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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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now like 2 weeks ago i installed my new headers, and ever since then, my low end torque has been... well.... nothing.... I tried to tune, using a power tuner but idk what im really doing, so i just pulled off all the codes, but the egr delete still always comes back on. Could that be throwin the computer off, or, is it rare that my low end power is gone, my dad thiks its a lack of backpressure.
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 01:23 AM
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your dad is right most likely...

its like taking the muffler off a stock car, it just doesnt take off as well.

you have LT's an ORY, and the LM1. thats about as close to a strait out open exhaust as you can get without open headers
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 02:20 AM
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did u leave the stock catback after your header swap?? i did the same thing and had no backpressure, yes it sucks. I made my NA power with headers, y-pipe and stock muffler and i was silent and deadly... now being turbo its kinda hard to do that

get ya some dynomax bullets on there or some kind of muffler deal
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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You really need a dyno tune, after my ls6 intake/ pacesetter install, I was running way lean at WOT. We couldnt even run a baseline pull before tunning because it went so lean, the AFR went to like 16.3. After the tune, my car drives 100% better, its well worth the $$$$. You should put on a ls6 intake and then take it to get tuned.
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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I installed my pacesetters about 2 or 3 weeks ago and couldn't be happier with the results, I'm awaiting an LS6 intake and P/P throttle body to get a tune, but even untuned I pulled 3/4 length to 1 length on a car that I was running dead even with before the install from 50-110
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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maybe thats it cuz it pulls hard above 3000 rpm, but down low, i cant even do a burnout, its just not workin well, maybe ill just call cartek, but if anyone else has imput it would be apprecated.
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