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Are Shorties worth it?

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Blev

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I'm going to be diong my headswap in a few weeks and was debating on installing some shorties. Is it that little of a gain or will it help out alot top end? Any guesstimets on what shorties will add with my set up (see sig) plus the PI heads/cams.

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theosan

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Since you are doing the headswap and the heads are out, the only cost will be the price of the headers--which is not much.

And yes there will be a noticeable difference, plus they weigh much less than the stock manifold...making the front end lighter.

Now it may be a waste of money if you are just doing the shorties alone and paying for the labor.

My 2 cents
 

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theosan said:
Since you are doing the headswap and the heads are out, the only cost will be the price of the headers--which is not much.

And yes there will be a noticeable difference, plus they weigh much less than the stock manifold...making the front end lighter.

Now it may be a waste of money if you are just doing the shorties alone and paying for the labor.

My 2 cents
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Would it help to put shortys of my 98 gt auto? it has k&n, catted mac h pipe, and flowmaster A/T
 
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sure, why wouldn't it help, but it might not be worth the money for the labor *as others just said* for just doing the headers.
 
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