Working on finding some exhaust stuff at the moment. Car is '93 LX 5.0-AFR165, Ed Curtis cam, stock bottom end but with some light forged flat top pistons.
Years ago I had an '84 GT with same engine but stock heads (well mostly) and ran Flowtech long tubes. They fit reasonably well. Car ran great. Headers were inexpensive and lasted almost forever (had the car 8 years, headers were on it when I bought it and they were fine when I sold it). That was a carbureted engine with no cats and dumped at the axle. Sounded good but a little louder than I want now.
With my '93, I would like to have something similar...but wondered about the O2 sensors, and if the location of them in the Flowtech headers would have any bearing on part throttle and/or idle? I still have a set...actually two sets..one is on my '85 LX coupe drag car and the other is sitting out in the storage building needing a car to go on. BUT...I am also looking at the FRPP shorty headers and thinking to myself they aren't too bad expensive, they're GOOD headers, and being shortys, should bolt up to a factory-style H-pipe easily which woudl simplify installation. So...would you recommend the FRPP shortys or the flowtechs? Car gets driven almost daily and sometimes up to 100 miles one way twice a week-so they gotta be reliable.
Years ago I had an '84 GT with same engine but stock heads (well mostly) and ran Flowtech long tubes. They fit reasonably well. Car ran great. Headers were inexpensive and lasted almost forever (had the car 8 years, headers were on it when I bought it and they were fine when I sold it). That was a carbureted engine with no cats and dumped at the axle. Sounded good but a little louder than I want now.
With my '93, I would like to have something similar...but wondered about the O2 sensors, and if the location of them in the Flowtech headers would have any bearing on part throttle and/or idle? I still have a set...actually two sets..one is on my '85 LX coupe drag car and the other is sitting out in the storage building needing a car to go on. BUT...I am also looking at the FRPP shorty headers and thinking to myself they aren't too bad expensive, they're GOOD headers, and being shortys, should bolt up to a factory-style H-pipe easily which woudl simplify installation. So...would you recommend the FRPP shortys or the flowtechs? Car gets driven almost daily and sometimes up to 100 miles one way twice a week-so they gotta be reliable.