View Poll Results: Which one in suitable for my performance?
Long tube
164
80.39%
Mid
30
14.71%
Short
10
4.90%
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Short or mid or long tube headers?
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: TX
Short or mid or long tube headers? Which one will be better for my mods with stock head
my mods will be
cam 305 or 503 (not yet decided)
converter 3000 TCI
3.73
y -pipe 2.5''
Flowtech muffler ( cat-back)
BBK 52
ram air
mass air
ported intake
tune
my mods will be
cam 305 or 503 (not yet decided)
converter 3000 TCI
3.73
y -pipe 2.5''
Flowtech muffler ( cat-back)
BBK 52
ram air
mass air
ported intake
tune
The easiest way to find the answer to this question is to ask a girl. Everybody likes them long. If you have future high performance plans for your car the long tubes will definitely be the way to go. Kooks stainless on my bird and I love them
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i had pretty much the same mods, hot cam, all the bolt ons. i went from shorty edelbrock 1 5/8 headers to flp long tubes and gained nothing. dynoed the exact same.
im happy i did it now since im making alot more power but wasnt worth it then.
im happy i did it now since im making alot more power but wasnt worth it then.
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Long tubes if you will ever consider more upgrades. I have a very similar set up to you and I had Hooker long tubes with true duel exhaust on the car. I swapped them out for AS&M mid length headers and the Random Tech 2 cat y-pipe, and now the car makes more power. Go figure! I guess for my mods, the mid length are perfect and tung tubes were over kill.
I have ported heads, Hot cam, Borla. A4 Car puts out 385rwhp/363rwtq
I have ported heads, Hot cam, Borla. A4 Car puts out 385rwhp/363rwtq
In my opinon, Long Tubes are the only way to go. If your looking for the best of the best, and are willing to pay look at Kooks and QTP. If your look for good headers, at an affordable price, most go with Hooker, Jet-Hot, or Pacesetter. With Pacesetter being the cheapest, you can get coated Pacesetters for under $400 most of the time. If your going with long tubes, it's also best to spend the extra money on Ceramic Coating, instead of the plain finish.
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On The Tree
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From: surrey, b.c, canada
i had full suspention borla and my as&m headers thats it and i was walking on 04 lightings...mids are great for lowered cars due to clearence issues, but if your looking for all out power get long tubes
Originally Posted by Docspeed
You can't go wrong with longtubes!!!!
shorty/mids are worthless, dont believe the hype about primary size or whatever. I've owned both and sound and performance wise for my application long tubes were far better. The gains from mids to long tubes was dyno proven on my car.
Last edited by Evil Eric; Jan 16, 2006 at 04:29 PM.
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Originally Posted by Evil Eric
+1
shorty/mids are worthless, dont believe the hype about primary size or whatever. I've owned bother and sound and performance wise for my applicatuion long tubes were far better.
shorty/mids are worthless, dont believe the hype about primary size or whatever. I've owned bother and sound and performance wise for my applicatuion long tubes were far better.
Originally Posted by Docspeed
You can't go wrong with longtubes!!!!
Right, shortys are better on a non lowered car. thats why the poll says 90% long tubes. Acar being lowered is the only reason it should have anything besides long tubes, so when you lower your car keep in mind youll be giving up hp. Ive been on several automotive forums for over 6 years and of all the horse's n00bs like to beat this is probably the oldest one.
Originally Posted by skatinjay27
thats weird cause its been proved that the as&m mids gain the same power as LTs
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Originally Posted by Evil Eric
Right, shortys are better on a non lowered car. thats why the poll says 90% long tubes. Acar being lowered is the only reason it should have anything besides long tubes,
Originally Posted by 97LT1
not a large enough difference for this debate IMO go with what suits you best, considering emmissions, or if you car is lowered.
Originally Posted by Evil Eric
I dont recall the original poster saying anything about having a lowered car or emissions so I dont know why people brought that up.
