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Posted by General Butt Naked (Member # 4831) on :
 
I'm considering going to long tubes for my 347 Lx.
My car is lowered with Eibach Sportlines.
I'm concerned about having ground clearance issues.

Is the switch from shorties to long tubes worth the hp increase?
Are ground clearance issues significant?


This is not a track car, just a weekend toy.
 
Posted by jaejae (Member # 7958) on :
 
do it..your 347 will love you
 
Posted by 70mach351 (Member # 7528) on :
 
accufab makes a midlength i think
 
Posted by whitelx91 (Member # 8317) on :
 
my cars pretty low and ive had no big issues with them. Other then having to pick and choose which bumps you want to attempt its not an inconvenience at all.
 
Posted by jaejae (Member # 7958) on :
 
sportlines do drop the car pretty low...if you do go with longtubes..mac exhaust has the best ground clearance i believe
 
Posted by Cstang50 (Member # 4925) on :
 
i have a 2 inch dorp on mine with mac long tubes and have no probems

[ July 30, 2010, 12:34 AM: Message edited by: Cstang50 ]
 
Posted by General Butt Naked (Member # 4831) on :
 
Is there a significant difference in hp/torque w/ longtubes?
 
Posted by General Butt Naked (Member # 4831) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 70mach351:
accufab makes a midlength i think
Thanks I looked them up. Theyre about $360. I'd like to come up on something used and for less $$$.
 
Posted by 70mach351 (Member # 7528) on :
 
check corral. you get what you pay for. If i got long tubes it would be accufab or kooks.
 
Posted by CaliCoupe (Member # 9353) on :
 
I used the 1 5/8 BBK LT's. for the price they are an excellent fit, did not hang any lower then my MM subframes. with ALL LT's don't take driveways/speed bumps at higher speeds and you should be ok.
 
Posted by gercolla1 (Member # 3068) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by CaliCoupe:
I used the 1 5/8 BBK LT's. for the price they are an excellent fit, did not hang any lower then my MM subframes. with ALL LT's don't take driveways/speed bumps at higher speeds and you should be ok.
bbks are good i never scraped them at all and my car was slammed on coilovers they are still mint to this day lol and thats all i run for exhaust is bbk/flowmaster cant go wrong and take it from me ive run danm near all types and brands [patriot]
 




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