lothian110

Do you guys think the gains in hp are greatly effected by not having an aftermarket exhaust with aem cai and obx ceramic headers? Obviously they would be better with an exhaust, but do you think it makes the others pointless? What do you think my gains are from those two things alone, with the stock exhaust?

My headers are chipping a bit, should i be worried? Are they even obx ceramic, thats what i was told but how the hell should i know!

03 CL TypeS

Getting a cat-back exhaust will give you 1 or 2 hp at the most.

The factory exhaust is very free flowing. People only upgrade it for looks, sound or if they have a blower/snail.

lothian110

yeah im not interested in making my car loud. I have a CL-P i dont remember if i mentioned that or not.

What do you think hte gains are from those mods?
Do the headers look ok? Or should i wrap them up in some of that header wrap shieeetttt.

m&b6speed

you could get them jethot coated, and i believe-not sure though-you will get more of a gain from a cl-p cause the cl-s is a more free flowing exhaust, but not like 15 hp. someone step in and bitch slap me if i'm wrong :troutslap

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

Take the money you were planning for an exhaust system and get a set of quality headers. The ones you have now will most definitely crack.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

^^^ What he said.

The exhaust is really just for show and noise with the CL. If mine didn't come with Comptechs, I would have stuck with stock.

03 CL TypeS

[idea] You could buy someone's used CL-S stock exhaust ! [/idea]

zoltanh

Those headers look really shitty, i would concur with mrsteve and say you should spend your money on some comptech headers before anything else.

lothian110

I am not planning on getting an exhaust at all. I was just wondering what the gains would be from the mods i have now.

You really think these headers are that bad? I didn't realize I should be that worried about them.

lothian110

to get that jet hot coating shit wouldnt i have to remove the headers and have them reinstalled. That would be a major pain in the ass and in that case I would definitely just buy some quality ones instead.

m&b6speed

jet hot will keep them looking new all the time, and yes you would have to uninstall/reinstall. you could have it done on the new one though prior to install

lothian110

$1000 for some comptechs!!! damn.. looks like im gonna be stuck with some cracked headers when it does happen.

How much does it cost to remove and install a set of headers, maybe ill have these bad boys jet hot coated, that only costs like 250 right?

zoltanh

Getting those obx headers coated is going to cost as much as the headers costs themselves, if comptech isnt in the budget right now, maybe get some alphawerks headers, they are like 300-500 bucks on ebay.

johntypes

we dynoed and got 4HP then, we add intake and exhaust and dynoed 25 more HP total

lothian110

sometimes its just hard to understand people....

Ballpark figure... how much to remove old headers and install new ones...

NiteQwill

JetHot Comptech > *

mclarenf3387

$150

You can talk to me when you're ready and I'll do them.

Thats the price of the very few cheap shops. Most would probably want around $200 in this area.

zoltanh

Where do you go to get some thing jet hot coated? and can someone explain more indepth what exatcly jet hot coating is so i dont sound like a fool when i call around?

mclarenf3387

Jet Hot is the company that does the coating. They use a special compound that keeps the heat inside the tubing. THis keeps the temp in the engine bay down.

Basic Explination

lothian110

Would it be better to buy a brand new set of alphawerks or try to find a used set of comptech headers...