Re: Mopar/Thorley headers

From: Michael Clark (mike@snakebite.com)
Date: Wed Oct 07 1998 - 21:59:19 EDT


> Dang all of you!
> All this new header discussion has got me all stirred up, and thinkin' I
> should go ahead and order the Thorley/Mopar headers so I can just do the
> exhaust and headers at the same time.

Hahahah! Read the DML long enough.... you'll start spending money
before long, right guys!

> I know atleast a few DMLers have the Thorley long style headers, can anyone
> suggest a good source to check for these? and, what is a reasonable price?

I got mine (Thorleys) from Truck Performance Center.
http://www.truckperformance.com If you get the Mopar ones you might
try Koller dodge or -what was the other one everyone likes- Westoaks
Dodge....??? For '95 anyway Mopar and Thorley are the same headers,
might be made by different people but still the same...

> All the comments with the Thorley/Mopar headers seem to be positive. Did
> anyone see any loss in low end torque?

I just dynoed my headers before and after two weeks ago. Picked up an
extra 23ft/lbs. of torque. Yes you will feel the diferance!

I would also suggest to you that you have your headers coated. They
will look beter and have much less chance of surface rust later down
the road, although the chrome does a good job in that respect. But
the big plus is the cooler underhood temps. Belive me the chrome
headers will get hot! HPC will charge you $20 to strip the chrome off
and about $200 to coat them. If you want the Y-pipe coated also (I
would really recomend it)they charge $40 extra. All in all not a bad
deal. IMHO.

Hope this helped. Keep us posted!

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