I've never missed not using LT headers on several street cars, all making over 400rwhp. It;s not worth the PITA install, and working around them to me.
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I have long tubes and no problems with scraping. I don't pull my engine out every other month so where's the headache?
I have long tubes and no problems with scraping. I don't pull my engine out every other month so where's the headache?
I've always heard about the tone and sound difference using LT's vs Shorties. I've had a 302 with mods @ 300 HP since 2005 and have shorties. I am going to build a 351 (400) and wanted to run LTs and will use the fox setup and run a tremec tranny from Hanlon motorsports. Talking to the guy there he told me what all I will need to use to go with the fox setup since my car is a 95 and I've done my homework and as far as fitment, it's the way to go vs using a T5 much less the torque and power that the even the astro T5 may not be able to take. So I am/was willing to go that route and get the LT's ( BBK ceramic 1 3/4's).I agree...
If you are looking to try and get every once of HP out of the engine then yes, but most of us are not chasing 10-15HP. Most of us are looking for ways to gain 50-100+HP
and what about the tone difference if one wanted a different overall sound/tone and was willing to deal with the little headaches lol?X3. If you're looking for every last hp/tq, then the LT's are worth it. If not...shortys work fine.
my 95 is lowered and how often will you have to change the starter lol. I've had my , did the engine swap from v6 to v8 in 2002 and might have changed the starter once lolI've had both on numerous cars. I can say longtubes on a lowered Mustang suck. I hit the little filler cap bumps in every gas station I ever pulled into it seems in the lowered car I had. On my old fastback they were great, until it came time to change a starter and It was a multi hour cuss fest. Long tubes do eek out more hp, and if you are trying to make your car as fast as possible, they are the way to go if you aren't using turbos. That said, my two fastest cars I've owned were a 351w fox with shorties, and a turbo 5.0, so...
exactly lol. My car will be a weekend driver and like i said earlier, since 2002 with swapping to the v8, I've maybe put on one starter
I have long tubes and no problems with scraping. I don't pull my engine out every other month so where's the headache?
yes I will definitely go ahead as planned with my build.Same for me, and mine is as low or lower and never really had a problem scraping. The only big issue was the original install as I was trying to do it without lifting the engine for the passenger side. The drivers side went right in, but the passenger was a few hours of cussing till I loosened up the motor mounts and did it the easy way. Once they are on it's all good, and if you are doing other work that requires removing the exhaust it's easier to unbolt the LT H-Pipe from the header than a pair of bolts way up behind the bell-housing.
For me it's not the HP I was after but I wanted the additional TQ provided by them, it's hard to get that any other way with shorties.
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