Do Shorty Headers do anything?

Prince95GT

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Will I see any gain or is it even worth it

 

OrangeMustangGt

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you will want them eventually, but with a basically stock engine you wont notice any difference.

 

1TallMF

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You won't really notice a difference with just shorty headers. However, if you have an o/r or high-flow catted mid-pipe and an aftermarket cat-back, then the bottleneck in the exhaust becomes the stock exhaust manifolds. You might notice a slight difference then, but if you want more seat-of-the-pants feal, go with longtubes. I'm replacing mine merely for looks and sound (rusted and leaking slightly).

 

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95five-oh

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I noticed no difference whatsoever with mine and I already had a high flow x-pipe and flowmasters. Get LT's.

 

Adam95GT

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i just put my shorties on with a stock cat back n catted h pipe... and there is a definate difference at 3.5k RPM's and up.... i also noticed a slight difference in sound.... $36 well spent

 

Bens95cobra8594

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Adam -

U just had to rub the $36 winning bid in, didn't you?

I was tempted to bid...but not near the computer.

Prick.... kidding. LOL.

 

reddy351

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Yeah. I noticed that he said that....again. I have never seen decent 95-95 headers for less than $100.

Adam--What did you use as your keywords for the search?

 

badstang123

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I have a Pro-Chamber with no cats and a Mac catback and I felt a difference. It wasn't huge but it was there. You will also get some difference in the sound of your exhaust.

 

OrangeMustangGt

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he probably won the tin foil cheepo ebay headers that are black. a good set will be around $150.....and honestly IMO the stockers ARE headers and probably flow better than stock head exhaust ports

 

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GreenMustangGt said:

he probably won the tin foil cheepo ebay headers that are black. a good set will be around $150.....and honestly IMO the stockers ARE headers and probably flow better than stock head exhaust ports

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I agree.

I wouldnt bother swapping them out on a stock headed car. On an aftermarket head I would run a mid or long tube header.

 

Pokageek

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No. That seems to be the default for most mods on the 5.0. I dont know why cause my 5.7 responded WELL to every mod I ever made. It was pretty disappointing at first.

 

Adam95GT

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GreenMustangGt said:

he probably won the tin foil cheepo ebay headers that are black. a good set will be around $150.....and honestly IMO the stockers ARE headers and probably flow better than stock head exhaust ports

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na dude they were macs.... i dont know how i got them so cheap. they were a little warped however... they are only black because i painted them black...

 

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Prince95GT

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I was thinking on getting these:

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...924755+4294923429+4294839039+115&autoview=sku

 

BlackVert

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there was an article in the 5.0 magazine about a year ago where they compared the shorties and the long tubes. the shorties surprised them because they were almost as good as the lts.