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Old 06-15-2013, 11:45 AM
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i hate to be a naysayer here, but there is something very very fishy about this. could the ballede header mAke more power than the j's? maybe, but if it did, it would have to be a sweet spot. that dyno shows it making more power everywhere, which it 'cant' do.

something is very wrong here
Old 06-15-2013, 12:28 PM
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I have this header as well, and it does definitely make more power than both the js and hytech headers (both of which I've had). I'll post up a dyno later, but my ap2 made roughly 240whp with this header, a berk 3 inch, and mugen intake.
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For those of you guys that are asking for a back to back. I didnt get these dyno sheets as a comparison, these are the dyno sheets are after my tunes. I understand that there are many factors that come in when dyno'ing on different days,

the differences between the two runs is the header and the tune.

I am running the Berk 3" all the way through.
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Was it tuned before the header change already or no tuning for the baseline dyno?
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Originally Posted by Moddiction
Was it tuned before the header change already or no tuning for the baseline dyno?
agreed here... thats simply too much power for a change of one part, someone gunked with either the 'before'tune or the dyno


ballade should send a header to gernby-the whole forum would line up to buy it if gernby says its any good

however, the posts about this header always seem to read like gorrilla style marketing- and ballade, id be willing to test one out too since im sure they are reading.
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Ill try one out as well and do back to back pulls. My car has 63 HFC and 70mm single exhaust. This would be a great labrat
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Do you guys use robot hands to remove a header heated up to 900F?
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Yeah I'm in the market for a header currently and this sort of "magical" power producing header is just what I need in my life would love to see some independent testing done for proof though as we'll
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Wow lots of power. Congrats to Alex and Ballade Sport.
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Originally Posted by NYS2000TURBO
Yeah I'm in the market for a header currently and this sort of "magical" power producing header is just what I need in my life would love to see some independent testing done for proof though as we'll
the fact that no one(urge, gernby) is praising this header that knows what they are talking about is the smelliest part about this


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