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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 07:21 AM
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Default What is the best LTs for a lowered car?

I have Intrax 2" drop on my 98'SS .I had Macs and they were fine never had a prob. I put SLP LTs on and they are too low. I knew it would be low but I had to try. Now Im wondering if there is a set of LTs that dont hang as low? If not, I will have to go back to Macs I guess.
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 08:32 AM
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did you macs make decent power
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 11:40 AM
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i have hooker lt's and they clear good. the only thing that wont clear good is the ORY, which hangs about 4 in off the ground in a normal car
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 11:46 AM
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Just get bassani mid-length.
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 11:55 AM
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The Macs did make good power,but I put a TR 224 cam in and going to be installing better heads and was told LTs would help produce more power. Personally I was happy with my Macs but the grass is always greener on the other side if you know what I mean,so I switched.
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 12:03 PM
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 01:34 PM
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QTP header and Y pipe fit very good on my friends car.....I am getting QTP headers in a little while, I plan on lowering my car as well, but only like an 1" I already have trouble with a lot of drive ways and areas in my town.....There are tons of scratches on the bottom of my front bumper
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 01:48 PM
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With a 2" drop good luck with any LT's. I have FLP LT's & my car is dropped 1.5". I haven't scraped the LT's themselves. The only thing that ever scrapes is the y-pipe. They do tuck up the best I've seen though.
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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Thanks to all! I believe I will sell the SLPs and Xpipe and give the QTPs a try!
Thanks,Steve
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 04:43 PM
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QTP's or hooker/jet hot should do you good.
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Old Jul 4, 2003 | 09:51 PM
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I run FLP's and the pipes are tighter than the stock exhaust.From a side view you can not see them below the SLP subframes.Of course I added a flowmaster collector and rewelded the whole Y-pipe so it gave the best clearence with no banging.
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 12:39 AM
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sunsetws6, what numbers did you get after the FLP LT header install??
anyone else??
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 10:22 AM
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I would go with KOOKS. I've seen a couple of lowered cars with them and there's a lot of room.
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Old Jul 5, 2003 | 03:15 PM
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TPIS headers.
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 05:44 AM
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HydroDesign I have yet to get my car dyno'd so I don't have any numbers. I did gain 21rwhp with FLP's on my 01 SS.
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Old Jul 6, 2003 | 02:37 PM
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I've got hooker LT's with a two inch Intrax drop and they haven't scraped yet.
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