Headers: Coated or Painted
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From: Academy,Tx (home of temple/academy Drag Strip)
Headers: Coated or Painted I am bout to buy longtubes for my 96 LT1 TA, what are yalls opinions on Coated and Painted? I wanna get some feedback on both kinds , so if u have either one of them let me know what u think about them (rusting and flaking wise) !!!
I just purchased some PS LTs un-coated, i've heard the coating on these headers is of the lower quality & will flake off in time, BUT, you can buy the PS LTs from Jet-hot coating (with there coating) for 460.00, & i've heard great feedback on the Jet-hot coating. Thats were i would purchase a set if you want them coated, jegs & summit is getting 438.00 for the PS LT coated, so for an extra 22.00, you get a VERY durable coating that will last & last.
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Painted long-tubes turned my engine bay into an oven. (Hooker LT Super Comps)
I've since wrapped them in DEI header-wrap, and it made a massive underhood temp difference.
Depending where you live, and what kind of road conditions you see (de-icer, snow, salted/graveled, lots of snow or rain) will dictate how long your coating(s) will last.
I've since wrapped them in DEI header-wrap, and it made a massive underhood temp difference.
Depending where you live, and what kind of road conditions you see (de-icer, snow, salted/graveled, lots of snow or rain) will dictate how long your coating(s) will last.
My painted hooker super comp LTs make the engine bay hot as ****.. not saying it really affects performance or anything but im considering wrapping them.. go with coated and save yourself any second thoughts
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From: Academy,Tx (home of temple/academy Drag Strip)
Ok are jegs and summits come with a ypipe as well? And my car is only a weekend cruiser!! So who has some caoted (no egr/air) and come with a Ory pipe at a decent price?
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Verdad Gallardo I went with the un-coated PS LTs with an ORY for my 97, i was going to go coated, but after hearing how they didn't hold up that well, i've decided to try the regular ones, if there is too much heat, i'll just wrap them some, either way, no biggie.
it didnt fit by the stearing. Its was the bolt either it was the whole stearing shaft I dented that fairly easy dent it by the motor mount. And had to dent the y pipe by the torque arm.