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Old May 19, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Just lookin for some gains i might be able to expect from these. found a good deal and debating on getting them. mods are in the sig. thanks alot.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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I have a set of the Mac on mine and you can expect a 25-30 hp increase..they really open up your low-mid range power..top end opened up pretty good to.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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^^^wow! that's a lot of gain for a mid tube headers,man.did you get a tune after installation?

where did you get your mac??
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Old May 19, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Toronto_LT1
^^^wow! that's a lot of gain for a mid tube headers,man.did you get a tune after installation?

where did you get your mac??
Brian at pcmforless tuned my car.. do you think this is high?
I got them direct from Mac.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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nice nice. i already have a custom exhaust. but when i put em on imma take it to the exhaust shop and have them weld everything up and put cut outs about a foot or two after the headers. and ill rerun my hypertech when i get em too until i can save up for a dyno tune.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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nice nice. i already have a custom exhaust. but when i put em on imma take it to the exhaust shop and have them weld everything up and put cut outs about a foot or two after the headers. and ill rerun my hypertech when i get em too until i can save up for a dyno tune.
Yeah they really open your car up man that's for sure. One of the sales reps sent me a dyno slip from a 93 LT1 with the numbers after they put them on..made like 28 more hp if I remember correctly. I will try and find it and link it to you.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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thanks man. i appreciate it. im tryin to add some more time to my runs when i go to gainesville june 4th so imma go ahead and order em when i get the money, thanks again.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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yea elliot was talking about his mac mids one day and really changed the way i thought of mids. i know shortys arent good for **** and everyone says longtubes are the way to go, but apparently mids can also be the way to go
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:27 AM
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I have Mac's and love them! Best clearance to spark plugs that i have seen. I can change mine in like 15-20 minutes. No scraping collectors on everything.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 02:16 AM
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What is the ground clearance like on a mid length headers? Where is the collector in comparison to the shorties. Porksoda didn't mention if it was the mid length that had the good plug clearance.
I have a set of edelbrock headers on it and I think they are shorties, but I'm not to sure. I bet I instaled them about 8 years ago and I don't think that edelbrock has ever offered mid or long tube headers for the lt1.
I'm thinking I'm gonna change the headers when I do the heads next year, is the beneifit that great with going from shorties to mids?
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Old May 20, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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I have Mac's and love them! Best clearance to spark plugs that i have seen. I can change mine in like 15-20 minutes. No scraping collectors on everything.
See!! Another Satisfied Mac owner..
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Old May 20, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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so for mac mids, could i do lets say.... mids, ory, magnaflow cat and would this probably bolt up to my flowmaster catback no problem? i wouldnt need any extra piping or any of that **** due to them being shorter than longtubes would i?

i guess what im asking is would the ory be more than long enough and i just cut it to the length i need to make it fit or...?
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lt1noob
so for mac mids, could i do lets say.... mids, ory, magnaflow cat and would this probably bolt up to my flowmaster catback no problem? i wouldnt need any extra piping or any of that **** due to them being shorter than longtubes would i?

i guess what im asking is would the ory be more than long enough and i just cut it to the length i need to make it fit or...?
The mac mids come with a y-pipe and what I did was run the y-pipe into my magnaflow 3'' cat. Does your cat have a 3'' collector?
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:51 PM
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I have mac mids and y pipe into a magnaflow cat into a elec cut-out into a flowmaster system, no problem here.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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i beleive so, not sure ill have to look. elliot where did you pic yours up? ill probably buy the exact setup you have, except ill keep my flowmaster instead of magnaflow, and throw a cutout in there.
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Originally Posted by lt1noob
i beleive so, not sure ill have to look. elliot where did you pic yours up? ill probably buy the exact setup you have, except ill keep my flowmaster instead of magnaflow, and throw a cutout in there.
Hey what up man...got your PM. I got mine direct from Mac. The link you sent me look like coated when I actually have the stainless ones...which are better quality.
http://www.macperformance.com/
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Old May 20, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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LT1NOOB..here is your part #TF9495 through Mac.. $589.50. They shipped mine out for free so see if you can swing the same deal. Good luck man!
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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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dang. lookin at that price. i got a steal. nice. cant wait to put em on and toss some cut outs after em. then run it down to gainesville one last time before i work my butt off for the rest of the summer.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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very nice, thanks man.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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these are definately what ill be going with, for the price you absolutely cant go wrong.
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