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Old 05-16-2008, 05:06 PM
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Long tubes flow better and will give you more HP. I currently have shorties w/ a off road H pipe and I am considering long tubes for the 347 project im about to do. Want to buy my shorties and h pipe??

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Old 05-16-2008, 05:10 PM
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Longtubes on your car are a pain...LOL...if you dont have a lot of mods...then F-it do the shorty's......you can always sell em later and since your going to need remove them anyways to swap heads etc....who cares....so do shorty's "for now"...LOL
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Old 05-16-2008, 05:22 PM
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LTs make better torque than shorties. If your looking to squeeze everything out of the engine get LTs but if your not up for the challenge then get shorties.
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Old 05-16-2008, 05:27 PM
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Get what you can afford.

If they were the same price, I would go with longtubes.

I noticed more sound, than performance.
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Old 05-17-2008, 01:21 PM
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My BBK LT's went in fine and I actually have more clearance then I did with the equal lengths, the H-pipe for the LT's seems to hug undernieth better.
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Old 05-17-2008, 01:45 PM
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I had no problems with my bbk lt install. It took some time but no problems. All I had to do is jackup the car, and loosen the motormounts. Driver side goes in from underneath after raisin the engine and pass side from top after removing the starter.
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Old 05-17-2008, 05:45 PM
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in mho the long tubes are easier to install than equl length shorties, yes you gotta jack the motor a little but other than that they slide right in and you tighten em down, verses the shorties when you tighten em down there a pita trying to access the bolts in between tubes, then wrestling with the h-pipe to get it to line up and tighten, long tubes= easier= more torque and hp. and you dont lose much ground clearance at least my bbks dont. its a difference you hear and feel!
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Old 05-17-2008, 08:30 PM
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love my long tubes b.... to put in but worth it
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Old 05-18-2008, 11:34 AM
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Ok, so by the sounds of it.. Long tubes are definetely better even though their gonna be a pain to install. Im trying to get as much power and the best sound out of the exhaust. I didnt see anybody post about MAC L/Ts.. Does anybody know about them?
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Old 05-18-2008, 03:39 PM
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Ive heard good and bad things about MAC, but ive also heard alotof mac stuff online in video clips etc and it doesnt sound bad at all. but even more BBK and they sound pretty good aswell.
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