headers or gears
05-24-2006, 01:09 PM
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headers or gears ok, so ive got a guy offering me mac headers and another guy offering me 3.73 gears, now the headers are long tubes but they are catted, now what i am asking is what will yield better results at the track? im thinking headers but please correcct me if im wrong! thnx
05-24-2006, 02:24 PM
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What gear do you have now? The mid length headers should be worth ~.2 and ~2 MPH. If you have 2.73 gears, going to 3.73's would be worth more than that assuming you have enough tire to hook it still.
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If you've already got 3.23's then it'll probably be a toss up as to which one will benefit you the most at this point. Just remember the headers will need a tune to get the maximum gain from them. The gears will not. I picked up much more from stock manifolds to LT Hooker headers (.28) than a gear change from 3.42's to 3.90's (.05) but I'm an A4 with a big converter so I knew going in the gear wasn't going to help me that much.
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If you r going headers go long tubes, 3.23 r fine. if i would start modding a A4 i would go for a stall for the first thing , gains r almost between 0.4-0.6s.
u can get pacessters LT`s for under 400$.
u can get pacessters LT`s for under 400$.