Hi Teks ,,Worth the Hype or Waste ?

Recently came across some money that can be used on the boat, thinking of getting the HI Tek manifold /riser often spoken of by the " Boat Dr".

I have also seen some negativity towards them here on this board.Saying that they are simply not worth the money

My question is simple,,,, If you had the money would you get them ? ,, and if you already have them did they really make that much of a difference for the buck.

I want to " steer" my boat away from stock and spruce up the motor the hi teks seems like a good place to start

Looking forward to your comments

Regards

The Goose

Oh yeah..one more thing! They are quite nicely polished...so you won't have to spend time keeping them shiny....that time saved can be well spent somewhere else

MM....dinner and then the hilton hotel and maybe she would even invite a friend,
The hi-teks are like the icing on a cake, you take care of everything else performance wise and mechanically, then you top it off with the hi-teks, dollar for dollar on the performance end you go after engine up grades and if you have money left over you install some hi-teks, you dont want to install these on a tired engine

goose,I was the one that put the Hi-Tek deal together,my reasoning was more for the weight than the HP,12 lbs. VS 44 lbs.That was in itself cost effective, how much did it add to my 331 ,don't know!!!!!
MM has a good point ,do the cam,heads and intake first.Then finish the job with an exhaust system.
Do a search on Hi-Tek and you will find pics and info to help you make a sound choice.
87BFN gained 400 rpms with a set plus a ignition upgrade.Intake,heads,and a good cam may not give you that.
I have no regrets, and would do it again, the painted ones are cheaper. Polished was the way I wanted to go,my stroker deserves the very best,
Ask anyone that was at Green Lake how the old girl was running , and I had carb issues that was just recently sorted out.She will pull a 12x14 OJ 5100 rpms........
Idle to 40 in 6 seconds
Idle to 50 in 8 seconds
Too fast for an old boat that was only ment to go 40.................boat dr     

BD you get that trans in yet?

do a search on hi-teks , there are some good pics on them

BuffaloBFN,

I will get some up tonight or tomorrow night for sure. I have some other pics that need to be posted as well...

Speed can be costly,worst drug known to man.Just say NO....boat dr

Goose , have to agree with Tim on all the above ,except the roller rockers.Do not see the need nor the power increase to justify said expenditure.
Maybe because he has them and I don't,there goes that male penis envy thing again...
The only person that was in on the group purchase that has not commented is Reid.
And I will speak for him;
His feedback was not a positive as the other three, he says he lost a little power and some of his upper rpm's.Not being negative towards the product , just did not work well with the package he is running.
Reid will you bring us up to speed on your Mustang project and how they have performed likes or dislikes..........boat dr

Ok, I'm here to comment but unfortunately like Doc said I'm still a little neutral. I was rushed to get them on, and installed them on the engine for the first start up of the year. The engine obviously was in need of a complete tune-up. A difference in my case from the others was I was replacing an already decent set of aluminum manifolds with 4" risers and ported runners (as far as I could reach). I also made no attempts at further tuning gearing directly towards a more free-flowing exhaust. While they are no longer/currently on the blue '69 Mustang I originally planned them for, I will be installing them back on that boat or another very soon. I will certainly report results from that.

JoeinNY wrote: Somebody should just buy a set and rent them out to those that want to try before we buy.. -

Excellent idea Joe. I think Billy has that extra set sitting at his shop. How about it Doc?

BuffaloBFN

Here are a few shots of the hi-teks on m BFN. If you want better pics let me know as these were install pics and a couple quick shots from GL.

87, thanks...and don't you wish they'd standardize the color stripe on the wet exhaust hose?

decisions, decisions...waste good hose and have 'em match or be frugal?!!?   LOL

Your Teks look gooood! though maybe a little smaller on the BB...they'll be the last thing I do 'cause I have at least one cylinder that misses w/o the lead sub in the gas

gotta fix my foundation first!

A nice roller cam and full roller rockers would help free up some rotating friction and give a noticeable boost in power. There is a lot of drag at the lifter to camshaft area. It works well in street cars with noticeable results. Sounds like a good winter project.