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Old 12-19-2014, 10:33 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by Jimmy817 View Post
Does an unequal length header do a better job of this than the equal?

I've had my fr-s for about two weeks so I'm still sorting out the differences. The higher-end headers seem to be equal length. Which would you recommend to someone with an OFT on the way?
Yes the general consensus is that UEL headers do a better job of eliminating the torque dip than EL headers. Here is a dyno comparison (same dyno and tuner) of Tomei's UEL vs. EL header, for example:



And another dyno comparison of UEL vs. EL. Again same dyno and tuner (this time Shiv), but on e85:

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