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Old 09-18-2008, 11:08 PM
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Hey i'm a newbie on here and i had a question.....I recently bought a set of shorty headers, throttle body, thottle body spacer, and cold air intake for my 2007 Mustang GT/CS......how much difference will this actually make in my car? I've heard mixed answers......
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a good difference, I have experience with both now, and I would say that for street cars, average folks, shorties are fine, the main difference to me is the sound, long tubes sound really good, but I think its just one of those imaginary differences for the most part. Now your throttle parts were probably a waste of money at this stage in the game, but they to will help, you need to get a high flow or catless mid pipe... I think 30hp increase with a tune would not be unreasonable
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Old 09-20-2008, 08:32 PM
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You'll pick up HP, but you will also need a tune...I would go with a SCT
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Old 09-21-2008, 08:51 AM
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probably 20+ rwhp with a good tune
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Old 09-21-2008, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by n8gtcs
Hey i'm a newbie on here and i had a question.....I recently bought a set of shorty headers, throttle body, thottle body spacer, and cold air intake for my 2007 Mustang GT/CS......how much difference will this actually make in my car? I've heard mixed answers......
The shorty headers will not neccessarily give you an hp/tq boost. What they will do is move your powerband around so that you receive more at some peak ranges, notably down low.
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Old 09-21-2008, 10:21 AM
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do they really do that much for the 3vs? on our 2vs, the shorty headers are almost pointless...LTs are good for 7-10 rwhp though
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I've noticed a little difference with my shorties especially down low. They are a pain to put on though. Don't really know about the 3v's but it made my car sound more muscular. I agree with everyone else buy a tuner. The SCT is very, very easy to use and the guys from Breenspeed are very customer friendly. I would also invest in some gears and once again the tuner will help you calibrate your odometer.
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