karma279

I think I have narrowed down my next move. I'm going to put in 3.73's, pulleys and headers. My question(s) are: Is a Richmond gear OK? I have heard to only use Ford Motorsport... and def. not Motive. I can get a good deal on a Richmond. I also found a good deal on a set of MAC equal-length shorties. Do they bolt on as easy as some of the others? Also my factory H-Pipe has the 2 big cats removed and the 2 pre-cats gutted. Is there really a need for an aftermarket H-Pipe?</P>

89muscle

if you are gonna do them yourself and know what your doing it doesnt matter what kind you use. and richmond makes ford racing. they just buy them from them. i work at a ford dealership so. equal are alittle bhit haredr to get on than the unequal and its definatly a good idea for a new h-pipe. i got the bbk off road with no cats and it makes the car sopund nasty with the flowmasters and the bbk unequal headers. its a must. x-pipe cost alot more for 1-3 hp gain over the h-pipe. plus they sound meaner.

vfast

Richmond's are great gears...the equal lengths will tak about .5-1.0 hrs longer to put in...I would buy an h-pipe and keep the other for inspections

mdvaldosta

The main reason people choose the motorsport is because 99/100 you don't have to worry about gear whine due to improper setup of the gears. The FMS gears can virtually always just be a bolt in where as with richmond or other gears you really only want someone who know what their doing setting them up. Improper pinion depth is a bad thing </P>


Richmod is probably better than FMS but all I would ever use myself is the FMS. Also even though your cats are gutted an aftermarketh or x pipe will still flow alot better, not to mention your stock exhaust size is 2 1/4 which is quite small</P>

karma279

No inspections here <IMG src=smileys/smiley10.gif border="0">. So is there a better gain from equal length headers?