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I'm finally about to pull the trigger and order either a set of kooks or arh headers and catless xpipe for the z06. I have a buddy that has a lift to make life easier on the install that lives about an HR away. Will it still be safe to drive the car untuned for a bit after the install? I am obviously planning to tune the car but wanted to make sure I wasn't going to cause any damage getting to and from the location I'm going to do the install.

Other than that anyone suggest arh over kooks? Seems like they are around the same price and I know how the kooks sound on my cousin's cammed z06.

TPSMak

You can easily drive your car after a header install without a tune. ARH & Kooks are both great headers which we can give you a good deal on also. When doing headers I would highly suggest doing the a tunnel plate also. Adding a tunnel plate will elimination chassis flex AND reduce center console heat. If you order our tunnel plate with the thermal shield you'll eliminate most of the excessive heat in your center console.





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Here are some reviews and pictures of products installed on customers cars..

C6 GS w/ Cats
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...er-review.html


C6 Z06 w/ Cats
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Unreal

No issue besides may get a CE light on the tune part.

ARH make more power.

MTPZ06

You can drive it a bit before the tune, but keep it mellow...no hero runs and wringing out to the rev limiter.

I read more about fitment issues on Kooks than ARH...but both are high quality.

Sicvette

I went with Kooks. They fit excellent. ARH also makes an outstanding set of headers. Honestly, IMO you can’t go wrong with either brand. People claiming x brand makes more power than y brand I am skeptical about it. See no power difference in brands on several different dynos that I’ve witnessed. Comes down to heads and Cam my friend. That’s where you unlock some nice gains, especially when you start adding more compression.

+1 on the heat shield. I regret not doing this. Center console gets toasty.

Unreal

Peak power maybe, but power across the curve there are big differences in brands. ARH have a really nice bump in low end torque compared to some others.