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Old May 13, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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What do you think?
what are the facts?
I just bought bbk shorties.
everyone's shooting me down, like i shouldnt have bought them
but maybe theyre worth something on a v6 running a pypes x pipe high flow cats, and flowmaster 40's...
i dunno
Old May 13, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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If you dont live in a state that has to deal with smog. Go L/Ts

I say go l/ts anyways but some people dont want to have to deal with smog issues
Old May 13, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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dude people are shooting me down too cuz i want to get the mac shorties. i have emmisions in my state and the way i have it set up now is fine so shorties wouldnt effect that but everyone is saying get l/t's is there really that much difference
Old May 13, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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shorty headers are just pretty looking stockers. if you want headers get long tubes
Old May 13, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by fordforlife0225
dude people are shooting me down too cuz i want to get the mac shorties. i have emmisions in my state and the way i have it set up now is fine so shorties wouldnt effect that but everyone is saying get l/t's is there really that much difference
yes big difference. Honestly if you cant get lt's I wouldn't get any headers. Those shorties will get you no gains they are the same style and size as the stock headers and do absolutly nothing different than stock. The lt's primary tubing have much longer runners which have much better flow and produce 5-10hp on a stock engine, let alone with some mods. Dont buy any shorties if so you minus well send me the 2 hundred something bucks you will spend on em cause I can put it to good use
Old May 13, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Yep shorties are a waste of money, unless your upward of 400rwhp, and they are becoming a restriction.
Old May 13, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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Im sure you arent even ready for l/ts yet either. Get gears or work on lightening the car, or get suspension mods for great traction
Old May 13, 2009 | 03:12 PM
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what long tube set up allows for cats? to pass emmisions
Old May 13, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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If you are going shorties then just keep the stock ones.
Old May 13, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by anakyintheUK017
What do you think?
what are the facts?
I just bought bbk shorties.
everyone's shooting me down, like i shouldnt have bought them
but maybe theyre worth something on a v6 running a pypes x pipe high flow cats, and flowmaster 40's...
i dunno
Then WTF is the point of this thread?

Seriously, I don't understand when people buy something, and THEN post a thread asking about it. Like, are people seriously that bad with impulse shopping?



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