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06-07-2011, 03:41 PM
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I had both the evosport shorties with a tune and then the Kleemann long tubes with a tune from Jerry on my C55. The Kleemann LT's with the removal of the primary cats made the largest useable difference. In my opinion, those or the MBH LT's are the best options out there. The single greatest improvement however, comes from the removal of the primary cats -- those OE cats are truly restrictive with the OE headers running a close second.
06-07-2011, 03:55 PM
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I really like the idea of bolt on so in the future if I decide to sell the car I can always return it back to standard.
I'm not going all out on modds, a simple re-map with AMS headers should give about 30+bhp
I sent AMS another PM on here, hopefully he will get back to me this time...
I'm not going all out on modds, a simple re-map with AMS headers should give about 30+bhp
I sent AMS another PM on here, hopefully he will get back to me this time...
06-07-2011, 04:22 PM
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I really like the idea of bolt on so in the future if I decide to sell the car I can always return it back to standard.
I'm not going all out on modds, a simple re-map with AMS headers should give about 30+bhp
I sent AMS another PM on here, hopefully he will get back to me this time...
I'm not going all out on modds, a simple re-map with AMS headers should give about 30+bhp
I sent AMS another PM on here, hopefully he will get back to me this time...
06-07-2011, 07:48 PM
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C55 headers are much less than $3000 these days. The guys at AMS are good people. I'm sure if you go that route they will take care of you. Most tunes get you about 20whp on a C55 With shorty headers you should have no problem getting 30whp or so.
With ort long tubes and a tune we get in the area of 50whp. Pending on your budget and power you want there are a bunch of options.
With ort long tubes and a tune we get in the area of 50whp. Pending on your budget and power you want there are a bunch of options.
06-09-2011, 03:28 PM
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my smog isn't due until December 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
yup, i'm buying AMS headers along with the OP. right after i get an estimate for labor from my tech.
yup, i'm buying AMS headers along with the OP. right after i get an estimate for labor from my tech.
06-09-2011, 04:09 PM
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06-09-2011, 05:31 PM
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06-09-2011, 09:09 PM
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Every header I've seen goes in from under the car. there is some top end working though. We remove the coil packs off the valve cover so you can get to the pesky bolts. On some cars a motor mount is loosened, but you still go in from the bottom. What gobbles up most of the install time is getting to those hard to reach bolts. It is common for the header studs to come out when you are loosening the nuts. Sometimes they just don't want to come off and the whole stud comes out. No big deal they go right back in, no problem.
06-09-2011, 09:36 PM
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Every header I've seen goes in from under the car. there is some top end working though. We remove the coil packs off the valve cover so you can get to the pesky bolts. On some cars a motor mount is loosened, but you still go in from the bottom. What gobbles up most of the install time is getting to those hard to reach bolts. It is common for the header studs to come out when you are loosening the nuts. Sometimes they just don't want to come off and the whole stud comes out. No big deal they go right back in, no problem.
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06-10-2011, 01:10 AM
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the OP is talking to them, i'm PMing the OP and he's telling me what they said. we're both buying them, OP is gonna put his on first and then i'd be purchasing them around next week sometime. i'll PM ams pretty soon telling them to send me a purchase request via paypal. then i gotta get my ecu re-flashed, still debating if i should do a dyno again.
06-11-2011, 04:25 AM
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C55 headers are much less than $3000 these days. The guys at AMS are good people. I'm sure if you go that route they will take care of you. Most tunes get you about 20whp on a C55 With shorty headers you should have no problem getting 30whp or so.
With ort long tubes and a tune we get in the area of 50whp. Pending on your budget and power you want there are a bunch of options.
With ort long tubes and a tune we get in the area of 50whp. Pending on your budget and power you want there are a bunch of options.
06-11-2011, 04:26 AM
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I think ECU and Chipping should be done last, after all mods are installed and done. And after you install drive the car a few miles so the ecu adjusts
06-11-2011, 05:30 AM
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You dont need to wrap our headers. Stainless steel is a poor conductor of heat so there really is no need to wrap or coat our headers. Most of the heat is kept inside the header rather than spilling it all over the place like a mild steel header will. I'll send you a PM
06-13-2011, 07:43 PM
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