OK...I decided to get the entire Cattman exhaust, from the headers to the muffler, ceramic coated by JET HOT. They did a fantastic job! This should help reduce under the hood temps and make the exhaust last even longer with that polished look!!!!

Here are some BEFORE and AFTER PICS to compare:

BEFORE:



AFTER:



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By the end of this week....full exhaust install, NWP Spacers, Stillen UD Pulley!! Can't wai....I'll keep yall posted!!!

 

Nice work.

The look wont last too long. Mine didn't last but a little over a year.

Before:



After:

 

jeezus!!!!!!!! thats some sort of sexy right there...dont know if i woulda done it..but *drools*

 

I would have spent the money on a bigger bed Nice the pretty shine job won't last long tho

 

Someone is participating in the baller's game I see.

I like.

 

Needs a 3" test-pipe

 

I totally approve of that work, OP. Hope it lasts for you. It's beautiful.

 

Mmm Shiny.

 

Bling Bling!...for the meantime
Does it really bring underhood temps down though?

 

I always thought ceramic coating was supposed to be rough and gritty, to increase the surface area, like a heatsink. This looks more like powdercoating.

Things must have changed since I last saw a ceramic coated set of headers. Likely, too, since that was 25 years ago.

 

You should have thought of that before you spent all that money putting together a twin loop "3in ID" exhaust.

 

Did you get yours done by JET HOT? Don't look like the polished silver coating. I know people that have jethot coatings the same as the one I have and its been years and they still are shiny...no dullness or anything.




I bought that bed when I was single....so when I got married I told the wife we needed a bigger bed but she said forget it and save for a house. So once we get the house then we will upgrade to the King size.

 

Jet Hot coated but they have a few months on them in the first pic, but the last pic, that showed about 2 winters and well, something like year and a half.

Either way who gives a poop, you'll have at least 40 more whp with that combo.

 

Well.....they really don't look bad at all.....not as bad as they would probably look had you not coated them.

40hp NON tuned is pretty good. Not getting a tune until next year. Gonna get rid of the UTEC and go haltech. Still got to get cams, springs, retainers, rod bolts, custom IM, 3.5 SRI with LRMAF....and a 100 shot of NOS!!! Even considering boring and sleeving it out to get 3.8L. We'll see....gonna be a hell of a car when I get done with it!

 

DAMN that **** looks amazing......

 

Only 2 words for that...

 

That's lookin goooooood

 

That Shiny crap has a lower temperture....The Dull finish is the higher temperture barrier coating.....I used Polydyn coatings (Space Shuttle Contractors) and man you can touch the header at idle with your finger and no burns nor damage to your tissue.....Regarding that King size bed that gives a woman too much room to run and hide.....I kept my wifey close as hell in a full size bed for at least 10 yrs of marriage and it was great....

 

Damn! You spent a pretty penny on that setup! Good Work! Tell us your impressions. Should totally change your car into an ANIMAL! Changing all that stuff at once. Don't forget a tune.

 

Looks great! and expensive lol

 

Looks great nice setup

 

Looks good!

 

Nice! If I had the resources I would definitely got this route. But I am ghetto, so I'll gut my cats be done with.

 

LOL! I'm with you! Its hard having 2 Max's to wanna mod!

 

i swear this forum wants me to go broke

 

Just dropped the car off to install everything. Going to get a dyno after...no tune yet. Have to setup appointment to do that and figure out what days I'm off work so I can take it. I'm curious to see how much it will dyno with everything installed.....

 

Congrats! Do you get it back today?

 

Fully coated, 3" exhaust w/headers and a fast-cat... phenolic intake spacers, and an underdrive pulley? That's a pretty impressive one-time list of bolt-ons. Anything else? Do you have a before-dyno to work with?

I just noticed what you had going on in your sig: HP Tokico Blues, Eibach Springs, ES Bushings, Ralco Short Shifter, Front Strut Bar, Rear Sway Bar, Sprint Booster, Spec Stage II Clutch, Fidanza Flywheel, NWP BOP, Custom SRI

Yikes! With exception to a set of coilovers, you're going to be very, very nicely configured.

OP, you should start a progress thread, fill it up with pictures and comments.


With only a half day to do this, that would have to be a pretty motivated mechanic.

 

lookin real good... wish i could do it to mine!! (unfortunately it's been totaled!!)

 

Amen to that, after spending some time on here, it seems there's no such thing as 'good enough' haha

 

I didn't get a before dyno because there are PLENTY of base dynos for the 5.5 Gen in the Dyno section.....for 6spds they tend to put down about 205whp....so no need to dyno a base engine that everyone has done before. I told them to give me a dyno after they finish installing everything....he said that they would put the results on a thumb drive for me.....




OH no....LOL. He said probably some time next week because they have other cars they are working on too...AND they have to do the dyno as well. He told me the front headers would be simple....but the headers on the back would be a PITA....BUT he did say since they are going to have to take the lower plenum off to install the spacers that will help with reaching the rear headers. It was funny...because they usually do 350zs and all....he said "What you trying to race Lambos or something?" I said "No, just want to have a fast car." Next year going to get CAMS, springs and retainers and custom IM, and higher rev limit.... I asked him about rod bolts....he told me that you ahve to take the entire engine out because you have to replace bearings and all when you do that because it won't be good to put rod bolts in and same old bearings in. But I seen on here that stock bolts are good for about a 7000 - 7200 rpm with no problems. I think NMEX has his rev limiter that high with no problems.

 

Are you going to make some vids maybe a o-60 or 80, or some rolling vids with a camera person outside, Damn I cant wait to get my Headers...20 days or less I hope....

 

Someone has money to blowwwwwww.

 

I can do that......

 

Congrates looks good, I like how its all layed out on your bed, I bet you sleep with all that stuff that night

 

I agree. I plan on installing my spacers and OBX headers in around half a day but I am optimistic. What's the worst that can happen, I have to spend the night working on my car, not a bad situation. I love doing this stuff. I really seems like the cattmans are the easiest headers to install on our cars due to the perfect fitment so hopefully his car will be done sooner than later. Can't wait to hear about the results.

 

SR20DEN did them while the engine was in the car, and he used to (maybe still does) see 7500 RPM.

I see 7100 w/o a problem.

 

Likely true, and lots of it. Between parts and labor, I'm guessing north of $3000. (Spacers, UDP, Headers, Fast-cat, cat-back, alumni-coating, installation, and who knows what else.)

But "blow" is only one way to look at it. Another is that the OP is making an investment in short-term happiness. And there's nothing wrong with that.

 

i love car parts inside the house shows how much we love modding our cars, yet I have never seen the parts directly on the bed haha only couches , living room floors, kitchen counters etc.
keep us posted on your impressions. that thing is gonna be beast

 

this is a very realistic way to put it, because though they may keep the car long term (which most heavy modders don't) these mods in a few years will pretty much be the new normal, let alone the investment of aftermarket mods is not much.