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Old 10-06-2002, 05:17 PM   #181
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Yea I was looking forwad to proving him wrong.
And now he won't even look at this topic.
John I'm glad you proved that closed minded arrogant p---k wrong. Oh, I'm sorry was that me being rude, you better believe it. Jeez I wonder why he doesn't want to read this thread. It would really suck to preach something so much only to be proved wrong. I guess he should stick to building chassis and leave the motor work to more open minded people.

All in all I'm glad to see your gains, it just brings more after market along with it. We'll be seeing quicker GAs from here on out. Really we had no where to go but up, right? My GA isn't my race car so you won't see me spending that much for headers. But I'm still glad to see they are out there and working for you.
If you don't mind I'm going to spread your results with some other that might be interested and include a link to your site. And no they won't be bugging you about having a link on their forum and asking for money due to it.
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Old 10-06-2002, 10:03 PM   #182
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Thats fine! Spread the word! with all these new mods for the motor we need somthign for the transmission/ driveline side of things now.
I'm afraid to add more HP for shelling my tranny everywhere .
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Old 10-07-2002, 03:51 PM   #183
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k i read bits and pieces of this thread

1. grats jon on the gains
2. cars looking good
3. who did you prove wrong and wont look at this thread?
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Old 10-07-2002, 03:57 PM   #184
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3. who did you prove wrong and wont look at this thread?
Well I'd love to say names but I'm not going to rub it in.
Mainly soemone who said they would add no power and possibly cause losses because they would trip the knock sensor and cause ignition retard so bad the motor would nto gain.
But they did add hp and I'm getting up to like 40 degrees (can't remember exactly will test again if anyone really cares) of spark advance shown on my scan tool and no knock retard.


I think this is the first time a header thread could go on this long and not be locked. so thats the other reason for no names mentioned. I'd like to keep this one open.
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Old 10-07-2002, 04:13 PM   #185
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Mine work. Nuff said. My engine actually runs cooler with the headers
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Old 10-07-2002, 04:25 PM   #186
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Old 10-07-2002, 08:03 PM   #187
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Mine work. Nuff said. My engine actually runs cooler with the headers
I'm going to guess that you have a set of coated headers then correct?
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Old 10-07-2002, 09:09 PM   #188
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I'm going to guess that you have a set of coated headers then correct?
all TOG headers are coated
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Old 10-07-2002, 10:24 PM   #189
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if I got the nickel coated ones would the headers not give as much performance gains???
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Old 10-07-2002, 10:29 PM   #190
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if I got the nickel coated ones would the headers not give as much performance gains???
Nickel is actually what I have and what was tested for 18 and 19 hp at the wheels.

Not sure what if any more hp the Ti-ceramic would add.
the nickel is also very effective at cutting heat. But will discolor a little bit.
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Old 10-07-2002, 10:57 PM   #191
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oh great i think u just saved me $190 US hehe thanx
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Old 10-07-2002, 11:00 PM   #192
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oh great i think u just saved me $190 US hehe thanx
No problem. I couldnt see sepnding the extra for a different coating and the nickel works great. I'm totally happy with my choice!
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the the nickle plated ones are $700??? from you aleroboy??
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Old 10-08-2002, 04:40 PM   #194
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the the nickle plated ones are $700??? from you aleroboy??
Yes plus 25 for shipping.
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Old 10-09-2002, 01:12 AM   #195
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Old 10-10-2002, 02:01 AM   #196
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Sorry John I meant with a product like JetHot or another ceramic style coating to reduce heat.
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Old 10-10-2002, 09:25 AM   #197
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Sorry John I meant with a product like JetHot or another ceramic style coating to reduce heat.
yes they also offer titanium ceramic coating on theirs.
but in all honesty the nickel insulates very well too.
surface temp after driving for 3 hrs on my headers was around 240 degrees.
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what is the difference between the 99 and 2001+ headers?
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Old 10-10-2002, 05:33 PM   #199
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what is the difference between the 99 and 2001+ headers?
Just the O2 extension harness. The headers are the same.
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Old 02-19-2003, 04:38 PM   #200
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Just got mine installed. They sound real nice with the Borla. The guy I took it to just got rid of the flange between the resonator and the cat in order to widen to 2.5". It seems to work just fine. Pulls hard even at lower RPMs (so it seems, but maybe it is just the sound )

The only bad part is now I have a weird metal on metal rattling (right about 2250 RPM) and my gas pedal vibrates a bit all the time. I guess a piece of heat sheild is to blame. Any suggestions?

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