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Old 04-05-2022, 05:00 PM   #121
ka-t_240
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Originally Posted by renfield90 View Post
Remember, it's the heat that kills them. I'd be more interested in what the aftermarket coils are doing for reliability than any improvements in spark.

Also, I wrapped my header in 2017 or 2018 (I forget) and promptly stopped killing coils. It's not foolproof, we killed a coil on Kate's old car last year despite the wrap on her header, but I'm sure we would've killed more.

IMO a ceramic coat isn't enough. The OEM header has a heatshield for a reason.
I have the stock over pipe still, so possibly why its taken a long time before I started having failures? I have only replaced 1 so far. Thinking its time to do plugs this spring, so figured I would just do them while they are out.

I also have a second hood which is on my car 99% of the time which is vented. Car sees a fair bit of track time so venting was something I did long ago, especially since the local track has a lot of upper 5th gear time.
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