Yeah, always a relief when they fire off for the first time.....I had only briefly heard this motor run when I first got the truck with open headers....not much to go by.
We're going to run it again today to see how much heat we were able to cut out with our heat shield. Hoping for about 40 degrees. I think with air flow over the exhaust(when moving), the Lizard Skin(supposedly 20-30 degree reduction) and our new heat shields, we should be in the game. I bought the Sound Control Lizard Skin as well.....figured I might as well go all the way if I'm going to do it....reduce some noise and some heat.