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Long tubes or Shortys??

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Old 11-11-2006, 09:05 PM
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Old 11-11-2006, 09:10 PM
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how much power do you think im losing from still having shorties? im at 447 right now
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Old 11-11-2006, 09:23 PM
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I've always heard that shorties will hand out more torque and less HP. Only a dyno could really tell you.
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Old 11-11-2006, 10:09 PM
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Old 11-11-2006, 11:37 PM
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hedman hedderrs site tells ya long tubes are better avg torq,hp mosttime.. if shorty id go with equal lengths..i picked up 3 hp using them over unequal shortys
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