Simpleman
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Looking for shorty headers but im not sure which ones are good. I saw these Silver ceramic one's from moes performance. They look pretty good anybody have them ? Or other recommendations
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In my humble opinion, if you got it from Matt at Moe's, you got top quality stuff. Matt doesn't mess around with junk.
I got JBAs from Matt because I didn't want to deal with broken bolts, warped manifold, the exhaust leak, and all that jazz. I wanted to keep the cats. Had em for quite a while already. I've been very happy with my purchase.
Yeah, I get it, long tubes are the best and my Shortys suck. While I'm at it, I know my 545RFE is junk too. I don't know how I make it thru the day LOL! But seriously, long tubes aren't for everybody.
I got JBAs from Matt because I didn't want to deal with broken bolts, warped manifold, the exhaust leak, and all that jazz. I wanted to keep the cats. Had em for quite a while already. I've been very happy with my purchase.
Yeah, I get it, long tubes are the best and my Shortys suck. While I'm at it, I know my 545RFE is junk too. I don't know how I make it thru the day LOL! But seriously, long tubes aren't for everybody.
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For around the same price you can get AFE shorty headers as well ... we just installed some on @the_goodguy07 's Ram 2 weekends ago
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I was just looking at the afe I saw they are 409 stainless steel with no ceramic coating how does he like them ?
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We'll find out .... but so far you can definitely feel the difference with them on ... the sound is now more aggressive when you punch it lol ...
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"Not only that, the long-tube headers improved the Hemi's power output through the entire rev range"
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/gen-3-hemi-header-test/
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Some of us are not getting the shorties for the performance but rather to fix the broken manifold bolts and warped manifolds and or to prevent it and specially here in California where you can't get long-tubes ...
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Yea I get all that they can run some serious coin trying to keep the cost down im only looking to spend a g note
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I did like the afe's
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I might get mine in a few weeks ... but let me tell you .. installing them was a PITA ! LOL ... not much room for the bolts behind and under lol ...
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Yea I know At least I won't have any problem with broken studs I just replaced them 2 years ago but hoping it's worth it
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But they're not gonna bolt directly to my y pipe and I dont want to replace that or have to do some custom exhaust work. I do have the ability tools and mig welder to do it I just want to keep it as simple and inexpensive as possible
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How did they fit around the dip stick tube ?
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They fit fine ..I will post some pictures here in a bit ... we did however had to leave the header wrap off .. on the driver's side it was actually cooking it and it was make the wrap smoke big time ... so I ended up taking the wrap off ... we are going to figure something out for a heatshield ...
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Here is a picture of the driver's side... I wrapped the dip stick with the shield wrap they sent ... we're going to be wrapping the rest probably this weekend
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I installed a set of those when I decided to fix my broken exhaust bolts. My only advice is make sure you have a 3/8" ratcheting wrench, plenty of time and patience, and buy direct from JBA. When you go to their website, you will get a pop up for a 10% off coupon. I paid less than $600 shipped direct from JBA for the same silver ceramic coated shorties.
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You used cheap wrap. Spend the money and buy the good wrap next time. It's rated for 1800F direct and 2500 intermitent which is more then your exhaust will ever run.If you're exhaust temps are in excess of 1800F you got big issues,and you're exhaust valves won't be long for this world.
Design Engineering DEI 010127 DEI Titanium Exhaust Wrap with LR Technology | Summit Racing
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Before you go assuming we used cheap wrap you should ask what was used ... that is exactly what we used ...
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