Long tube headers on a 96GT?
11-27-2006, 03:34 PM
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Long tube headers on a 96GT?
Can you put long tube headers on a 96 GT? If not what would you need to do to put them on? What is the hp difference from long tube to shorty? Sh*t what is the difference between the two?
11-27-2006, 03:46 PM
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RE: Long tube headers on a 96GT?
yes you can, its just not going to be an in-out procedure. there is only a few hp difference, nothing to be really concerned about. The difference between the two is the length of the primaries (the tubes that run from the engine to the mid pipe)...some shorties can reuse stock mid pipe, and all long tube headers will require a special short mid pipe...there is also a sound difference (think of a bad @ss sounding muscle car you've heard before...he probably had long tubes on)...
http://www.fnsweet.com/garage/lt_install/index.shtml
^^ check that out, thats what it takes to install long tubes on, even though thats a new edge, same procedure
http://www.fnsweet.com/garage/lt_install/index.shtml
^^ check that out, thats what it takes to install long tubes on, even though thats a new edge, same procedure
11-27-2006, 05:47 PM
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RE: Long tube headers on a 96GT?
do not get shorties. no hp gain that you can even feel and no sound difference. longtubes or nothing. you pretty much have every longtube header option as you would with 99-04. only thing that would be holding you back is if your an auto or not.
11-27-2006, 06:53 PM
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RE: Long tube headers on a 96GT?
ORIGINAL: NORTON98
WWmost not everybody lives in your lil world. There are emission problems with LT headers so certain people in states cant have them.
WWmost not everybody lives in your lil world. There are emission problems with LT headers so certain people in states cant have them.
11-28-2006, 10:45 AM
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RE: Long tube headers on a 96GT?
Are all 4.6 LT's the same lenth/design? For example, if I were to get LT's now on my '96, and decided to get a new edge motor down the road, will I be able to reuse the headers or not?
