Fast Intentions exhaust and header comparison. Before and after UPRev tune (Dyno)

cotizi

FYI my car was tuned almost stock (just intakes) by the owner of Uprev and picked up 0 HP/TQ.

On another note those headers look awesome. Is there going to be an option for heat wrapping?

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theDreamer

I believe he is offering ceramic coating.

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semtex

In previous discussions with him, Tony advised me against heat-wrapping these headers. Just an fyi.

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G37Sam

He did recommend Ceramic Coating though, even though at $280

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TipsZ

I am just curious as to why he would recommend against heat-wrapping the headers. Wouldn't the ceramic coating pretty much do the same thing .. and yet that IS recommended?? Can you expound please?

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semtex

Right, and I'm confused about this as well. When you take out the stock manifold, the heat shields come off. So you put in aftermarket headers and you don't have heat shields anymore. I asked him if we should wrap them then. His answer was no, because the better flow and design of the LTH's will reduce the temps, thus negating the need for heat shields. Then I read that he's offering ceramic coating, hence my confusion.

I emailed Tony last night, and his response to me was "The temps will be lower but the coating cannot hurt it will only help. The coating just keeps more of the heat in the tubing which is ideal for a force inducted application EPECIALLY turbochargers since they build power off of heat."

At this point, I'm under the impression that if you're planning to stay NA (as I am), it's really not necessary and an unneeded extra expense. But I'm waiting for Tony to confirm on that.

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B1nks

I sure hope that isn't a quote from Tony since I'm under the impression that LTH can't be used with turbo applications. I'm assuming he meant Supercharger but we all know the saying about assuming.

semtex

No, he said turbo. I remember that clearly. BUT, I think at that point he was talking in general terms about the benefits of keeping as much heat in the headers as possible for turbo apps. Like he wasn't specifically talking about his LTHs being used in conjunction with turbos. He was just talking about why you'd want to ceramic coat headers in general if you have a turbo.

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