Ok guys, I was looking at kooks headers. Now I see people wait up to 2 months to get thier headers. Just wondering how much difference their is between kooks and jet hot. ive heard good thing about both. Horsepwer diff. will they sound different through my gmmg. and the biggest difference im seeing is the price tag. would i really be saving if i go with jat hot. thanks guys

 

Jet hots w/offroad Y about $750.00,kooks w/offroad Y I paid $1034.00 from SDPC.Stainless Vs. peeling coating in 6 months.I ordered kooks and 2 weeks have gone by,I'll wait a month if I have too.Plus kooks is said to be a cake install.

 

Both are good headers but the Kooks are probably better (quality as well as a slight performance advantage)...also look at the QTPs, the wait might not be as long.

 

Differences in performance between the two will be small, with the slight advantage going to Kook's for the fact that all the tubes are a smooth shot into the collector. You won't tell a difference in sound, either. I've installed both (using a lift) and the Kook's were easier to install. The Kook's literally slid right in, while the Jet Hots required grinding the tab on the block and a slight notch in the K member (it didn't hit when installed, but the clearance was tight). If you are thinking about Kooks, you also might want to consider QTP also, as I think you get a better Y pipe with the merge collector they use.

 

With the flowmaster merge collector, does it make THAT big of a difference?

 

Yes. It helps in scavenging and makes for a nice sound as well. With the Hooker ORP, there was rasp all over the place. I had a custom Y-Pipe made with the Flowmaster Collector and it was music to my ears. The JetHot's are not in the same league as Kooks or QTP. I had the Hooker LT's coated by JetHot and did not last 1 year before they rusted. Save the money and get the QTP's. BTW, I only waited about a week for my headers and y-pipe.

 

I keep on hearing people having problems with the coating peeling on the Jet Hots. I've had mine for almost a year, daily driver, in Maryland and no problem whatsoever. (shrug) weird.

 

I agree.

I've had my Jet Hot's on my car for a year and a half and the coating still looks good. I do clean the headers with metal polish about once a month also.

 

Blacker,

Do you have any pics of your set up?
you can email me at jgese@sehinc.com

 

My Kook's Y pipe will have high flow Magnaflow cats, shouldn't they eliminate rasp?

 

Even though I live in San Diego (not much weather) would I still have problems with the coating?
Does weather have anything to do with it?

 

Weather does have an effect.

If you're driving through snow and the city salted the roads that won't be good on the headers. In Texas we only has 3 days of snow all last year , so I didn't consider weather a factor.

Sometimes it seems with the ceramic coating if it was applied right the headers will be ok for a while, but if not they will start rusting in about a year or less.

For power gains I gained 26rwhp which is the usual range for longtubes (20-30rwhp), so they're about the same as Kooks powerwise and the sound thru your gmmg won't be any different with any LT Headers.

Living near salt water I've heard can affect the coating, but I'm not sure.

 

Cats will get rid of the rasp.

 

A good collector will help even more. I had a custom Y-Pipe fabricated using the Flowmaster Collector, the rasp was eliminated. I add cats and the tone got deeper.

 

If money is no issue, go with kooks. I have heard good stuff about both, so you really cant go wrong with either.

 

I have had my jet hots for about 6 months with no problems

 

The problem, I had, with the JetHot Coating was peeling and rusting on both collectors. My car sees rain and no snow. The coating should be able to withstand, something as common as, rain.

 

Ive had Hooker Headers with Jet Hot coating. I took them off in Feb after about 6 months of use. There was rusting beginning where the tubes aare close to together in areas hard to see and clean. I bought some Stainless Kooks headers through TTP. Great price, awesome quality!

 

QTP LT Race headers $715.00 + shipping

 

i think you hit the nail on the head, i read my directions with the jethots and it says once a year clean them with water and dry them off and polish once in a while, im willing to bet the people who clamim the coating is coming off, dont polish or clean theirs at all. ill polish mine every month