mentioned of spending time installing them with your grandfather. That’s tough to assign a dollar value to, but it’s likely pretty close to priceless, so that definitely pushes the average back toward the “worth it” side.
At the end of the day, as long as you didnt do anything stupid like pawn your mom’s wedding ring or cash in your kid’s college fund to come up with the $1800, then the relatively high cost for parts isn’t so bad.
You gotta pay to play in this day in age. Just make sure you aren’t working 2 shifts and eating bologna just to make the internet payments on the credit card used to make the purchase. It’s never a good idea to leverage yourself to that level, especially over car mods. 🤓
Are they going to be worth it? Eh, yes and no...probably more on the no side it sounds like.
If you’re just going off performance gains alone, the $1800 price for parts alone is definitely not worth it. However, any seriously upgraded LX with a Hemi will need this mod, so if you plan on continuing to mod for more power, this is an essential mod that will have to be done sooner or later...might as well do it now, right?
Then there is the value you mentioned of spending time installing them with your grandfather. That’s tough to assign a dollar value to, but it’s likely pretty close to priceless, so that definitely pushes the average back toward the “worth it” side.
At the end of the day, as long as you didnt do anything stupid like pawn your mom’s wedding ring or cash in your kid’s college fund to come up with the $1800, then the relatively high cost for parts isn’t so bad.
You gotta pay to play in this day in age. Just make sure you aren’t working 2 shifts and eating bologna just to make the internet payments on the credit card used to make the purchase. It’s never a good idea to leverage yourself to that level, especially over car mods. 🤓