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Longtubes vs Shorty headers

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Rick 91GT

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Yep right around there...

I'll keep you in suspense about the motor , actually hope to dig into it late this weekend.
 

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Rick now thats just plain mean

Take a few pictures if you can.
 

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I believe I saw a test in one of the magazines with all BBK parts... 1 1/2 shorties, 1 5/8 shorties, and 1 5/8 longtubes. IIRC, the longtubes and the 1 5/8 shorties made about the same peak power, but the LTs made about 30 foot pounds of torque more down low.
 
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