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so shorts or longs headers???

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Old 04-06-2011, 08:11 PM
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so i have a stock manifold leak!!!!!but i have an auto unfortunatly. i have heard alot or horror storys of putting longtubes in an auto or any 99-04lol. but i really dont want to take the whole k member out. so question is would shortys just be way easier to install. or is it even worth it for the shorty????i really have no idea what i should do
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Old 04-06-2011, 08:16 PM
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run 5.0 long tubes... they fit, and create alot more power then what the 4.6 ones offer
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long tubes. from a v6
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Old 04-06-2011, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteFoxGT
long tubes. from a v6
not sure what i would do with the extra 2 open exhaust ports??????
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Ask yourself this...Which would that pretty little girl in your sig have? The long tube or the short.. same thing goes for a bolt on GT, or a low reving GT....
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Originally Posted by H0SS302
Ask yourself this...Which would that pretty little girl in your sig have? The long tube or the short.. same thing goes for a bolt on GT, or a low reving GT....
well i asked myself and the pretty little wife would say neither because they cost money lol.
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Old 04-06-2011, 09:11 PM
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Shorty if you plan on turbo'ing(is that a word?? lol) or long tubes if you plan to stay n/a or plan to supercharge it
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It's been proven several times, either do the long tubes or stay with the stockers.
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What some have already said... buying shorties is just a waste of money. If you're going to buy headers, do the long tubes.
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Honestly it might not be as badd as putting long tubes on, but shorties are still a PITA with the k frame in and honestly its flat out waste of time and money doing them. Long tubes or nothing. /thread.
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