Exhaust Size W Forced Induction?
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Thanks Bro, even if I don't "need" your lift I'm going to find a reason to take you up on that offer even if it's to change my oil.
Yeah I change lots of oil these days, family, friends, friends of friends
Anytime man, its empty 99% of the time
Anytime man, its empty 99% of the time
bentley429isBAC
10 Year Member
A lotta hastle isn't it? Both install and living with em? Then there's the whole emissions stuff. It seems like the choice is either long tubes for sum gain or shorties for one or none hp gained.
Shorty's will provide great gains with your car.
On a stocker, with no bolt ons...no, shorty's are kind of a waste. But with your blowner and ported heads and other bolt ons, a set of shorty's and O/R or high flow catted mid pipe will add some noticeable power.
Yes, long tubes will add more still, but they're a pain to install, reduce your ground clearance, will get you into trouble with the smog police and are generally twice the price.
If you would have to choose between one or the other would you go with headers and keep my bastardized h-pipe? Or keep stock headers and get a 2.5" h? Will a 2.5 mid bolt up to the 2.25 factory stuff? Would it even be worth doing one w/out the other? Also I need/want cats.
Quite honestly.....I wouldn't choose between either of them. I'd keep saving and scrounging until I could afford both at once.
You could probably get a nice set of shorty's and catted mid pipe for around $250. If that's too big of a stretch for you, maybe you should rethink the mod game. It get's spendy.....and if a couple hundred bucks is gonna sting that much right now, what are you going to do when you run into real problems?
No offence, but in my opinion, if you don't have at least a $500-$1,000 cushion set aside for a rainy day/moments notice type of purchase with one of these old hot rods, you probably shouldn't be messing with one. They've been known to bleed a person dry.
To answer your question though....yes, a 2 1/2" mid-pipe will bolt up to a set of stock headers and visa versa. I don't think you're going to be overly impressed with the results of just doing one, or the other though.
As far as the money goes I'm just trying to spend wisely. At this point in time I don't really want or need to spend $1000 to shave a .001 of a second off of the 1/4 mile that I might go down once (actually more than likely it'll be the 1/8). I have a weekend warrior 13 and some odd second (I hope) street car, whether its 13.5 or 13.6 isn't going to make much of a difference to me. With that being said will I be overly impressed with changing out both or should I spend my $1000 on uhpolstery? As far as sound goes it's right on the money as is.
My .02 is spend the 1000$ where you will enjoy it the most. Me...it would be power based. Someone else...interior?,wheels?,stereo?, whatever that individual thinks he's going to need/enjoy. I would drop 500$ on exhaust and save the extra 500 for other things it's going to need/want
It's not going to cost even close to $1,000 for shorty headers and an h-pipe. Are you not a do it yourself guy? It's not that difficult to install headers and an h-pipe
Also man I guess it's like this: I'd like more power who wouldn't but my theory on bolt-on parts is this, if you can out run em in a street type situation before the bolt on you're prob not gonna w it. So while I like power bolt-ons never seem to scratch an itch
Maybe I'm missing something but why do you need headers for an sn95 w/ EGR tube?
That's what I'm saying...for me I like knocking .10s off. They add up. For you...sounds like the interior is what I'd do. My car isn't perfect cosmetically (no where near) but it's nice enough for me. It sees less than 1000 miles a year since I've owned it. I take a cruise about every weekend and occasionally drag race at the strip a few times a year. I usually just help my friends with their much faster rides
OHHHHHHH, I thought we we're talking about the good kind of Mustangs as your username suggests. Disregard all my previous posts on this topic
25thmustang
Mustang Master
Why do people assume long tubes mess with emissions? My car passes with long tubes, a cut down stock H pipe (precats cut off), and the smog pump in place. Passes first shot with no other work done. My ground clearance has never been an issue and I've never had problems with my starter either... Unless a 95 is much different in this aspect.
