What catted header in 2021?

[bucketfoot]

My next decision will be does my 60 year old back want to lay on the garage floor for two hours for me to install these myself or do I just pay to have it done

[Espi]

Originally Posted by jflogerzi

I would grab the ft86 version. JDL did have some quality issue with there cats in the past

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I went with JDL catted UEL. I like that they advertise the header with a Gesi G-Sport cat.

https://gsportbygesi.com/high-perfor...tems-products/

I have no idea what kind of cat is used in the FTspeed factory header. All to their own of course and grats OP on your choice. Between JDL quality and knowing there is a high quality cat I went with JDL.

Also waiting for mine to be made. Ordered about a month ago cant wait!

[jflogerzi]

Originally Posted by Espi

I went with JDL catted UEL. I like that they advertise the header with a Gesi G-Sport cat.



https://gsportbygesi.com/high-perfor...tems-products/



I have no idea what kind of cat is used in the FTspeed factory header. All to their own of course and grats OP on your choice. Between JDL quality and knowing there is a high quality cat I went with JDL.



Also waiting for mine to be made. Ordered about a month ago cant wait!

I know they switched brands so maybe these revised units. Good to know

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[alphasaur]

I really like my catted/coated ft86 header. Enjoy!

[PulsarBeeerz]

Originally Posted by bucketfoot

Is there by chance already a thread out there that might list some of the people who do custom OFT tunes?

Steve99 and http://site.wayneroms.com:8000/

[ZDan]

Originally Posted by bucketfoot

I've narrowed it down to a ceramic coated version of either the FT86 catted UEL or the JDL catted UEL.

There is roughly a $3K price difference between the two, so does anyone have any good reasons that I should spend more to get the JDL over the FT86?

In either case I would be running an OFT stage 2 tune.

Take any claims including before/after dyno results with a HUGE grain of salt. *IF* you are competing and a tenth of a second matters to you, a lot, it *might* be worth spending more, but in that case you should really get a custom dialed-in Ecutek tune. But I'm betting that real-world gains from either of these catted UEL options with an off-the-shelf tune vs. '17-'20 factory catted header are not gonna justify the $$$$ and effort. Like around +0hp +/- up top, with maybe some torque dip mitigation in the midrange.