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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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Has anyone running Mac shorties experienced no power gain?I have been told by more than a few local modders that they didnt feel any gains with there shorties.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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around here they say about 10hp..as opposed to 20-30 with LT's. It's all about scavenging the exhaust out of the system, and there just is not enough pipe involved in MIDS to do the job fully.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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^were talking shorties here not mids
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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^MAC's are mids...I dont have dyno numbers but deff. felt a gain....I like mine
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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Felt a pretty large gain with mine
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 05:29 AM
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any header is better than the stock manifolds. I ran the mac mids for a while I only saw about 13rwhp with them before I upraded to LT's which showen 23rwhp gain... like said be for its all about scavanging(spelling). I actully mad more N/A hp with my mids and cat back than I do with my LT's and 3in duals with an X. But my nitrous gain with the new exhaust is well above what it was with the mids
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