here is a little reference i found on the topic with dyno charts to back it up http://www.speedstylesound.com/headers/
didnt get a chance to read that... but from scott's experience,the stis that he has tuned with headers made low HP
That's using ECUTek. When I had Scott tune my STi w/Borla Headers, it would not produce no more than 289WHP but the torque was something like 356WTQ.