Shorty Headers vs LT's
01-16-2007, 05:57 PM
#11
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
yea ive heard you can do it with MAC...but im honestly afraid of that brand. some people have nothing but praises to sing...others have nothing but horror stories. i decided it wasnt worth the risk and just got BBK Ceramic LTs...and replaced the clutch at the same time so hopefully i wont hafta touch the tranny for a while.
SOHCtimes2...if you actually look into MACs...make sure you get the Ceramic ones...they are kind of hard to find. most of the ones online that i see are HTS coated...which from what i have heard are nowhere near the quality of Ceramic. MAC does make Ceramic...just hard to find from my experience.
and to the original question...from what ive read...on a N/A Mustang...expect maybe 3 or so rwhp with Shorties....but between prolly 10-15 for...Longies? [8D]
SOHCtimes2...if you actually look into MACs...make sure you get the Ceramic ones...they are kind of hard to find. most of the ones online that i see are HTS coated...which from what i have heard are nowhere near the quality of Ceramic. MAC does make Ceramic...just hard to find from my experience.
and to the original question...from what ive read...on a N/A Mustang...expect maybe 3 or so rwhp with Shorties....but between prolly 10-15 for...Longies? [8D]
01-16-2007, 06:16 PM
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
ORIGINAL: Car_Ramrod
yea ive heard you can do it with MAC...but im honestly afraid of that brand. some people have nothing but praises to sing...others have nothing but horror stories. i decided it wasnt worth the risk and just got BBK Ceramic LTs...and replaced the clutch at the same time so hopefully i wont hafta touch the tranny for a while.
SOHCtimes2...if you actually look into MACs...make sure you get the Ceramic ones...they are kind of hard to find. most of the ones online that i see are HTS coated...which from what i have heard are nowhere near the quality of Ceramic. MAC does make Ceramic...just hard to find from my experience.
and to the original question...from what ive read...on a N/A Mustang...expect maybe 3 or so rwhp with Shorties....but between prolly 10-15 for...Longies? [8D]
yea ive heard you can do it with MAC...but im honestly afraid of that brand. some people have nothing but praises to sing...others have nothing but horror stories. i decided it wasnt worth the risk and just got BBK Ceramic LTs...and replaced the clutch at the same time so hopefully i wont hafta touch the tranny for a while.
SOHCtimes2...if you actually look into MACs...make sure you get the Ceramic ones...they are kind of hard to find. most of the ones online that i see are HTS coated...which from what i have heard are nowhere near the quality of Ceramic. MAC does make Ceramic...just hard to find from my experience.
and to the original question...from what ive read...on a N/A Mustang...expect maybe 3 or so rwhp with Shorties....but between prolly 10-15 for...Longies? [8D]
Shorties are nearly worthless on a bolton only car.
01-16-2007, 07:14 PM
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
Thanks for all the replies guys, it helped me out.
When spring arrives I'll dig deep andbuy the LT's and a shorty mid-pipe.
Many years ago, when I was 19...I bought my first muscle car. It was a '72Chev Nova and I'll never forget what the speed shop owner told me when I bitched about thehigh cost of mod parts, he said...."Speed costs bucks kid...how fast do you wanna go?" That was classic.
When spring arrives I'll dig deep andbuy the LT's and a shorty mid-pipe.
Many years ago, when I was 19...I bought my first muscle car. It was a '72Chev Nova and I'll never forget what the speed shop owner told me when I bitched about thehigh cost of mod parts, he said...."Speed costs bucks kid...how fast do you wanna go?" That was classic.
01-16-2007, 07:23 PM
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
ORIGINAL: 2000GT4.6
+1.. with a tune.
Shorties are nearly worthless on a bolton only car.
ORIGINAL: Car_Ramrod
yea ive heard you can do it with MAC...but im honestly afraid of that brand. some people have nothing but praises to sing...others have nothing but horror stories. i decided it wasnt worth the risk and just got BBK Ceramic LTs...and replaced the clutch at the same time so hopefully i wont hafta touch the tranny for a while.
SOHCtimes2...if you actually look into MACs...make sure you get the Ceramic ones...they are kind of hard to find. most of the ones online that i see are HTS coated...which from what i have heard are nowhere near the quality of Ceramic. MAC does make Ceramic...just hard to find from my experience.
and to the original question...from what ive read...on a N/A Mustang...expect maybe 3 or so rwhp with Shorties....but between prolly 10-15 for...Longies? [8D]
yea ive heard you can do it with MAC...but im honestly afraid of that brand. some people have nothing but praises to sing...others have nothing but horror stories. i decided it wasnt worth the risk and just got BBK Ceramic LTs...and replaced the clutch at the same time so hopefully i wont hafta touch the tranny for a while.
SOHCtimes2...if you actually look into MACs...make sure you get the Ceramic ones...they are kind of hard to find. most of the ones online that i see are HTS coated...which from what i have heard are nowhere near the quality of Ceramic. MAC does make Ceramic...just hard to find from my experience.
and to the original question...from what ive read...on a N/A Mustang...expect maybe 3 or so rwhp with Shorties....but between prolly 10-15 for...Longies? [8D]
Shorties are nearly worthless on a bolton only car.
01-16-2007, 07:37 PM
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
I have the Bassani mid-lengths on my GT. The cool thing about them is that all the header pipes are individual and slip into one collector. No need to remove the transmission. I was also able to use the standard size Bassani x-pipe.
01-16-2007, 08:25 PM
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
SLP LM1 catback...or any other catback for that matter...will only get you like 2 or 3 rwhp i believe. add a midpipe and LT headers...you can see over 20 i believe up to 25ish...give or take a few...but nowhere close to 40.
01-16-2007, 08:28 PM
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RE: Shorty Headers vs LT's
ORIGINAL: ih8chevy
i would assume that ur talkin about lt's
i would assume that ur talkin about lt's
ORIGINAL: CobraSnake
also don't forget the massive inhancement of throttle response.
also don't forget the massive inhancement of throttle response.