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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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Do yourself a favor.....Kooks 1 7/8 jet hot coated long tube headers, offroad x-pipe, borla stingers. i PROMISE you will be writing me a PM telling me how amazing it sounds.....
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BudgetPlan1
If money is no object, go all in on the headers. Jet-Hot coating, have an extra wide-band O2 sensor bung installed, Kool-Sox on plug wires, thermo tec heat wrap on any wires near headers. May not be necessary but good peace of mind. May wanna go with Elite Engineering ceramic coated tunnel plate as well to increase stiffness/reduce cabin heat. Great time to do it when exhaust is out.

Hey buddy, where can I get that thermotec heat wrap so i can wrap the 02 sensors by the headers? And does this stuff really work? Thanks in advance...
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:35 PM
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Total waste of $$$ to ceramic coat stainless. It has much better heat retention properties than the mild steel used on the JetHot coated brands. Kind of an old wives tale that persists.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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As far as the X-pipe and mufflers go, get the Bassani system. Can't tell you the number of people that have heard the system on the three different C5's that I own and then pulled the system that they had off, and bought the Bassani's.
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