Hello from Mesa AZ

[RocketStimpy]

Hello all, I’ve had my R3 GT for a little over a year, contemplating exhaust and eyeballing Vandemon non evalve with titanium headers. Any downsides of titanium over stainless headers?

 

[atomsplitter]

Greetings from sunny North Texas. The only downside is the cost. The Vandemon's are beautiful, sound great but are 2 to 3 times the price of their competition.

 

[Tripps]

Welcome to the forum. Funny, Mesa was the answer to a crossword clue today. 3rd or 4th largest city in Arizona, I forget which.

 

[Eric Ray]

Welcome from southwest Louisiana.

 

[Kiwicol]

Gidday mate, welcome to the forum. Sorry, can't help with your headers querry as I have std exhaust system.

 

[AzRocketman]

Hello Rocketstimpy,
I have the Vandemon e-valve exhaust, and love it, pricey but it is nice to be able to switch to stealth mode on long rides.
The headers, the titanium headers are 1/2 the weight of the stainless headers, the titanium model has springs, I don't care for the springs.
Both models flow about 19% more air at the exhaust port, and 9% more at the header outlet pipe.
Im going to order the stainless headers soon. This will complete my performance upgrades.
I have the Penner tune map installed, free flow air filter and love the way the Rocket runs now. It pulls a lot harder now than in stock configuration.
Also I get over 40.5MPG on the highway.

 

[RocketStimpy]

Hello Rocketstimpy,
I have the Vandemon e-valve exhaust, and love it, pricey but it is nice to be able to switch to stealth mode on long rides.
The headers, the titanium headers are 1/2 the weight of the stainless headers, the titanium model has springs, I don't care for the springs.
Both models flow about 19% more air at the exhaust port, and 9% more at the header outlet pipe.
Im going to order the stainless headers soon. This will complete my performance upgrades.
I have the Penner tune map installed, free flow air filter and love the way the Rocket runs now. It pulls a lot harder now than in stock configuration.
Also I get over 40.5MPG on the highway.

Thanks for the info,

Hello Rocketstimpy,
I have the Vandemon e-valve exhaust, and love it, pricey but it is nice to be able to switch to stealth mode on long rides.
The headers, the titanium headers are 1/2 the weight of the stainless headers, the titanium model has springs, I don't care for the springs.
Both models flow about 19% more air at the exhaust port, and 9% more at the header outlet pipe.
Im going to order the stainless headers soon. This will complete my performance upgrades.
I have the Penner tune map installed, free flow air filter and love the way the Rocket runs now. It pulls a lot harder now than in stock configuration.
Also I get over 40.5MPG on the highway.

Thanks for the input, how’s the sound at higher speeds? I had a Yamaha snowmobile 4 stroke 3 cylinder that resonated really bad at high rpm’s. Pretty annoying. Don’t want the e-valve, more parts, more to go wrong.

 

[RocketStimpy]

Greetings from sunny North Texas. The only downside is the cost. The Vandemon's are beautiful, sound great but are 2 to 3 times the price of their competition.

Thanks, pricey but I like the look over other options

 

[TURBO200R4]

welcome from Tucson Arizona USA

 

[atomsplitter]

Thanks, pricey but I like the look over other options

Protohound just installed the non-e version of the Vandemon, check out his thread.