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Aug 28, 2011 | 07:51 PM

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long tubes and ground clearance

Looking a long tubes which has the best ground clearance of these Mac or Pacesetter,deciding between these as i cant afford kooks. How is the fit of these 2 headers?

Thanks for the info

Aug 28, 2011 | 08:11 PM

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I didn't think MAC made long tubes, so if you're comparing the MAC mids to Pacesetters then the MACs will have better ground clearance obviously.

All long tubes tend to sacrifice a similar amount of ground clearance.

Aug 28, 2011 | 08:15 PM

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The Y pipe has more to do with ground clearance than the actual headers.

Aug 28, 2011 | 08:16 PM

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Haven't had any issues with my hooker headers, driving carefully of course mainly pulling into my own driveway

Aug 28, 2011 | 08:22 PM

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No problems with pacesetters dropped on a pro kit. Then again I have a custom mufflex y-ppipe. I hit my lower front k member b4 my headers lol

Aug 28, 2011 | 09:08 PM

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I scrape the **** out of my longtubes.

Aug 28, 2011 | 09:20 PM

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I never scraped with my Pacesetters. stock height. i scrape more with my UMI crossmember then anything.

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Aug 28, 2011 | 10:06 PM

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Anyone have pics of there ground clearance with longtubes

Aug 28, 2011 | 10:07 PM

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I've never scraped my eBay headers , stock height ..

Aug 28, 2011 | 10:09 PM

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Anyone have pics of there ground clearance with longtubes

I'll have them up tomorrow for you.

Aug 28, 2011 | 10:12 PM

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I scraped my pacesetters with my eibach pro kit. 2 weeks later I got the eibach drag launch springs and havnt scraped since...

Aug 28, 2011 | 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaroking1996

Anyone have pics of there ground clearance with longtubes

ill get some up

Aug 28, 2011 | 11:07 PM

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speed bumps > me

Aug 28, 2011 | 11:12 PM

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speed bumps > me

damn those are low lol

Aug 28, 2011 | 11:24 PM

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My long tubes don't scrape. My true duals do.

Aug 28, 2011 | 11:43 PM

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The Y pipe has more to do with ground clearance than the actual headers.

I tend to agree with this, the collectors have always been fine but before when I had a crappy Y that would always scrape. I have kooks now with a custom Y and the cars great, it's also back to stock ride height with Konis and SLP level II springs.

Aug 28, 2011 | 11:49 PM

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You cant really see my Ebay headers hangin down but the Y comes way down where it merges. Ive scraped the big *** clamps that they came with multiple times though. Im considering just taking it too an exhaust shop and getting the Y modified a little and welded together. My old True duals had A LOT better ground clearance than my Y pipe.