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Longtubes vs Shorty headers

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Is it true what the guys at the local shop are saying that shorty headers make the exhaust sound better than with long tube headers
 

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SJTerror - The shorties are louder from what I have seen in my friend's cars.

Grn92Lx - As Joe pointed out you should rarely have to pull the tranny out if at all...so I would go with the longtubes. Just get them...
 

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I hope I don't have to drop this friggin' thing, its big and heavy I was thinking last night, if I ever have to do a clutch job again, maybe i'll just pull the motor rather than fight under the car.

I know LT's are the way to go, i'm trying to see how much extra power they'd be worth though?
 

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5spd GT said:
SJTerror - The shorties are louder from what I have seen in my friend's cars.
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I've seen/heard that as well, shorty's are louder. Some of the sound energy from the exhaust is absorbed into the longer tubing of the long tubes as heat.
 

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Grn92Lx - As Joe pointed out you should rarely have to pull the tranny out if at all...so I would go with the longtubes. Just get them...
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But, remember, Mike is from New York. You know how much patience New Yorkers have.

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Joes95GT said:
But, remember, Mike is from New York. You know how much patience New Yorkers have.

Joe
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Ask my GF how much patience I have. Heres a clue: NONE The littlest things make me snap! She also wants me to keep my mcleod bell so "her feet don't get chopped off" LOL

I think i'm just gonna run a set of bbk LT's.
 

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Ask my GF how much patience I have. Heres a clue: NONE The littlest things make me snap! She also wants me to keep my mcleod bell so "her feet don't get chopped off" LOL

I think i'm just gonna run a set of bbk LT's.
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Whatever happened to the Bassani LT's you were asking about?

Joe
 

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Whatever happened to the Bassani LT's you were asking about?

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I bought them. And I just sold them last Friday. No way is hell was I dealing with that nightmare, no way! There goes that patience thing again
 
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