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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 09:27 AM
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Hello,

I'm a new member and this site is excellent. All of the help is great. My question is what is the best set of headers for a stock car that will be the least intrusive and not require any modifications because the emission laws here keep the man down. Any help would be appreciated.

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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 10:26 AM
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Well, you can get shorty headers which are the same length as your stock exhaust manifolds. I have not seen any dyno comparo's on them, but would like to.

Next we have the Mac midlength headers. We always see good gains with these.
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 10:52 AM
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Thanks for the help. Do you have to modify any other portions of the exhaust with either of these headers?
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Old Nov 26, 2001 | 11:42 AM
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Like all the girls say, "LongTubes" is Better!! <img src="images/icons/smile.gif" border="0">

Last Dyno Day, we had 2 cars tie down with "shorties". Not impressed. Roughly 5rwhp. I'm making 5-10 more HP without any headers and stock ungutted cats.

You can spend your money more wisely on a $/hp basis. Mac's and Longtubes will yield 10-20rwhp depending on how f'ed up the guys MAF is.

I guess this will be my last post here, youse guys have a good time. It has been fun!

Go ahead and retire this ID.
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