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05-12-2007, 01:30 AM
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Garage Queen Material
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longtubes?
so, in my quest to continually work on and upgrade the truck, i'm trying to decide if i should swap out my hedman elite shortie headers with a set of the same in long tubes.
reason i went with shorties in the first place is because my old long tubes scraped on the 305 and i wanted new headers for the new engine. since this is no longer my daily driver, i'm not as concerned about scraping on stuff with them, though i WILL be at a 5/7 drop finally when they are installed. i would love to get all the power out of the engine that i can, so thats all that really matters  any thoughts on if i should switch over or not? also, i would also be redoing my exhaust setup with either a doublehump crossmember or an aftermarket tubular member and was thinking about swapping the magnaflows i have for a set of flowmaster super 44's. i've heard they sound awesome and since its not a daily driver i'm not worried about it being insanely loud like it was with the 40 series flows i had on after the engine swap. |
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05-12-2007, 03:10 AM
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Re: longtubes?
I say go for it. Seeing as it won't be a dd anymore.
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05-12-2007, 08:58 AM
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Re: longtubes?
They are going to drag. Go with mid length if you really want more header.
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05-12-2007, 10:33 AM
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Re: longtubes?
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05-12-2007, 10:35 AM
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Re: longtubes?
long tube with open exhaust = more horses. my opinion is a two thumbs up
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05-12-2007, 12:11 PM
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Re: longtubes?
lot of guys run what's called chevelle mid length.in my opinion i don't know that the horsepower gain from shorty to full length is going to be big enough to feel the difference.you may want to research to see if it is.just a thought on saving a few bucks by reusing your existing headers if there still good.i love my hedman ceramic shorties.and 2 1/2 inch true dual into flowmaster originals no smog crap.it's a good setup.here's a link i saved on the shorty vs long debate by sporttruck mag
http://www.sporttruck.com/howto/1482/index3.html
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05-12-2007, 12:19 PM
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Garage Queen Material
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Re: longtubes?
yeah, mine right now are the hedman elite chevelle shortie headers.
edit: ha, very fitting link you posted. i have that same sysmaxII setup minus a different cam Last edited by ocbaud; 05-12-2007 at 12:20 PM. |
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