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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Shortys or long tubes? trying to decide what to put infront of my SLP LM1
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:50 AM
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LT's, they make more power.

also ditch the lm1 muffler and cats. also look into the flowmaster merge before buying a y-pipe.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 02:06 AM
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No doubt LT's if you're looking for power (and sound). Shorties are only used if emissions are a concern, as they're roughly the same price for less hp gain.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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emissions is a concern....
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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long tubes and a catted y on my cammed and stalled setup sounds awesome to my ears!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYDXfTPwJs

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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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im not really all that worried about power loss...1-3 horsepower doesnt bother me
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 06:45 PM
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what kind of testing do you have? LTs are illegal here but i have cats and pass. i just take it somewhere. i just make sure i dont have any codes.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001-CamaroSS-LS1
im not really all that worried about power loss...1-3 horsepower doesnt bother me

- If you have an 00-02 car do not bother with shorties. They received a better-designed manifold and flow quite well actually for what they are. You will see minimal gain if any by switching to shorties. If you have a 98-99 car you'll gain some rwhp from shorties but it wont be much either.

Taken straight from the mod guide. Read through it. It'll definitely help you decide
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by sxracerb25
- If you have an 00-02 car do not bother with shorties. They received a better-designed manifold and flow quite well actually for what they are. You will see minimal gain if any by switching to shorties. If you have a 98-99 car you'll gain some rwhp from shorties but it wont be much either.

Taken straight from the mod guide. Read through it. It'll definitely help you decide
well thats great to kno...thanks for the help...i guess now all i have to do is get some high flow cats or gut them
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 06:21 AM
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Lts make alot more power...I have catted Mac mids w/ a LM1 catback and it sounds great...so make your own opinion before you go and waste money on another catback. Like orange said if you have cats you should pass w/ LTs as long as your not throwing any codes.
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