Ceramic or Non-Ceramic

[Casey.T]

Responces are encouraged as to why you would choose ceramic or non.

[Slick]

I am the only voter to date and I chose non ceramic because ..IMO

A) I have non ceramic already (couldn't afford the ceramics)

Non ceramics look good (like anyone sees them...)

C) The Price

D) the price

E) well.. you get the idea

 

I think Thorleys are made well enough that they're gunna last long enough for me to get my moneys worth out of them.. hell.. the gas I've saved and the power I've gained I think they've paid for themselves already

[Revco]

We've chatted about this...but I would concur with the price thing. I don't know that $120 more for better heat retention is a great deal. I figured they're going to be moving the same amount of engine heat better with a 2-1/4" collector & more flow efficient design than the relatively restrictive stock manifold & 2" pipe.

 

The biggest factor for me going with the non-ceramics was the welding issue. I have to have a custom x-pipe for my AT and will likely need to weld the x-pipe directly to the headers. If I had a MT, I would've considered the ceramics 'cause I could've gone with the provided x-pipe bolted to the rest of the system.

 

If heat becomes a big problem for me...$120 can buy me a pretty good fan!

[Vsicks Pathy]

What is the issue?

[Casey.T]

No Issues to my knowledge, I was just looking for some opinions.

 

Several Votes not to many opinions :confused:

[Precise1]

If $ was no issue, of course, the ceramic... Otherwise I'd just get the plated ones. The way I look at it is that $120 can be well spent elsewhere... It's not like this is a race car so the results should be the same.

 

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