4WDlifeform
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- Beaver Falls, PA
Due to my inspection soon arriving I decided to fix the exhaust up since it will more than likely fail. So, started thinking If I am going to fix the muffler, why not toss a CAT on? then thought, oh boy! Flex tube seems smart! And the snow ball continued....
So, here we go. A full, 100% custom exhaust..... Soon to come! I made the appointment, acquired a bunch of stuff, and now just got to wait till I get her back.
I think the biggest part of this build is going to be the headers. I ordered APN. They seem to have great feedback on here, and were priced very well. The APN distributor sent them straight to JetHot for ceramic coating (inside and out). They arrived to my door after about 430 dollars spent and 2 weeks wait.
Why Ceramic Coating!? JetHot claims a 400 degree drop on surface temps, and a gain of 20hp from the coating alone! I temped the surface of my current stock headers at about 620 degrees F right off the block. I will be impressed to see a 220ish temp reading with the new headers! Temps were taken at "steady-state" idle. I chose this over the wraps due to the fact that they can hold moisture to the headers, and rot them. They too are (supposedly) much less effective.
I doodled up a plan that I discussed with the custom exhaust shop:
The parts I am providing are:
APN Ceramic Coated Headers - $430
Magnaflow High-Flow Universal 2.5" CAT - $70
"Cherry Bomb" by Thrush - $15
Any thoughts, I am always open to hear. That was done in pencil so I can still change things! I will post up some info and pics this weekend.
So, here we go. A full, 100% custom exhaust..... Soon to come! I made the appointment, acquired a bunch of stuff, and now just got to wait till I get her back.
I think the biggest part of this build is going to be the headers. I ordered APN. They seem to have great feedback on here, and were priced very well. The APN distributor sent them straight to JetHot for ceramic coating (inside and out). They arrived to my door after about 430 dollars spent and 2 weeks wait.
Why Ceramic Coating!? JetHot claims a 400 degree drop on surface temps, and a gain of 20hp from the coating alone! I temped the surface of my current stock headers at about 620 degrees F right off the block. I will be impressed to see a 220ish temp reading with the new headers! Temps were taken at "steady-state" idle. I chose this over the wraps due to the fact that they can hold moisture to the headers, and rot them. They too are (supposedly) much less effective.
I doodled up a plan that I discussed with the custom exhaust shop:
The parts I am providing are:
APN Ceramic Coated Headers - $430
Magnaflow High-Flow Universal 2.5" CAT - $70
"Cherry Bomb" by Thrush - $15
Any thoughts, I am always open to hear. That was done in pencil so I can still change things! I will post up some info and pics this weekend.