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xmikevankuikenx

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Good cams for 96 heads?

Can someone point me in the direction for some good cams for my car? Almost all that I've seen are for the PI HEADS. I have the PI cams in now, looking for more power.
 
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you tell me cams or supercharger
 
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Going with shorties really doesn't do much on a NA car. Long tubes are the way to go.

If you are doing a power adder car either will work fine, there is only a few horsepower difference between them.
 
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All headers are a PITB to install.Going with shorty headers on your car
the gains will be minimal.Go with longtube headers and you will get alot
better gain.
 

myponyrocks

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quality wise, other than weld splatter they were really nice. It took about 30 minutes with the dremel to clean things up inside the pipe before I installed them. Definately worth the money.

As said above LTs are better bang for the buck, but some people can only get Shorties or Tuned length due to leagal issues. I don't think I felt any gains, and I actually ran slower at the track (but thats because I couldn't get traction), however the exhaust note changed a lot!
 
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WOT said:
Going with shorties really doesn't do much on a NA car. Long tubes are the way to go.

+1 Do your self a favor and go with LT's, definately the best bang for the buck imho...
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ok I'm confused.
Shorties - I did see an increase in HP and a decrease in ET's. Now considering installion is the same I fully understand others saying go LT's. But if been able to put stock hpipe on and install and remove tranny without removing headers is a concern then shorties are worth it.

Cams - Comp cam's has a series of cams just for the NPI cars. Perhaps you should check out their catalogCLICKY
 

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BooWFO said:
ok I'm confused.
Shorties - I did see an increase in HP and a decrease in ET's. Now considering installion is the same I fully understand others saying go LT's. But if been able to put stock hpipe on and install and remove tranny without removing headers is a concern then shorties are worth it.
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thats what I was thinknig, if putting headers on is a PITA, wouldn't it be worth it to not have to re do it every time you need to drop the transmision. IMO I would sacrafice the few HP and not have to take apart the whole car for a clutch install.
 

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gtstangau said:
thats what I was thinknig, if putting headers on is a PITA, wouldn't it be worth it to not have to re do it every time you need to drop the transmision. IMO I would sacrafice the few HP and not have to take apart the whole car for a clutch install.
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+2

But what about Mid-length Bassanni headers? I would assume that you wouldn't have to remove them to pull the trans.

Even if Shorties don't do much, they're lighter than cast iron exhaust manifolds.
 

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shorties and midlengths are pointless, 5.0 mustang magazine got like 3rwhp from shorties on an 02 i think. If your gonna do headers do lt's
 
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xmikevankuikenx

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Yeah I agree, shortly after posting this thread I was told all about the shorty/long tube header debate and installation pain.

I've actually decided to get comp cams instead (which is why I edited this post, heh). I'm going with the XE268H 102200 cams and springs. I think that's the best choice for my setup. No doubt I'm going to need a tune after this.
 
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