about headers
01-13-2007, 04:27 AM
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RE: about headers
read these froma previous thread......
https://mustangforums.com/m_2537300/mpage_2/key_/tm.htm
by: carjway
LT's over shorties. Now there is a difference; Is the extra horsepower worth it to YOU. The facts are there, and proven. And the install is not hard, lift the front of the engine and slide them in. Big woop, if your worried about the install, then your really not worried about the extra power. So the question comes down to; If your willing to do some extra work..
LT's over shorties. Now there is a difference; Is the extra horsepower worth it to YOU. The facts are there, and proven. And the install is not hard, lift the front of the engine and slide them in. Big woop, if your worried about the install, then your really not worried about the extra power. So the question comes down to; If your willing to do some extra work..
by: gsp funk
As far as power, LT's will provide better power than shorties on any motor. The gains might not be as much on a mostly stock 302 as compared to the gains from a H/C/I 302 or a larger CID motor, but they will still provide better flow/scavenging.
As for shorties not being any good...compare any set of stock headers to adecent brand shorty (BBK, FRPP, etc). Even there you can tell the difference in the diameter of the primaries and the bend/dents in them....better quality too....and yes, aftermarket shorties will bolt up to the stock H.
As far as power, LT's will provide better power than shorties on any motor. The gains might not be as much on a mostly stock 302 as compared to the gains from a H/C/I 302 or a larger CID motor, but they will still provide better flow/scavenging.
As for shorties not being any good...compare any set of stock headers to adecent brand shorty (BBK, FRPP, etc). Even there you can tell the difference in the diameter of the primaries and the bend/dents in them....better quality too....and yes, aftermarket shorties will bolt up to the stock H.
01-13-2007, 04:57 AM
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RE: about headers
long tubes are more for a car making a decent amount of power, like said above with a h/c/i swap. For a close to stock or slightly modified 302 shorttubes are the way to go, but they really only give around 10 hp if that.
01-13-2007, 05:03 AM
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RE: about headers
H/C/I is aftermarket heads, cam and intake manifold. If you want your car to sound good before on mine I had mac equal length short tubes, a mac x pipe, and mac mufflers. Otherwise I would go with a flowmaster catback, and some BBK shortubes, and a BBK x pipe.
01-13-2007, 10:05 AM
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RE: about headers
Am i rereading the same thing day after day?
here's a tad bit of advice.... make one thread, then bump it. Also put your setup in your sig, or at least fill us in on what it is so we dont spend the first 15 posts sortin that out.
I have no response to your post. USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!!![:@]
here's a tad bit of advice.... make one thread, then bump it. Also put your setup in your sig, or at least fill us in on what it is so we dont spend the first 15 posts sortin that out.
I have no response to your post. USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!!![:@]
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