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Dec 29, 2009 | 11:10 PM

herebia617

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Shorty hearders

ok i have a sport metalic gold z28 that has SLP lid and Ram Air box under the lid and no catalytic converters with stock exhaust muffler..would it be better if i put on shorty headers with i flow cats and just make it a straigt pipe?????????/

Dec 30, 2009 | 12:47 AM

VeTTeMaNC486

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Best thing would be longtubes and catless y pipe and a catback or longtubes and true duals with no cats.

What year is the car? If its a 2000+ Just stick with the stock manifolds if you don't want longtube headers.

Dec 30, 2009 | 02:34 AM

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I've always heard shorty headers were a waste of money.

Dec 30, 2009 | 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Armageddon

I've always heard shorty headers were a waste of money.

They are you might as well run 00-02 manifolds, they would be cheaper and give around the same gains...

Dec 30, 2009 | 11:51 AM

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I have a 99 model LS1 car....I bought the stainless ebay shorties for little to nothing and they fit like a glove with zero massaging to get them to fit. I teamed them with a custom made true dual exhaust with no cats, h pipe, magnaflow mufflers dumped at the rear end. I noticed a major increase in sound and performance from doing this....

Now I know im not making the full potential I could with a longtube but I have less money involved, easier install and better ground clearance than with a longtube....

Dec 30, 2009 | 12:36 PM

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Best thing would be to read the sticky that says "read this before posting".

Dec 30, 2009 | 12:46 PM

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do not waste your time on shorty's. save up and buy hooker or pacesetters lt's if money is tight. and stay away from ebay headers, you get what you pay for