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Posted by 92SilverGT (Member # 2729) on :
 
Does anyone know of the ups or downs of having long tube headers over shorties? I have equal length shorties right now and its a pain in the ass to stop exhaust leaks at the header h-pipe collector. And I dont really want to take my car to a muffler show to have them rebend the h-pipe. So can anyone tell me what companies make some decent headers, mine are bbk by the way. thanks
 

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Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
for long tubes, bbk's are the best bang for the buck longtubes, they arent the greatest by far, but they are definately not the worst
kooks
 

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Posted by Glenn (Member # 520) on :
 
I am going from shorties to long tubes. What H-pipe do you have? I had BBK's before and there were no problems. Ar you tightening them equaly when you did the install? Are you sure it is at the collector?
 

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Posted by Glenn (Member # 520) on :
 

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Originally posted by 66 AC COBRA:
for long tubes, bbk's are the best bang for the buck longtubes, they arent the greatest by far, but they are definately not the worst
kooks

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I got my long tubes for $239 from summit.
 

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Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on :
 
BBK sucks!!!!.....If you have anything bigger than stock heads your gonna have to port match the BBK headers...I'm running BBK shorties and I've personally welded on them a few times to stop leaks...

Are you sure that the leak is comming from the collector flange?...If it is I would re-tighten the H-pipe bolts EVENLY and torque them down A LOT!!...

For shorties I would recommend Ford MotorSport headers...They are very good quality and if you get the ceramic coated ones you'll find that they are coated inside and out(un-like BBK and other manufactures)..
 

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Posted by rokcrln (Member # 2536) on :
 
I just today ordered my shorts from Apex. I went with the ford motor sports.
 

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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 
Switch to long tubes, you lose the leak and gain a great amount of power. You will not be disapointed. Keep the shorties around for when you have to smog.
 

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Posted by 1 FLy50 (Member # 2425) on :
 
so i take it you have exhaust leak with the x-pipe and shorties u wanna sale me
 

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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 
I don't have any leaks thank you very much because I don't mind spending the time to bolt them up just right, and sometimes you just get lucky, sometimes one set doesn't match with the other no matter what you do. I guess I got lucky, or I know how to tighten stuff up.
 

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Posted by 1 FLy50 (Member # 2425) on :
 
sounds good then =)
 

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