Here are some pic's of the final exhaust set-up.

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I really had no idea just how small the shorties were compared to the long tubes. Only after they were installed, did I realize that they were literally twice as long. Because the tranny was removed to be rebuilt (I blew it up first day back on the road this year), they slipped in easily without a hitch. The BMR Kmember didn't hurt either
Plug access is so much easier now, it's not even funny. LT's are worth the price for that reason alone. etting at those plugs with the shorties was a nightmare.

Unfortunately, not everything went according to plan. The y-pipe wouldn't line up with one of the hedder-flanges no matter how hard we tried. We wound up just cutting a section of the ypipe and welding in a stainless piece with just the right amout of "bend" to it so it would lign up perfectly. No biggie.

I was expecting a big difference in the tone of the exhaust but in all honesty, there's wasn't much of a difference in sound at idle. In all honesty, i couldn't hear any diifference at all.

Once I took it outr on the road though, there was no mistaking the fact that I had LT's!!
From 2500 and up the car sounds totally different. It's definetely more "high pitched". Sounds just like a NASCAR !! There's a lot of drone now, but I couldn't care less. If I wanted a quite car I'd buy a Buick.

There's been a lot of debate as to whether or not long tubes are worth the money over shorties. Both fans of shorties and LT's claim their style is best. I heard a lot of opinions, as well as people who swore up and down that one style was "so much better" than the other. I was a little nevous as to whether I got my money's worth.

The moment I got on the gas all my worries were put to rest. LT's are DEFINETELY an improvment over shorties (atleast they were with my engine set-up). At lower RPM's there's not that much of a difference, but from 3000 and up there a HUGE increase in power.
You can really tell on the highway when you want to overtake somebody. You no longer have to give it as much gas for it to start to pick up. And as far as top end goes, let's just say that my old Edelbrocks had nothing on these Jet hots's. That's probably the biggest improvement I got was on the top end. I'd be willing to bet I picked up (at least) another 20+ horses at the top.

All in all, I'm very pleased with the performance gains of the LT's. Money well spent.

Ps. I still thing shorties are great. just because I got LT's doesn't mean I'm gonna trash the Edelbrock's.

 

Congrats dude. They look great in the pics. So they feel like a big improvement on the butt dyno??

 

im getting those soon for my '94. where'd you buy em / how much you pay?

 

I assume he got the JetHot LTs that JetHot is making. they are the same piece as the Hooker LTs really... same design...

 

I got them for $500 even at Fbody Central http://www.fbodycentral.com/catalog/...1e0bb37e]CLICK They're Jet Hot's version of the Hooker's but the difference is these are better quality. They're made with thicker wall tubing and the flanges are also twice as thick aswell. Definetly 2 good feature's in my book. They also cost less too!! That and atleast these can be ordered with emissions fittings as apposed to the hookers. They cost a little more because I ordered them with provisions for the EGR. If you don't have to worry about emissions skip them and save yourself a few bucks Hope this helps.

 

Thanks! thats preetty good, they come with the y pipe too? or that custom?

 

Unfortunately, NO they didn't come with a ypipe. You can order a Jet Hot coated hooker ypipe from http://www.mascperformance.com/catalog/default.php for about $250. For some reason it's not advertised (yet) on the site so just email them and they'll give you a good deal. Brett Downs is a really good guy to do business with. He'll answer any and all of your questions.

This is the only place I know of that sells the ypipe with the coating for that cheap a price. All other places sell them for $250 WITHOUT the coating.

 

Looks really good.. i guess you didn't like the inspection cover covering your torque converter. The tubular kmember looks really nice too.

I put a set of those in with the same y-pipe but uncoated. I think the y-pipe was around 160 shipped from ls1speed IIRC. When I got my y-pipe it looked like there was no way in hell it would fit, but if you put it together in the correct order and were a little forceful it fit right up with only very minor modification. I had to modify the trans x-member a little bit too(only to have to remove it 50 miles later when I swapped to a 4L60->th400 ) . Overall installation was pretty smooth but I recommend moving the wires that run down the pass side (purple starter wire, o2 wires, knock sensor, etc..) away from the headers to be safe if you already haven't. It would suck to burn through your starter wire. Being able to change all 8 plugs in less than 20 minutes sure is nice with those things too!

 

looks great. i cant wait to install mine this week. i gotem from jethot for 535 and the y for 212 shipped. where did u get ur k-member at, i need to get one for my heavy *** vert.

 

ACA Performance http://www.acaenterprises.com/catalog/ They have THE best price's. Just email them for some more information on what you're looking for and I'm positive you can get an even better deal than what they advertise just like I did on all my other suspension parts I got from them. Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

Look awesome, you'll love them man, I do mine. I miss mine looking so purdy and shiny like yours. The weather takes it's toll on the shininess after awhile, especially the bottom side. I really like the Kmember/Aarm work you have too, looks functional and lot of room underneath.

 

i want those and that price on the web page is very good.....how long did it take them to ship?

 

I love mine. The a/c water does dump right on them but hey.
Got to love the plug access.

JD

 

question for ya i wanted tru dual but the clearance will suck...can i still get the same results or close to it with y pipe or with wat set up.

 

What kind of K Member is that? BMR, or PA?

 

BMR makes the Kmember