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4.6litrebeater

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i want some shorty headers, whats a good brand? has to be carb legal. was looking at bbk? wheres a good place to buy for cheap?
 
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I may not be much help on where to buy them from but I do have a suggestion,and most guys on here will agree with me. If you're going to go through the hassle of putting on headers,put on long-tubes. Yes they're slightly more expensive but for the time/money/agrevation(spelling?) it's not worth it to throw on shorties. If install hassles are a cocern then do mid-length's.
 

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Red2000GT said:
I may not be much help on where to buy them from but I do have a suggestion,and most guys on here will agree with me. If you're going to go through the hassle of putting on headers,put on long-tubes. Yes they're slightly more expensive but for the time/money/agrevation(spelling?) it's not worth it to throw on shorties. If install hassles are a cocern then do mid-length's.
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Long tubes are nice, but: California = Smog Nazis

Go with JBA shorties or the new BBK equal-length shorties. The JBAs are the only shorties to have decent gains over the stock manifolds. The BBK equal-lengths are too new for much data to go by, but they should offer decent gains. However, I have read where a couple people have installed them and they are a PITA to install because the tubes curl around where the bolts go and make accessing the bolts very difficult.

As I always point out to people, Cobra Killer used to put down over 660hp through JBA shorties. They can't be all that bad.
 

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yeah im in california, it sucks.
ill have the heads off so installing the shorties should be fairly easy
anyway i found some jbas, im gonna go with them
 
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