installing headers
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DarkProphet
Founding Member
its not hard to put shorties on, but why are you getting rid of long tubes for shorties? Long tubes make more power.
dstanggt50
Founding Member
I know that dr gas used to sell catted pipes for lt's, I assume they still do, but haven't seen their advertisement in the normal mags anymore. I know that mac has a catted h pipe, I was going to get that, but wanted and x pipe w/cats, was going to try to get a hold of dr.gas, but found a loop hole to get my car to pass.
mo_dingo
20+ Year Stangneter 
95mustang_gt said:
On a stock car, not much. On a h/c/i or boosted car, maybe 8-10hp and the same in torque.
Are they equal length or standard headers. For your sake, I hope they are standard.
Scott
TripleBlack95
Member
You are not gonna so much loose peak hp with the shorty header but don't let anyone kid you ..................................
LT's really make a difference in the low & mid range torque output which for a Street Car, is very desireable.
IMHO, I'd take the torque over the sound any day.
Grady
LT's really make a difference in the low & mid range torque output which for a Street Car, is very desireable.
IMHO, I'd take the torque over the sound any day.
Grady
mac sells a catted h for long tubes
http://www.proficientperformance.co...tegory_Code=mac_cat_pipes_94-95&Store_Code=PP
http://www.proficientperformance.co...tegory_Code=mac_cat_pipes_94-95&Store_Code=PP
95mustang_gt said:
In other words ...............................
The difference between the two will not be so much in peak hp but in the torque output at low & mid rpm's.
You most likely will feel a loss of "push me back in the seat" (torque) if you go to the shortys.
The x-pipe will sound different that is for sure. I has a Bassani catted x-pipe when I had a milder combo with shortys. I did like the sound when goin up through the gears I must say, lol.
But for me, I don't care a rip about how my car sounds .............................
I want peeps to say
..............................I thought I heard a Stang
............................... but when I turned around .................................
I didn't see one
Grady
i hear the LT's are a pain in the ass to install. most people remove the stearing arm and have to jack up the passenger side of the engine. same would probably be true for removing them
might be worth it to just fork out the $$ for the new catted pipe
you can probably find it cheaper then the link i posted but that was just a quick search i did
might be worth it to just fork out the $$ for the new catted pipe
you can probably find it cheaper then the link i posted but that was just a quick search i did
urban96 said:i hear the LT's are a pain in the ass to install. most people remove the stearing arm and have to jack up the passenger side of the engine. same would probably be true for removing them
They just about fall in place if you do them at the same time you got your heads off.
Grady
Installing the shorties will not be that hard. But you are moving in the wrong direction, AND you will have all the difficulty of working with LT headers. You need to get them out of there. I can't even imagine it would be much easier if you hack the crap out of them and take them out in peices.
MAC and BBK make mid pipes for LT headers - with cats. I would go that route long before going through all the headache that you would to install Lt headers only to lose the advantage.
MAC and BBK make mid pipes for LT headers - with cats. I would go that route long before going through all the headache that you would to install Lt headers only to lose the advantage.
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