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Old 06-21-2008, 02:20 PM
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I just put on QTP LT headers and a custom ORY w/ flowmaster merge. I alos had a partial tune done (best we could do w/ a cracked plug in). The car sounds great and "feels" faster. However after watching videos from a few runs before and after, it doesn't look to be any faster. Any opinions???

15-80ish
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after


60-100ish
before


after


BTW: Car has 2.73 gears in both videos(sig says 3.73's but I don't have them in yet and I deleted the "editable" sig of my computer so it had to stay on haha)
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FWIW I ran a 13.53 in the 1/4 with a Lid and FTRA. With 1 3/4 LTs, O/R Y, CB & ECO I ran a 13.17...so there is improvement. It's not a ton but the best way to find out if it helps is to have before and after track times.
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I can tell you car rev'd slightly easier between the two vids
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I noticed my car pulled way harder on the expressway after headers and y.

I also noticed that before I got my tune, the car would run faster at about 90% throttle than it did at WOT.
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with the new merge it seems to rev a little faster

got any pics of your custom Y and merge?

My car goes to shop next weeks for a custom Y using the Flowmaster merge
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
with the new merge it seems to rev a little faster

got any pics of your custom Y and merge?

My car goes to shop next weeks for a custom Y using the Flowmaster merge
My car will go back into the exhaust shop next week to get a few pipes clearanced to stop rattling. I will take some pictures for ya.

I guess I'm just a little disappointed in the fact that almost every thread I've read about people newly installing LT's are amazed by how the car feels afterwards. Maybe I was expecting too much.
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Originally Posted by Kingc8r
I can tell you car rev'd slightly easier between the two vids
i think i noticed it rev a little quicker too
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you pulled a quicker at 55 mph




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