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Old 11-11-07, 09:29 AM
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i went to the lexus dealer yesterday in clearwater, and a mechanic said if i wanted i could take the heat shield off the headers and it well keep things a little cooler, and he said heat travels through the metal which gives the bottom end more heat is this true
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First of all, factory SC's have exhaust manifolds, not headers. Second of all, that mechanic is full of ****.
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