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Old 02-03-2009, 01:04 PM
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OP: what modifications have you already made to the car?
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Old 02-03-2009, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Blk N Wht GT
that is one of the links in the thread in my sig that i told him to check out, just an fyi
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Old 02-03-2009, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tws1098
that is one of the links in the thread in my sig that i told him to check out, just an fyi
Yeah I know, I was just making it more easily accessible. Plus, I just wanted to promote my thread haha
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Old 02-03-2009, 06:20 PM
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what about stock size headers with stock size mid pipes? as worthless as shorty's?
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Old 02-03-2009, 09:59 PM
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I would love to do LT, but living in CA means that I won't pass smog, and I am NOT taking off headers every other year to do it. Even Mid-lengths are illegal here. Shorties are my only choice, but not gonna do em until I get s/c'd
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Old 02-04-2009, 06:59 AM
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Wow. Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm going to save up for a bit and then go for some nice LTs, should I get the fancy ones with the ceramic coating and whatnot or just stick with chrome, or stainless? Also how many hours of labor should I be looking at? Unfortunately I don't have a lift so I have to get these things professionally installed and don't want to get screwed.
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Old 02-04-2009, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by MustangGTconv
Wow. Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm going to save up for a bit and then go for some nice LTs, should I get the fancy ones with the ceramic coating and whatnot or just stick with chrome, or stainless? Also how many hours of labor should I be looking at? Unfortunately I don't have a lift so I have to get these things professionally installed and don't want to get screwed.
If you're spending the money on the headers, you should go with the ceramic coated ones for lower temps in your engine bay. It'll save you some hp. It's ~7 hour job. Shops around my area were charging about $600. It's not an easy job cuz our Modular motors are pretty tight and it's hard to get in there.
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guarantee hoss posts on this thread saying "shorties do absultley nothing its a waste of 300$ buy lts!" haha i love hosssss
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Old 02-04-2009, 08:49 AM
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Alright, instead of making a new thread i'll just ask my question here. Would I be able to make my prochamber work with LT's? Its the 3 piece one. Couldn't I install the headers and have a muffler shop weld up some pipe to connect the headers to the prochamber where the original legs bolted to?
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