TPS headers?
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TPS headers?
I know how much everybody loves beating a dead horse so what’s the latest opinions on TPS headers? I’ve had Kooks before which were great but for $1000 less it’s hard to ignore TPS. Car is a 2010 Grand Sport manual that they will be going on.
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A more simplistic approach is dollars per horsepower, assuming you can trust dyno numbers and/or advertised numbers. As a ballpark number, swapping to Z06 exhaust manifolds and mid-pipe produces around 15 hp for $200-400, while the high end headers gain 25 hp for $1500-1700.
There are valid reasons to do mods, just like reasons to own a particular car. They all point back to the individual's desires for happiness.
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I tend to look at the price of performance mods directly related to power improvement that shows up on a 1/4 mile timeslip. When you are bone stock a $2 propped shroud mod can easily make a .15 second difference, but the price per .10 second escalates rapidly with each additional mod. I'd highly doubt that swapping from TPS headers to Kooks would produce a .10 second difference at any stage of mods. So the question becomes: How important is it to you to gain the last .10 of a second?
A more simplistic approach is dollars per horsepower, assuming you can trust dyno numbers and/or advertised numbers. As a ballpark number, swapping to Z06 exhaust manifolds and mid-pipe produces around 15 hp for $200-400, while the high end headers gain 25 hp for $1500-1700.
There are valid reasons to do mods, just like reasons to own a particular car. They all point back to the individual's desires for happiness.
A more simplistic approach is dollars per horsepower, assuming you can trust dyno numbers and/or advertised numbers. As a ballpark number, swapping to Z06 exhaust manifolds and mid-pipe produces around 15 hp for $200-400, while the high end headers gain 25 hp for $1500-1700.
There are valid reasons to do mods, just like reasons to own a particular car. They all point back to the individual's desires for happiness.
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Yea that’s why I’m considering tps. The no cats is something I’ve done before but it’s just a hassle everytime inspection comes around so going with cats this time. Also the Texas speed seem to have ground clearance issues which on a Corvette I can’t see how anybody is willing to give any up as low as they are to begin with.
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Damn, Everybody gets TSP and TPS mixed up. Texas speed is TSP. Total Performance is TPS. I purshased and installed TPS coated headers with cats. Then had cats and x-pipe coated. Love them, easy to install and they look and fit great! I do recomend them. Would ARH or Kooks give me 5-8 more HP? Maybe?
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Damn, Everybody gets TSP and TPS mixed up. Texas speed is TSP. Total Performance is TPS. I purshased and installed TPS coated headers with cats. Then had cats and x-pipe coated. Love them, easy to install and they look and fit great! I do recomend them. Would ARH or Kooks give me 5-8 more HP? Maybe?
