Headers

GTMustang96 · 03-11-2003, 12:05 AM

Just wondering what type of header you recommend for my stang. I have 2 1/2 inch flowmaster exhaust with a off-road h pipe. And what i can expect as far as hp increase. Thanks

explicitone · 03-12-2003, 05:19 PM

I would go with long tubes but you would have to get a new mid pipe

blue00gt · 03-12-2003, 05:40 PM

Shorties on a mod motor only add a few horsepower and headers are such a pain to install in the newer cars that it's hardly worth it unless you go with longtubes (took me 12 hours to do myself). Of course longtubes are not smog legal and really reduce ground clearance.

V8Mustang · 03-17-2003, 11:20 AM

As far as a power increase, I would not bother installing short tubes - not worth the effort. LTs will pick up power quite a bit, usually around 15 HP, but you will need a new mid pipe.

Hammer · 03-17-2003, 11:45 AM

Quote:

LTs will pick up power quite a bit, usually around 15 HP, but you will need a new mid pipe.

And if your car is lowered at all, don't expect to go over any speed bumps with LTs...

blue00gt · 03-17-2003, 04:17 PM

My car is lowered almost 2" in the front and it never scrapes the longtubes over speed bumps with just me in it, but it has bottomed out more than once just driving along on really crappy roads. I tend to have more trouble with humped driveway dropoffs and those damn raised covers at the gas stations. I think I measured my clearance under the headers at a little over 3".

03-11-2003, 12:05 AM	#1
GTMustang96 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sarasota,FL Posts: 10	Headers Just wondering what type of header you recommend for my stang. I have 2 1/2 inch flowmaster exhaust with a off-road h pipe. And what i can expect as far as hp increase. Thanks

03-12-2003, 05:19 PM	#2
explicitone Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: racine ,wi Posts: 691	I would go with long tubes but you would have to get a new mid pipe __________________ RUN IT STAIGHT AND RUN IT HARD ________ Novi 2000 60' 1.46 1/4 10.67 mph 126.5 _________

03-12-2003, 05:40 PM	#3
blue00gt Mustang Addict Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,294	Shorties on a mod motor only add a few horsepower and headers are such a pain to install in the newer cars that it's hardly worth it unless you go with longtubes (took me 12 hours to do myself). Of course longtubes are not smog legal and really reduce ground clearance. __________________ Strike down the unroadworthy! 2000 GT Atl. Blue: '03 Cobra motor - 465rwhp/473rwtq, T-56 6-speed, full MM TA/PH & tubular K-member suspension, Saleen body, 17" Torq-Thrust II's, M/T ET Street radials, and lots more '94 Rio Red Cobra: All the bolt-ons, 3.73s

03-17-2003, 11:20 AM	#4
V8Mustang Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NC Posts: 64	As far as a power increase, I would not bother installing short tubes - not worth the effort. LTs will pick up power quite a bit, usually around 15 HP, but you will need a new mid pipe. __________________ www.CRmotorsports.com Ford Performance Parts

03-17-2003, 04:17 PM	#6
blue00gt Mustang Addict Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,294	My car is lowered almost 2" in the front and it never scrapes the longtubes over speed bumps with just me in it, but it has bottomed out more than once just driving along on really crappy roads. I tend to have more trouble with humped driveway dropoffs and those damn raised covers at the gas stations. I think I measured my clearance under the headers at a little over 3". __________________ Strike down the unroadworthy! 2000 GT Atl. Blue: '03 Cobra motor - 465rwhp/473rwtq, T-56 6-speed, full MM TA/PH & tubular K-member suspension, Saleen body, 17" Torq-Thrust II's, M/T ET Street radials, and lots more '94 Rio Red Cobra: All the bolt-ons, 3.73s

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