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Old Feb 17, 2016 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by megacrazy
Yeah it definitely swings both ways. People on this forum don't dyno much for some reason. If you do a mod...do a before and after dyno people...otherwise it's all butt dyno evidence which doesn't mean much.

You'll definitely feel...something with the new gears
i agree, im going to dyno when i do my headers
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Old Feb 17, 2016 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by gixxerboy
i agree, im going to dyno when i do my headers
Please do. I am really curious to see if the usual 30+hp claims for headers hold up.
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Old Feb 17, 2016 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by megacrazy
Please do. I am really curious to see if the usual 30+hp claims for headers hold up.
i'm having shorty headers made. The company that makes the other headers i sell are designing headers for the 550 off of my car. so mine is going to be the test pair. i'm not expecting that much of a gain but i would love it if it was
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10/1 says he's a Trump voter. Placebo or not it just became more enjoyable to go for a drive. That's a win any day in my book.
9% chance? I'd say that's about right.
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