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Posted by Beavis (Member # 5610) on :
 
I'm planning on buying some headers for my 5.0, but was wondering if should go with full lenghty or shorty headers? Any advice would help.
 

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Posted by BlackDrop50 (Member # 1715) on :
 
I personally wouldn't bother with headers unless you have heads. To me it's not worth the money or time to put them in or have somebody put them in, the power gain is minimal, the sound gain is nonexistant if you have a stock motor.


Oh yeah, if you do decide to go with headers, the 2 options are, shortys and smog legal or full length and unsmoggable and troublesome as they don't fit like stock. Can you say steering shaft clutch cable and starter problems?

[ April 24, 2005, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: BlackDrop50 ]
 

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Posted by Beavis (Member # 5610) on :
 
so what would be a good upgrade? currently everything is stock, and i wanted to gain some more hp&torq.
 

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Posted by knight12 (Member # 4817) on :
 
steering shaft clutch cable and starter problems
 

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Posted by Beavis (Member # 5610) on :
 
so that means...?
 

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Posted by blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
throw in some 3.73 gears and drag radial rear tires
 

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Posted by AJBlackGT (Member # 3936) on :
 
You wont see any gains with shorties. But if you really want headers, get longtubes and deal with the problems they create which are: they sometimes hit the steering shaft, and you'll need a high torque mini starter because they will fry your stock starter in a couple days.

[ April 24, 2005, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: AJBlackGT ]
 

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Posted by Beavis (Member # 5610) on :
 
i rather not go that route. I was told to change the full exhuast system to gain some nice hp, is that true (headers, x-pipes, 1 chamb flows)? and that of course would be with the shorty or equal lenght headers.

thnks for the info on the longtubes btw.
 

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Posted by marc (Member # 4238) on :
 
3.73 gears will make you happy
 

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Posted by 92stangLX (Member # 3252) on :
 

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Originally posted by Beavis:
i rather not go that route. I was told to change the full exhuast system to gain some nice hp, is that true (headers, x-pipes, 1 chamb flows)? and that of course would be with the shorty or equal lenght headers.

thnks for the info on the longtubes btw.

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Originally posted by Beavis:
i rather not go that route. I was told to change the full exhuast system to gain some nice hp, is that true (headers, x-pipes, 1 chamb flows)? and that of course would be with the shorty or equal lenght headers.

thnks for the info on the longtubes btw.

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next to the tint, thats the 1st thing I did to my 94, and it did make a difference, I have BBK equal length shorties going into a BBK o/r x pipe, and a Mac Exhaust
Get 3.73's, they are badass!!!
 

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Posted by BlackDrop50 (Member # 1715) on :
 
Save up for a top end kit (heads,cam,intake) or buy a supercharger. It will be better than putting on a lot of bolt-ons that add up to not much hp.
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
get pullies
 

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