New Headers and other parts from a new company? Please Read!

by **Guest** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:14 am

Hello everyone,

My name is Ben, i work for a company called XERD and we have been thinking about making parts for the Toyota Solara. I wanted to post here and see what kind of response we would get as well to see if there is enough demand for these parts.

Please look at the list of products we are interested in making and please e-mail us at sales@xerd.com and let us know if you would be interested in such items.

V6 Stainless steel Headers (include y-pipe and will retail for less then $900.00)
4 Cylinder headers
V6 and 4 cylinder Exhaust systems

Last but not least if there is enough demand for a twin turbo kit we could make that happen.

To go into production on the headers we will need at least 15 people to show serious interest (will buy once available).

I know there is already a supercharger available for this car however we can gain more power out of a twin turbo kit as well as have more potential for more power.

Please check our website at www.xerd.com to learn more about us. We have made a few headers applications for V6 engines and made some great HP numbers with our products. If there is enough demand for any these products we will make them. We already have a test car to start prototyping parts on, right now we just want to make sure there is enough demand before we will put time into this project.

Thank you, Ben
818-889-3737 or sales@xerd.com

by **Pat S** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:36 am

I won't promise to buy em until I see em, but if you can pull off V6 headers and Y-pipes for under 900 I'm in. I'd like to see em with a high-flow cat if possible.

Pat

by **SC V6** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 6:44 am

I would also be in on the headers, possible the twin if I knew all the drawbacks, and how hard on the engine it would be..

by **V8killa** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:03 am

I agree, If you can pull off the headers & y pipe for under 900.00, with some pics of the product I am in. You got a sale!!!

by **SolaraGuyDos** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:37 am

count me in, also what type of price range on the tt kit, thx

by **Yanks0114** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:29 pm

This is my post from your other topic but since it got closed I will put it here

Here is my best advice for you:

The headers would be your best bet and the most profitable. If your numbers can produce anywhere near the gains that JP performance did they you will definately have a ton of demand. Dollar for dollar headers could prove to be the best upgrade for those with a SC.

As for the exhaust that is an area that might not be worth your time. I am aware of the extreme cost to develop a mandrel bent exhaust and we do allready have quite a few options. On our platform exhaust doesn't provide much power benefits unless you have a SC. You would be better off just making your headers and ypipe to fit into the stock location because most people with the SC allready have an upgraded exhaust, and they would be your main market.

The twin turbo kit would definately be a costly and probally dead end project. I don't mean to discourage that but if you talk to a few guys who have turboed their 1MZ-FE they have ran into a lot of expensive problems. The engine probally couldn't handle much more power either.

Again my personal feeling is that you will see atleast 15 orders on the headers if you can get decent power gains and meet deadlines. Remember this forum is just a small portion of all the other solara owners out there. If you truely have intent to make them post on www.teamsc3.com , www.toyotanation.com, and www.camryman.org

Please register also, it'll make getting in touch with you a lot easier

by **alext14** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:25 pm

Yea definately if you guys can get the headers for the V6 and the Y-pipe for unnder $900 I'm definately in. Would the headers be emission legal, or would they be for race use only.

by **XERD** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:18 pm

What will happen is we will prototype the headers, make a single production set then we will install the headers/y-pipe and dyno it. We will have pictures and dyno sheets before we even release the product. Once all the information is released we will go into production and start taking orders.

These units will not be custom built per order, we would be stocking them at 25 sets at a time to provide fast delivery.

We will not offer any type of high flow cat with the system since you wont be needing it. You could always add your own high flow cat if you wish to. We will also offer an o2 simulator that will make sure the check engine light wont come on.

I can already tell there is no interest in the 4 cylinder parts so we will mainly focus on the V6 for now.

The twin turbo kit would be anywhere from 4-6K and we can safely get an extra 100HP out of that engine without hurting reliability. With the right design and the right fuel support we shouldnt have any problems.

All of our headers come with a 3 year warranty for those who were wondering.

For anyone who is interested please e-mail us at sales@xerd.com and let us know you are interested on the headers for the V6 Solara, please include your name and contact info. This will help us keep track of how many people are interested in this product.

Thanx. Ben

by **TadS** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:23 pm

To the best of my knowledge there are no headers available for the 5S-FE motor. I think Ripp Mods is making one to go with their super charger, but no word on the price for their headers as of yesterday. I would be interested, but I would want to see a dyno/price first.

Website · by **kondo** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:35 pm

For $900 I would do it if the Dyno numbers were similar to the JP. I want to see the results for HP gains on a supercharged auto.

Nick

by **Guest** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:07 pm

We already have a test car and it is a 99 SE model (100% stock). We will prototype the headers on that car and dyno it with just the headers on it which should show you the "REAL" horsepower gain that these headers can achieve. Those of you that are supercharged can benefit from the headers furthermore as it should make more power then on an NA Solara.

Ben.

by **krook** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:18 pm

kondo wrote:For $900 I would do it if the Dyno numbers were similar to the JP. I want to see the results for HP gains on a supercharged auto.

Nick

true dat! i'm in under the following results too!

by **krazeee1707** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:21 pm

I'm down for some....as long as those dyno numbers are decent...

by **Yanks0114** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:25 pm

Anonymous wrote:We already have a test car and it is a 99 SE model (100% stock). We will prototype the headers on that car and dyno it with just the headers on it which should show you the "REAL" horsepower gain that these headers can achieve. Those of you that are supercharged can benefit from the headers furthermore as it should make more power then on an NA Solara.

Ben.

Good to hear. Are you testing on a 5spd or auto? Also are you testing a CA car or a 49state car. I believe that there is a difference in the precats

by **XERD** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:59 pm

The car has an automatic transmission and its a cali spec car. It doesnt matter if you have a cali or fed spec car, the headers will fit both models.

Ben.

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