I have them uncoated, and have removed my splash guards to allow
for more airflow under the hood. 47,000 miles & 22 months later, and
I haven't had any problems. If you really want to have them coated,
order them 'uncoated' special, which will save you a few bucks from
both DT, and from whoever you have coat them, as there wouldn't be
any stripping involved.
As far as torque is concerned, it was a major boost for me... Had the
sbec, 3" exhaust, and K&N open filter (FIPK) before the headers... Well
worth the investment (**$475-550 with shipping**).
I bought mine at Truck Performance Center before Michael, and he will
agree that they have probably the best price on the headers... But shop
around, you might get a deal closer to home.
Sam '95 SLT-- 5.9 Soon!
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>> 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!
>
>---Mike, near Houston.---
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