long tubes vs shortys

[blacknasty]

right now my car has a o/r h pipe with flowmasters. Is it worth swaping my mid pipe and headers for long tubes.. or shorties ?
or just leave the stock sn95 ones in there

 

[Magic]

you will pick up power with a set of shorties on your current setup (judging by your sig)!!

If you do heads and cam down the road, or a supercharger setup, a set of long tubes will yeild a little more power over a set of shorties....

do what fits the budget, if you can only swing a set of shorties, then do the shorties...

I have seen blower cars make good jam with shorty headers...and when they switch to longtubes they definately made more power!

 

[blacknasty]

do long tubes sound way louder ?

 

[foss_94gt]

i think they give it a deeper sound, i haven't really heard many after market shorty set ups everyone around here gets long tubes

 

[skunkworx]

You will get improvement from both. But if you plan in more upgrades later I would get the LT. Buy the best your wallet can get. (The wallet is your dictator) :notworthy:

 

[blacknasty]

yea i went to lordco they has some long tubes made by holley or somthing on sale for 250

 

[Javi]

right now my car has a o/r h pipe with flowmasters.  Is it worth swaping my mid pipe and headers for long tubes..  or shorties ?
or just leave the stock sn95 ones in there

IMO, Longtubes are totally worth the money. i went from my stock header to lts and x pipe off road,im glad i did it sound so much better louder too.

94gt stock motor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMb408ksMeY&feature=channel_page

 

[skunkworx]

javi that sounds good! What muffler are you using?

 

[Javi]

javi that sounds good! What muffler are you using?

Bassanis.

 

[MustangChris]

from what ive been told. shorties for sound, long tubes for performance.

i have FRPP shorties on my car and i love em. im mildly modified.

 

[blacknasty]

so is there actually a sound difference from stockers to aftermarket shorties? are long tubes alout louder ?

 

[Steven]

LT's. Only way to go.

 

[94 DropTop]

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[MustangChris]

so is there actually a sound difference from stockers to aftermarket shorties? are long tubes alout louder ?

yes, especially if you get equal length headers.

 

[LAFENATU]

I am not a fan of long tubes and would never get them again.

They are a huge pain in the ass, besides I would rather give up the extra 10-15 HP, gain the mid-range torque with the shorties. The ease of doing work on the car is priceless.

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[MustangChris]

I am not a fan of long tubes and would never get them again.

They are a huge pain in the ass, besides I would rather give up the extra 10-15 HP, gain the mid-range torque with the shorties. The ease of doing work on the car is priceless.

.02

whats a problem other than the starter and the install? use locking header bolts from FRPP and youll never need to check on the bolts.... what else would you need to get on the side like that for? some suspension work?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

LT's. Only way to go.

Steven speaks the truth, shorties are a complete waste of money, they belong in the same aisle as Tornado intakes and electric superchargers.

 

[Magic]

LT's. Only way to go.

Steven speaks the truth, shorties are a complete waste of money, they belong in the same aisle as Tornado intakes and electric superchargers.

shorties can come handy with a DIY turbo kit....

 

[Jrgunn5150]

LT's. Only way to go.

Steven speaks the truth, shorties are a complete waste of money, they belong in the same aisle as Tornado intakes and electric superchargers.

shorties can come handy with a DIY turbo kit....

Touche...

 

[MustangChris]

LT's. Only way to go.

Steven speaks the truth, shorties are a complete waste of money, they belong in the same aisle as Tornado intakes and electric superchargers.

what about equal length for low end torque? or mid-torque? or whatever the hell they advertise for... lol.

i have equal length shorties, but the previous owners had them thrown on there... im swaping to LTs durring my PI swap. :-D