SLP or FLP LT Headers
Mine held up well. But, I don't live in the north where they salt the roads. And I kept mine clean and would polish them anytime I was under the car or working around the headers.
The coating will rust, but not bad if you keep your car clean, from what I see those that rust don't keep the cars clean - at least not underneath.
The 304 stainless will not rust. But it turns gold with heat and looses any shine it had. I don't know if the gold will polish out.
The coating will rust, but not bad if you keep your car clean, from what I see those that rust don't keep the cars clean - at least not underneath.
The 304 stainless will not rust. But it turns gold with heat and looses any shine it had. I don't know if the gold will polish out.
I have a question about FLP headers...maybe someone out there has some experience with this: I have installed a spohn torque arm with the driveshaft safety loop fab'd into the mount. The stock Y-pipe is just touching the safety loop, and causes a real racket at certain rpm's. I am looking into a set of long tube headers, and I like the FLP package bacause of the cats/ race pipes ( which will be outfitted with QTP cutouts after purchasing for race day's ) but what I am wondering is how the clearance is gonna be on that torque arm mount/ safety loop.....any advise would be appreciated.
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From: Lincolnton, NC
I just had Wahusker help me finish installing my FLP's the past weekend. I do like them but have one HUGE RANT. The flanges on the headers for the AIR tubes to connect to were both rotated 90 deg. I had to cut, rotate and weld the flanges on the tubes to mate up. Second, the AIR tube fitting on the drivers side was on cylinder 1 and not #3 as the factory manifolds. Wahusker gave me his passenger side tube to use. I am thankful that this was an easy thing to overcome BUT for $1300 it's BS!
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From: Santa Rosa, CA
i have SLP LT's and i like them a lot. they have been on for a few months now. i have the random tec cats and y pipe from speed inc. my car had the sportlines on when the header install was done and a week later i had bmr springs with bilstein shocks only because i had MAJOR ground clearance issues. with the car sitting a little higher, im about 90% back to where i was with stock exaust and the sportlines. so if you think you can manage to avoid speed bumps for the most part, get the SLP's. if not, get the FLP's. i have a few friends with the FLP's and they love em.
The SLPs are decent headers, they are the heaviest and are a pain to install but are high quality and stainless. The main reason I use the FLPs is for the quick cat swap out, I'm not that thrilled with their Y-pipe, seems to get aweful small before the I-pipe but for most people that probably wont be an issue. I just cant deal with the no-cat smell in the summer with the t-tops on but I also spend a lot of time at the track so the FLPs work fine for me, you dont realize how nice the swapable cats are until you have them. I have to pry them over like 1/32" to get the drain plug out (I should just grind the plug down I guess) but its nothing major.
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From: Yorba Linda, CA
Originally Posted by ram-it
I just had Wahusker help me finish installing my FLP's the past weekend. I do like them but have one HUGE RANT. The flanges on the headers for the AIR tubes to connect to were both rotated 90 deg. I had to cut, rotate and weld the flanges on the tubes to mate up. Second, the AIR tube fitting on the drivers side was on cylinder 1 and not #3 as the factory manifolds. Wahusker gave me his passenger side tube to use. I am thankful that this was an easy thing to overcome BUT for $1300 it's BS!
