Went to port my header, tuner said it's a waste
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Went to port my header, tuner said it's a waste
Went to Turbo Trix last week to port my exhast header, the guy there said that if I do it the sides will get thinner and I won't really see any increase, I also wanted it coated to reduce heat, he again said if I do that it's only for bling.
I told him my red has the porter hot side, he said it doesn't matter.
WTF?
I told him my red has the porter hot side, he said it doesn't matter.
WTF?
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You're not going to feel the difference from the butt dyno, but there are definitely benefits to porting and coating which you would see on the dyno graphs. Plus it will reduce underhood temps. Take your parts to PPI in michigan, they do top notch work. I had all my header, O2 housing, and hotside done.
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I have Buschur ported and coated exh mani, IM and a PPI ported and coated hotside very happy with all. Porting smooths and increases the flow of air, obviously. Motors are pumps- the faster you can move more air= more power. Nor sure why you were told it wasn't worth it
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Went to Turbo Trix last week to port my exhast header, the guy there said that if I do it the sides will get thinner and I won't really see any increase, I also wanted it coated to reduce heat, he again said if I do that it's only for bling.
I told him my red has the porter hot side, he said it doesn't matter.
WTF?
I told him my red has the porter hot side, he said it doesn't matter.
WTF?
thats what happens when u take your car to turbotrix
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I have never done back to back testing on header porting and coating
However, for the nominal cost I would think that the process is a good choice
Especially the coating will reduce under hood temps, transfer more heat to the turbo and make for a faster spool up
Some people live in the stone age of technology
Al
However, for the nominal cost I would think that the process is a good choice
Especially the coating will reduce under hood temps, transfer more heat to the turbo and make for a faster spool up
Some people live in the stone age of technology
Al
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A friend of mine just ported his own exhaust manifold last week and saw very good results. Granted, he also added an cheetmetal O2 housing at the same time, but the combo produced very good inprovements. Since he races STU class where boost levels cannot be raised with a boost controller, he saw a significant increase in boost, hp, and tq. and put down some surprisingly good dyno numbers for an STU prepped car. That's on a 9.8 hot side stock turbo. The results should be even better at higher boost levels and turbo upgrades.