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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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whats the best lt headers to go with...slp/flp/kooks/qtp...or any others...for a 2000 firehawk with good ground clearence
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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i love my hookers but if i had it to do again for some reason id go with kooks 1 3/4 lt's. fu*k slp's. they are a bitch to get in, hang like a 70 yr old ladys tities and appear to not make as mush hp as other lt's are. just my thoughts.
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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i love my hookers but if i had it to do again for some reason id go with kooks 1 3/4 lt's. fu*k slp's. they are a bitch to get in, hang like a 70 yr old ladys tities and appear to not make as mush hp as other lt's are. just my thoughts.
so kooks is better then hooks...thanks for the info...i also herd that slp suck too...
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 01:43 PM
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I have kooks and they tuck up very nicely...
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I have recently purchased QTP's. They should be arriving this week. From all the research I did, it seems that QTP and/or Kooks are the best out there currently.
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 02:14 PM
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i'm looking too, what about stainless works? not too much came up with search, but they seem like nice lt's. one post i read said that their y-pipe doesn't bang the floor board because they use the factory bracket. i assume others don't?
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 02:35 PM
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KOOKS!
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My sig speaks for itself(SLP LTs, SLP Y-pipe with converters, Hooker catback). Good numbers IMO. Yes, they are corrected numbers. They are bitch to install, but I'll never have to worry about them again.
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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Tkhawk01 went from a 13.1 to a 12.8 with just SLP Long tubes.
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I am replacing my TTS with Kooks stainless. I am tired of rust .
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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This subject has been beat like a red headed step child. If you use the search feature you will find hundreds of topics just like this one. I don't say that to be offensive but so you can get all the information you ever wanted.
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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QTPs are the best.. they have a very good product.. i am replacing my current headers with a QTP set... they also have a lot more options to make a bit more power.. got to love the cutouts and the rest of their products!
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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I just got this today in the mail, to I would suggest QTP's!

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I think everyone got there QTP's today. I like the way the Ypipe collector looks as it actually has a proper merge not a tube welded to a hole in another tube.

Kooks was my second choice with the y pipe being the clincher for me, as I think 1 or 2 hp may be hidden in the merge.

Either way these 2 look great, and will for a long time to come.
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 03:47 AM
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Hookers!! i had great results w/them.
i ported out the y -pipe where the two pipes come togather
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 03:13 PM
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i got slp's. theyre bad ***. the coating looks brand new still and theyve been on for a few months. only bad thing is they hang low. i scrape the y-pipe at least3 times a week.
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 03:22 PM
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I went hooker.... and I'm putting down hella good #'s with my x1 cam(heads to come soon)
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