hognutz said:jba shorties are the only ones I have seen to kive any kind of power(9hp in a hotrod artical). then you have te bassani mid lenghts. I have seen no dyno data but have not looked hard then you have long tubes. The ones you see for $280 just really don't give you any power. 5hp tops. most likely 2-3hp. kind of a waste.
my .02 would be jba or longtubes. I may do jba just because I have a midpipe already. if you are starting from scratch it might as well do longtubes.
I should have mentioned that hooker longtubes alow you to pull the tranny. I liked the look of slp's longtubes but they are like $750. to me being able to pull the tranny would be a nice feature.
gtautumnorange said:I heard that long tubes will not fit with an automatic transmission...or at least with the AOD-E/4R70W we have in our late model stangs. If amyone knows of long tubes that do fot please let me know!!
1990StangLX said:since you live in a place that doesn't have idiotic smog laws, get some long tubes. if you want the best shorties, get JBA's.
hey i feel your pain for sure...so perhaps you should get JBA shorties, they are 50 state smog legal and do give some good gains..UDTBadkarma said:I live in northern New Jersey....a place with completely idiodic smog-laws ! ! So i guess i'd need headers that will pass inspection. But i ASSUMED they all would...
UDTBadkarma said:Well my 98 GT is lowered a lot...so i hear i can't get L/T headers because iwill bottom out on the headers, even more-so than i do already (on the bottom of the car). I also have an Auto-Trans. Anyone know if JBA or Headman L/Ts would even FIT on my car around the trans (or the bassani mids too)...assuming they don't make me bottom out. As for the SHM headers...they are $280 and SAY they give about 5hp, even if they give me 2....im broke as ****, and think that it would be better to get those for $280 and replace these dinky stock ones as opposed to paying $700+ for 9hp ones....there is only about a 4hp diff....not worth an extra $500+...IMO (UNLESS its gunna sound better too) Then i'll pay the $$. Send me some good sites for headers for a 98GT, maybe you guys can make me change my mind I'll look into those mid-lengths i think.
hognutz said:Jba are $500 from the right place. basically bottom line the ford shorties from shm are not worth it. most likely 3hp on a n/a car. they are not a true header. that money can be spent better elsewhere. Now if you want headers with you auto and ground clearance is an issue. the jba are about the only option worth wile. pick up around 10hp for $500 that is not great but considering peopel spend $425 for plenum and tb for say 9-10hp it is really not bad. the ford shorties will not sound really any better or give you any gain you can feal. IF the 500 is to much I would just pick another mod for the time being..
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