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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Vestal, NY
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![]() I'm looking to do some work on my exhaust but i'm not sure what kind of headers to go with. At first I was thinking about long tubes, but considering that i'll be building up my car piece by piece as I put money away for it, longtubes wouldn't be for me yet. What i'm wondering is what is the difference between the shorty headers and the equal length shorties? Is there a noticeable difference for another $30 or $40? I was also wondering what people recommend for this. I plan to go with a 2 1/2" off-road H-pipe , and 2 1/2" flows. Thanks
Rosco
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1989 Mustang 5.0 Conversion, Full Saleen ground effects and spoiler, '94 saleen decal set, '93 Saleen Seats, Black interior from a '93, Steeda quadrant, smog pump delete, a/c delete, Steeda Tri-Ax shifter, '97 rear differential, aluminum driveshaft, 5 lug conversion, '97 rear disc brakes, southside upper and lower control arms, '99 GT Anniversary wheels, flowtech longtubes, flowtech offroad H-pipe, saleen lowering springs, kyb shocks, caster/camber plates |
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![]() anyone at all?
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1989 Mustang 5.0 Conversion, Full Saleen ground effects and spoiler, '94 saleen decal set, '93 Saleen Seats, Black interior from a '93, Steeda quadrant, smog pump delete, a/c delete, Steeda Tri-Ax shifter, '97 rear differential, aluminum driveshaft, 5 lug conversion, '97 rear disc brakes, southside upper and lower control arms, '99 GT Anniversary wheels, flowtech longtubes, flowtech offroad H-pipe, saleen lowering springs, kyb shocks, caster/camber plates |
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![]() If you have the money for the long tubes I say go for it. Save yourself the hassle of buying shorties, then wanting long tubes later. You won't regret. But if you can't afford them, just go with the un-equal lengths. Equals are a pain to work around.
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347ci of HORSE POWER!!!
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Houston, TX
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Location: Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
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![]() Right now i have a set of flowtech unequal shorties on mine and i love them. They do a great job but now i am planning to go to longtubes in order to hopefully see a few extra ponies out of them. Which ever way you choose i HIGHLY reccomend getting them ceramic coated. Your headers will last forever that way.
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347ci of HORSE POWER!!!
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![]() By the way how did the BBK longtubes fit in there. Im just wondering how hard they are to install since hopefully i can manage a set soon.
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347ci of HORSE POWER!!!
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Location: Rochester
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![]() UN-equal lengths or long tubes... and Definetly BBK or MAC... equal lengths are a nite mare.. cooked my speedo cable and to mant sets of plug wires..
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![]() Yeah, i was actually looking at the BBK Longtubes 1 5/8". Not to bad of a price on them either. I was wondering, for those of you who might have them, how did the install go? I've heard a bunch of stories of it being a pain in the @ss. Major thing i heard was having to jack up the engine a bit, also loosening the tranny bolts? This will deffintaly help me make a decision. Thanks alot
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1989 Mustang 5.0 Conversion, Full Saleen ground effects and spoiler, '94 saleen decal set, '93 Saleen Seats, Black interior from a '93, Steeda quadrant, smog pump delete, a/c delete, Steeda Tri-Ax shifter, '97 rear differential, aluminum driveshaft, 5 lug conversion, '97 rear disc brakes, southside upper and lower control arms, '99 GT Anniversary wheels, flowtech longtubes, flowtech offroad H-pipe, saleen lowering springs, kyb shocks, caster/camber plates |
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![]() I didn't have to do any crazy stuff when I installed my headers, but I don't have the stock cross member so that helped out a lot. I would recomend getting "Stage 8" header bolts. They are locking and won't back out like a lot of head bolts do. Well worth the 40-45 bucks from Summit. If you opt to stick with the standard bolts, then make sure you keep checking them just so they don't back out on ya.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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![]() I have the BBK equal length headers and I love them. They are not hard to install, they do not get in the way. And if you tie back your plug wires they wont get cooked. Not to mention they look cool. I pulled and reinstalled my engine with the Equal length headers still attached.
I have no regrets at all. Now longtubes on the other hand are a pain in the ***. They are hard to install. You have to get a different H or X-pipe. They scrape everything you drive over. You have to extend the wires on your O2 sensors and they are very hard to use with aftermarket bell housings etc.... Thats my 2 cents,
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