All of their headers are made of stainless, mandrel bent,prescision welded, and these would be thermal coated.
Right now they are taking appointments for new development for the end of March, so we ahve until then to hash out necessary issues. Again, I do invite anyone interested to do a little research and see that JP Performance is legit. I am getting nothing out of this except the chance to purchase a set of headers for $700 with a group instead of the cost I'd have to pay to do a custom one-off.
Ian, I called JP and asked him more questons. The federal emitions standard testing process for a recent Toyota tundra (ULE? I think he said) to get the exemption sticker was $8,000. A '99 BMW test was $4,000. He said the older cars are actually a bit cheaper to test. There probbaly is not going to be the return on the investment to get CARB aproval for a product that isn't going to be super popular with a limited return.
He mentioned something about the coating of the high flow cats and the fact they they aliminized but he lost me there.
It is possible to get the high flow cats on there , but the tubes of the headers are going to be quite a bit longer.
He did also point out that there are states like Texas that do no emitions testing as well as outlying areas. Are you near Denver, Ian? I was just curious. Is it really true that the areas of Colorado that aren't near the city have no emitions testing?
I want to also say that the HP estimates he put in the 15-20HP range. Obviously final numbers would be different on a stock truck Vs. a truck with an aftermarket exhaust, intake ect.
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