Which header / tune ? Can't decide

[Celica00]

Originally Posted by Daily86

I have a stock header with the cat removed, OFT, with a Wayneroms E85 tune. Love it! I don't think you can get a better bang for the buck.

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Have you ran into any issues with passing emissions?

[Daily86]

No emission test where I live.

[Daily86]

I bought a used stock header. If I want to go back to stock I have my original with the cat. So $300 for the used header, $450 for the OFT, $40 for the Waynes tune = $790 bucks. For the ACE A350 header on CSG $2000, Delicious tune with license $725 = $2725.
A lot more money for a little more power. The second option is better for sure though.

[jflogerzi]

Yup bang for your buck for sure. Good job and enjoy

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[CincyJohn]

Originally Posted by Daily86

I bought a used stock header. If I want to go back to stock I have my original with the cat. So $300 for the used header, $450 for the OFT, $40 for the Waynes tune = $790 bucks. For the ACE A350 header on CSG $2000, Delicious tune with license $725 = $2725.
A lot more money for a little more power. The second option is better for sure though.

Similar thinking on my end. 8,000 miles on my 2020.

$450 for OFT. Just got a new JDL UEL catless header coated and delivered for $785 and will keep the stock stuff just in case I have to go back.

Will mostly run e85 and will see how it goes w.r.t. the quality of e85 I get (I will refuel 90% from same station) and flashing back and forth when I need to go 91/93. If that doesn't go well I will look for a flexfuel sensor (either new or used).

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Jscvt

Hi guys! I'd like to get my 2013 GT86 tuned and my header replaced to smoothen the torque dip and the powerband

I searched around the forums and reddit and I gathered a lot of information but I still cannot decide what combo is best for me.

I'm looking to get the most performance out of my car while staying NA, but at the same time I don't want to waste a lot of money when I can get a reasonable bang for buck combo, i'd say my max budget would be 1600$ . (I'll be running e85 as it is deadly cheap here).
Also, I kinda want it to be quiet or at most not so much louder than stock, I want to keep my exhaust civil and don't want it to be a cop magnet.
For that I understand that you should keep your catback / frontpipe / overpipe stock, and that's what i'm gonna do.

So as for the headers, there are 3 that seems the best for me :

JDL UEL => Kinda cheap, I think is the best UEL header performance wise, afraid they might be too loud ?
FT86SF Catted => I love that it's super quiet, it looks like the torque dip is also gone with it, but I think i'll be disappointed with the power
JDL 4-2-1 => Looks amazing, and seems to be a performance beast but I have no idea on how loud it is, as they're always paired with some catback exhaust on youtube videos
Then i'm still hesitating between OFT and ECUTEK. I honestly don't need any fancy / gimmicky Ecutek feature, and I don't need flexfuel either as i'll be running e85 100% of the time.
The only thing that drags me toward ecutek is the customized tune, but i'm still trying to find out how much better than the OFS tunes these are.

I searched but I couldn't find any mention of an OFT tune for the JDL 4 - 2 -1. In that case i'd have to go for an Ecutek kit + tune. Total would be more than 2000$ which is way too much.

I know OpenFlashTablet can also do so remote tuning, how good are those tunes compared to Ecutek ones ?

I also heard about Wayne Roms, can he custom tune ?

Would either of these solutions be a good alternative to Ecutek ?

Would I feel a big difference between for example JDL UEL + OFT versus JDL 4 2 1 + Ecutek custom tune ? Knowing it's 1k$ more, would it be worth it ?

Thank you so much guys !

Yes, yes you would.