patrickke
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Me either...thats the reasoning for my questions... im waiting to see their response
6L Headers... A few questions..
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Canadianredneck
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Stick with stock exhaust manifolds. I've had mine ceramic coated like Shawn and burned it all off too so I wouldn't even coat them if I were you. LOL
kevin
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Same here, I had mine coated and it lasted like a month... if anything wrap them with header wrap...
patrickke
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Is that typical with ceramic coating? Or improper prepping?
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I think it's because the manifolds are made of cast iron, and hold rust very well, and if they don't get them 100% rust free when they sandblast them, the ceramic coating does not last.
I had my manifolds and up pipes ceramic coated two years ago. The manifolds look like sh!t, but the up pipes still look like the day I picked them up from the coating shop.
The shop even offered to redo the manifolds...but for the amount of work to take them off again....I said no thanks. (I wanted a set of headers, but will wait till the prices come down a little bit.)
I had my manifolds and up pipes ceramic coated two years ago. The manifolds look like sh!t, but the up pipes still look like the day I picked them up from the coating shop.
The shop even offered to redo the manifolds...but for the amount of work to take them off again....I said no thanks. (I wanted a set of headers, but will wait till the prices come down a little bit.)
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Ivan, In your setup would there be much performance increase with headers?
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Whose headers have you looked at?
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Elite's and Murff's.
Don't have the cash for either one right now...but would still like to try 'em.
Only thing I would worry about is losing more heat from having more external piping surface for heat to escape...(Multiple pipes instead of just one.)
Don't have the cash for either one right now...but would still like to try 'em.
Only thing I would worry about is losing more heat from having more external piping surface for heat to escape...(Multiple pipes instead of just one.)
strokin6L
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i would try out craig's at MPD...they're stainless and look nice. They are not you're typical header...but more of a log style.
6.0dirtworker
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Aren't elite and murffs both made by bae? Last time I saw they looked near identical.
Powerstroked162
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Yup, they are.
Unfortunately, headers on these motors just dont add the performance to justify the cost or warrant tolerating some issues, IMO.
Unfortunately, headers on these motors just dont add the performance to justify the cost or warrant tolerating some issues, IMO.
from experience i have to agree...
That being said i think if things were built a little better, with a little more engineering in the design and welding it may be a different story, but headers by nature destort ect and even big gasser drag cars have header problems, they are just alot easier to get to then ours are, not worth the headache.
That being said i think if things were built a little better, with a little more engineering in the design and welding it may be a different story, but headers by nature destort ect and even big gasser drag cars have header problems, they are just alot easier to get to then ours are, not worth the headache.
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I agree
6.0dirtworker
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That's why I'm confused whether to run mine or not since my cab is off. Probably not since cracking is inevitable with them.
Powerstroked162
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^^ what Dustin said
I went back to stock just because it wasn't working out at all. I would've loved to run them because of the theory behind them but i Just cant see having a spare set on hand at the track to throw on between passes
I went back to stock just because it wasn't working out at all. I would've loved to run them because of the theory behind them but i Just cant see having a spare set on hand at the track to throw on between passes
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Yeah it's just for drag. Ive heard something about the exhaust pulses aren't matching up on one side?
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If you just take the time to study the 6.0 manifold, you'll see they don't really need and work. Look at the designs and stuff. Then look at how much you can actually port out...it's not that much. Some smart dude designed 6 liter headers cause there bout perfect.
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