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Old 12-10-2008, 08:22 PM
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I still been looking online for headers and in magazines. Should i spend more money to get them ceramic coated or save the money and get some header wrap kits?

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Old 12-10-2008, 08:36 PM
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get them ceramic coated, they work out better
 
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:39 PM
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I bought the bbk shortie headers and are very pleased with them i bought chrome ones but they rainbow pretty quick as far as your ? i would save the bread and ge wraps caus you can barley see the headers just a small amount on the driver side but hey its up to you brudda
 
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:45 PM
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they will eventually rust from the inside out though. depends on how often you are planning on running the car. DDs should have ceramics
 
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:29 PM
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I would recommend either ceramic or a full stainless steel header. Like Spec brought up, wrapping will eventually rust through. Just do yourself a favor and don't get painted headers unless you really really enjoy replacing them every couple of years.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:00 AM
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which on our cars...trust us...you WON"T enjoy changing them
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 12:38 PM
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i dunno...... I bet i could knock a header swap out on my car in a couple hours. is it really that much more difficult for the lt1? ive got plenty of room in there.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 02:51 PM
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Spec, how much fun does jacking up the motor and having zero room on the passenger side because the ABS unit sits about a 1/2 inch away from the front most header bolt? Not much fun...Tuned headers are even harder than regular headers because they tubes are longer so they're more curvy and crazy. Oh, and not to mention that a 1 3/4" primary is slighty larger than the width of the exhaust ports (not height though), so you have to sneak around the header tubes to get the header bolts in...not fun...
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 03:21 PM
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i suppose.... I can put my full fist onto each of my spark plugs and header bolts now that i have the tubes in. the manifolds were a complete biatch though.....
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 04:25 PM
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cool thanks for the input maybe i can ask my wife for ceramic coated headers for christmas!LOL

oh happy holiday guys
 


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