BBK or Mac?

1988WHTGT · Jan 24, 2006

Damn, I've got about half and half for BBK and Mac...hmmmmm

04sleeper · Jan 24, 2006

Both have problems. MAC has VERY POOR quality but the collectors are big and make good HP but sometimes leak or blow out gaskets.

BBK's have much better quality but have small "ball joint" collectors and don't make as much HP but seal better and are easier to install.

My opinion. Get shorties for a street car, get LT's for a track car. The few extra HP are not worth the downsides IMHO.

1988WHTGT · Jan 24, 2006

Yea, I was kind of thinking about that too.....I have BBK shorties now...how much of a sound difference will LT's make?

04sleeper · Jan 24, 2006

Depends on how you define difference.

Sure it will sound different. But it depends on what brand you buy and tube configuration as well.

In my experience with both BBK and MAC LT's, the BBK's were quieter than the MAC's. I feel it was due to the tubing thickness. (MAC=14 gauge steel and BBK=16 gauge steel).

1988WHTGT · Jan 24, 2006

AHHHHHHHHH, I dunno what I want to do

1988WHTGT · Jan 24, 2006

I have BBK shorties and BBK O/R H right now.....was wanting to go to some sort of Longtubes with an O/R X

93-331-29psi · Jan 24, 2006

I chose MAC because the entire exhaust system is ball and socket and can be easily removed if necessary without cutting, prying & etc.. I have seen no issues with blowing out gaskets with mine. The only complaint I have is I drive the car 90 miles round trip 3 days a week and the exhaust note gets to me after a while.

04sleeper · Jan 24, 2006

The downfall with ball and socket is the small openings. I was refering to the 3 bolt flange style with gaskets.

A friend of mine had 1 5/8" FRPP shorties on his NA 331 w/ AFR 185's etc... and switched to 1 3/4" BBK LT's. Both with x-pipes.

He gained Nothing from the swap.

So he wasn't going to give up and switched the ball socket collectors for 3 bolt style Flowmaster collectors and picked up 15 RWHP. Then he had them ceramic coated again.

By the time it was all said and done he had over $750 just in the headers.

p.exeter_bleu · Jan 24, 2006

just a side note

Brenspeed off of ebay is a very good company to deal with, brent(the owner) is really quick with responses and shipping and did all the work to get me new gaskets from bbk when i let him know one of mine was torn, no questions asked. as you can tell thats where i got my longtubes from, im still waiting for some money so i can get my prochamber put in with it.

v8only · Jan 25, 2006

Honestly, the difference between mac and bbk headers are not going to make a lot of real life difference in performance. Nothing worth writing home at least.

You need to base your decision off of quality and longevity, especially if you're under a budget, which you are, or you'd already have the bassani's installed.

The bottom line is, the "majority" of mac headers have serious problems with re-installation. My buddy had TONS of issues re aligning them every time. Finally they cracked, and that was that.

simply put, you will NOT have those issues with the bbk headers. they're of a fantastic quality.

honestly though, for a little more, you can get the stainless ford racing headers. Nice pieces. summit has them for $225ish. I bought the ceramic units for $309, but I'd def do ford racing or bbk.

Matts89LX5.0 · Jan 25, 2006

86bluecobra said:
I talk to a rep at Mac and go figure he says that there product is the best.

what did you expect him to say ha

stangjunkie · Jan 25, 2006

welcome to modding

1988WHTGT · Jan 25, 2006

Alright, now I'm not worried about which brand....its if I want to keep shorties or go longtubes....

$uperstang · Jan 25, 2006

I have the MAC 1 3/4" long tubes but you can debate this topic all you want. The only reason I got them instead of BBK was that BBK did not make a LT for an AOD. I think the MAC's are sweet but the BBK chromies are also good. Final words, either one is a great header if it were me and I had a 5spd I would go with the set that I could find the better price for!

TrunkFunk · Jan 25, 2006

Bassani ... spend the extra cash, you won't regret it.

Hissing Cobra · Jan 25, 2006

I bought Mac's complete system. It included 1-3/4" longtubes, 2-1/2" off road H-pipe, and 2-1/2" cat-back system. The headers bolted up perfectly. However, they hit the rag joint on the steering shaft and interfered with my starter. I had to buy a smaller starter and a Flaming River steering shaft to fix these issues. The off road H-pipe and cat-back system have been flawless.

srothfuss · Jan 25, 2006

TrunkFunk... Did you get your Bassani stuff yet?

04sleeper · Jan 25, 2006

v8only said:
honestly though, for a little more, you can get the stainless ford racing headers. Nice pieces. summit has them for $225ish. I bought the ceramic units for $309, but I'd def do ford racing or bbk.

I agree.

TrunkFunk · Jan 26, 2006

srothfuss said:
TrunkFunk... Did you get your Bassani stuff yet?

Yes I did !
It arrived at my house on Tuesday.
Installed it after work.

Daddy likes

srothfuss · Jan 26, 2006

Can you get up a sound clip.... I am looking for a more mellowed out tone to my car.

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