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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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i am planning to buy headers an y pipe,

i got að 98 ls1/M6 Z28, in just bougth a loudmouth1 catback i will be using it,
what i want, is the most power,

my plan is to get an ls6 intake an new thottle boddy and maybe cammin it, but for first the exhaust mods will be the only thing,

please gife me some info about the diffirent between long tupes and short headers, and what you think about them and why..
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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You might as well do longtubes and be done with it. You can get some coated Pacesetters and ORY for about $400.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Thule
i am planning to buy headers an y pipe,

i got að 98 ls1/M6 Z28, in just bougth a loudmouth1 catback i will be using it,
what i want, is the most power,

my plan is to get an ls6 intake an new thottle boddy and maybe cammin it, but for first the exhaust mods will be the only thing,

please gife me some info about the diffirent between long tupes and short headers, and what you think about them and why..
You plan on a cam later down the road, so go with the longtubes. The shorties would work great if you planned on keeping the car stock internally. Shorties are also more expensive than longtubes and dont have NEAR the scavanging affect(torque) that a LT does. The longtubes are going to allow the motor to breathe as much as possible as opposed to the shorties. As the gentleman above said, you can get an ORY and pacesetter longtubes for 400 or so from TSP ---> a sponser to the right.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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a buddy of mine gained 4 tenths in the 1/4 by switching to pacesetter longtubes from edelbrock shorties. I'd say "longtupes"
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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DEF go long tubes i use SLP because they are tuned which means every tube is the exact same length more $$$ but very good product, o and FYI you cant lower your car with the slp LT's bc they will scrape!!
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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You should probably get TSPs ORY b/c alot of guys have had issues with the Pacesetter y-pipe.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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I have hooker shorties (came with the car) a MAC ORY and TSP Rumbler.. my car sounds great..

If I had my way, I would probably change to Pacesetter Long tubes or Hooker long tubes to gain that last bit of extra power before doing internal engine modifications
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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LTs > Shorties

you will gain so much more with LTs than you will shorties

the way i see it; do LTs or do NOTHING!
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I can't believe I'm quoting spuds on this, but he said it best:

"Longtubes or shorties.......would you rather have a short ***** or a long *****?"

Long > short
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jmm98LS1
I can't believe I'm quoting spuds on this, but he said it best:

"Longtubes or shorties.......would you rather have a short ***** or a long *****?"

Long > short
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 02:06 PM
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i am gonna tell you to go longtubes. but, unfortunately, i have heard once the longtubes are put on, your loudmouth catback is not gonna sound too good (raspy). so, maybe you should stick to shorties if you dont want to change your cat back
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jmm98LS1
I can't believe I'm quoting spuds on this, but he said it best:

"Longtubes or shorties.......would you rather have a short ***** or a long *****?"

Long > short

sort of what i said LOL
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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i hafe heard that the loudmouth will noy sound to good with longtubes.. bui i think i can live with it, my 2nd gen camaro had a big block with Lt's and dumped befor axle so this one will always be quite soft
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dont waste your time with shorties
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by zach_ws6
i am gonna tell you to go longtubes. but, unfortunately, i have heard once the longtubes are put on, your loudmouth catback is not gonna sound too good (raspy). so, maybe you should stick to shorties if you dont want to change your cat back
I've listened to an LT-1 car with hooker long tubes, an LT 4 hot cam and a loudmouth, and while it was a very loud car it sounded very nice to me
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