Not to take you away from a 5th gen, but 00' 6th gens can be found fairly cheap, with the great 3800 power! just be patient if you can, and be on the look out.

 

For the price of a decent 5th gen, any 6th gen you would find will probably be beat to hell. Trust me, I check ebay and craigslist almost every day and a $3500 5th gen can be had for the same quality as say a $6000 or more 6th gen. Both are nice cars, but for the moment, you get get a better deal on a 5th gen than you can on a 6th gen.

 

This isn't exactly true. Here's a link to them: http://www.mpracing.org/store/index....&productId=552

5th gens take a bit of work to have headers fit though. Most people at least pound the firewall and some also take a plasma cutter to it. You will see a difference power wise with headers, but if that's your only modification, you will probably shave off .2-.3 seconds off of your 1/4 mile time. So it's up to you if it's worth it. The more you do to the Monte though, the better the headers will work for it.

 

Those are for the N body, not the W body. Has anyone run them on a W to see if they work?

 

I know they're for the N-body, but it's still the 3100 so it "should" work. The only thing I would be worried about those is the firewall. That's what it seems to always come down to on our 5th gens

 

You have to remember that N bodies didnt use the same transmissions so just assuming that the crossover would clear the w body trans may not be a good idea. Thats cool if they work but I would check for sure first before just going and buying them.

 

This is true. IIRC the N-bodies used either a 4T40E or a 4T45E. I didn't even think about that. So yeah, if you want headers for a 3100 w-body, do some homework on the ones I provided and it might work. I think it would be cool.

On a side note, doesn't Manitcor have a set of S&S headers on his 3400 on MM?

 

I dont remember. Honestly Ive never even seen his car. Couldnt tell you what he drove if my life depended on it, lol