It's somewhat poor form to forward private email, but this is really
product marketing. I don't think that Jeff or any subscriber will mind.
Nothing really new to add that hasn't been mentioned before by Bruce or
Jack, except for the marketing hype about their Firecone. I'm not overly
convinced that this setup will outperform a good bolt-on Doug Thorley kit,
but that is the sort of thing you expect to hear from salesfolks.
Ron
Jeff Bell wrote:
>
> In response to your questions about a y-pipe. JBA headers will be
> offering a direct replacement y-pipe later on in the year Nov/dec. Let
> me start off explains why we will offer a y-pipe and why we may not. We
> at JBA are a Catfront company addressing everything form the stock cat
> forward. The equation that we use is dollars Vs horsepower. If we feel
> there will not be a good enough gain from doing a certain component we
> wont do it. For example if you can get more out of an K&N filter for
> 50.00 then out of a y-pipe for 150.00 than logic would dictate not to do
> it. You are correct in your thinking of an improvement on the Dakota
> y-pipes, we are actually in the middle of bringing in all the various
> dodge trucks to do some fab work on. Just yesterday I had a 98 RT Dakota
> here to look at. As far as the companies you mentioned go. Doug Thorley
> builds the headers for Mopar so they are exactly the same. The reason
> Thorley offers a y-pipe is not for flow at all its because they use a
> tri-y design which since it is not a direct replacement you HAVE to do a
> different y-pipe and cut and weld it into place to make it fit. JBA
> ramhorns will actually outperform this entire package from Mopar because
> of our Firecone design. In addition to that my headers are a direct bolt
> in and require No welding, cutting or bending to make them fit. When JBA
> does come out with our Rampipes they will be a direct replacement for
> the people who only want a ypipe and for the people whom want both
> y-pipe and header. I hope this clarified things a little for you. If I
> can answer anymore questions please let me know. I would like to thank
> you for your interest in the JBA line of headers.
> Kindest Regards,
> Jeff J. Bell
> 800-830-3377x105
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