Tim37

hell have you seen the maniflods on a 05 they are huge compared to the 96-04. if i had a 05 06 i don't know i would even do headers.

MustangChris04

is their a point to putting shorties on? It seems like there is so little HP gain that its not even worth getting shorties.

Derf00

Did you run times and figures with JUST the shorties and not pullin the cats and other exhaust mods? That was the original question. Agreed that the cats block a lot of exhaust exiting but shorties vs longtubes.

neogenic83

the BBK equal-legnth shorties are "OK" but you can look in to Bassani mid-legnth headers also. they are pricey but nice if you have the cash

simpsvt97

well.....the way i was told and what ive found is that shorites give hp at the low-end..and long tube give better in the top-end...thats what ive read

Tim37

long tube is low end

shorties top end.

long tube headers work great even the cheap ones(not that i recomend the cheap ones)
shorties you need to get a good set such as the bbk's for them give you any hp.

the way i figured was a 4.6 makes all its power on the top end so thats where i need to focus on building power.

DILO2001GT

yeah the only thing that sux is ppl with automatics such as myself. every longtube i have seen says for 5 speed only. i hear the SLP LT's work cuz there is alot of clearance but those damn things cost so much. i might just see if i can get a shop to do some custom job to make them fit but then i gotta get a new mid pipe. hmm i wonder if shorties will give me any power with my mods since im kinda heavily modded.

2000GT4.6

With a 4.6, espcially a non PI one, shorties are a complete waste of money. MM&FF did a shortie test on a 4.6 (with PI heads even) and they only picked up 2-3 RWHP thru the powerband. This is terrible for the investment in money and time.

Longtubes are the only way to go.

04BlueGT

Gee Bob, thanks for the glowing review. However, while you entertain the concept that your tune produced some of the horsepower gains, you neglected to emphasize the catted X in the HP equation. Your X pipe and tune were 95% of your power increases. Shorties, by themselves, offer little gain, but like any header, long or short, when coupled with a better flowing mid pipe and exhaust, they offer much more in the way of power production. You also discounted your CAI and larger Accufab set up, neither of which bumpinwheels95 seems to own.

My point is that shorties ALONE did not get you from 14.06 to 13.65. I seriously doubt that LTs ALONE could do that either.

Then again, after over over 25 years of driving in general and several Mustangs, it is possible that I failed to learn a single thing. Glad you were here to help me realize that.

I think I'll go call my therapist now. I'm feeling my self esteem ebbing away by the second.

Hyper00

I would like to see FULL exhaust set-up power comparisons instead of just LT's vs. Shorties.