Alpina header pics needed.

[73colorado02]

Hi all, i am thinking that the header i ended up with in a trade maybe an alpina or an alpina knock off, so i am looking for some pics and info about the alpina headers to see if i do infact have one.

[c.d.iesel]

more likely a Super Sprint or ANSA - show us yours first , PHOTO please !

and "Spegehetti" exhaust from Germany:

http://www.wallothnesch.com/d/firmenlogo4e.htm

or like this thing ?

[brucedemuro]

Hope this helps...

Cheers,

Bruce

[73colorado02]

Thanks bruce it does. Mine looks just like those last 2 pics u posted. I will get my pics up here soon. What is one of those worth.

[brucedemuro]

I have no clue, but I sure am interested in one of those, since shipping would be ridiculous to get them here (I live in Montevideo, Uruguay), I'm planing on making a set from the pictures.

Someone from the forum should give you an estimate of what it could be worth...

[jerry]

are you sure those last two photos are really alpina's???

i bought a set just like those from armond who bought them from another FAQ'er a while ago. they are very similar to the Supersprints with the exception of the straighter No.3 cylinder pipe. otherwise they are like the conventional Supersprints.

i honestly don't suspect them to be alpina's and quite frankly, they are no better in construction than the more curvy Supersprints.

i have a set of Ansa headers and they are noticeably more crude in construction/build quality.

[brucedemuro]

They may not be then, it's really hard to find real data on which are alpinas and which are not so you may be right, I know of the spaghetti alpina header but I can't find the picture now, I'm sure that some of the aplina experts here will clear this one out...

[inkatouring]

The difference between the Alpina and SuperSprint -- if there is any difference -- is subtle, at best. I suspose if you held up a SuperSprint next to an Alpina you might detect slight differences. But you very well may not, as Alpina bought many items off the rack from other manufacturers and simply put there name on them (literally or figuratively). And I very much doubt anyone really can authoritatively tell you which is which. Maybe Hans, the retired Alpina wrench, could.

[brucedemuro]

I knew I had it stashed away somewhere but found it, check it out, this is a Alpina Tuned engine, and also found some pics of another header which said to be an Alpina.

Cheers mate!

[73colorado02]

Thanks guys heres the pics of mine. I don't know what the tab is on that first pic.

[brucedemuro]

I think the tab acts like a lock when you put the next segment of the exhaust system, the parts are 4 to 2 then 2 to 1, the down pipe 2 to 1 should have a similar tab to pas a bolt through holding them in place...

I think I remember seeing that before...

Experts?

[2761876]

The tab is for a spring. Often there was a spring that went from the header to collecter in addition to or instead of a clamp.

[73colorado02]

Thanks that makes sense. So do u guys think that could be an alpina. I know people said they were white back in the day, and mine was white i can see. I know that doesn't mean much but was just thinking.

[kris]

I owned that header before Armond. I think it's Supersprint, but honestly I don't think we will ever know as the designs are close. Its a nice piece either way.

[inkatouring]

I owned that header before Armond. I think it's Supersprint, but honestly I don't think we will ever know as the designs are close. Its a nice piece either way.

Those are what I have and I was told by the PO that they are Alpina, but as you say, who really knows. They are fine headers, whatever they are...