My next 2 mods on my list are headers and the boss mani.....question is I was going to go with a pair of shorties due too cost and being able to keep my o/r h. So are they worth is and which coating is the best/and best price. Thanks guys :rockon:
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So for cliff notes, the shorties picked up how much over stock? How many hours do you think the install would be for someone that's mechanically inclined, has done headers before and has a drive on lift?
ok so is there a specific shorty that is best for the o/r H and where is a good place to get them. All in all it seems they are a cost effective way to gain hp without a grand for longtubes.
what coating do you have on yours
those threads were a pretty interesting read. I agree if i dont have to spend that much money on headers and can get the same gains for about 1k less it would be stupid not to go shorties. out of curiosity i wonder how close to the full Stainless works setup would the shorties o/r X and the SW retro chambered cat back would sound?
WBT how was butt-o-meter after installed?
Now was the 24 whp gain with or without the addition of an aftermarket mid pipe. If so, after I do the shifter I am definitely doing a set of shorties and the off road h.
I had the bassani mid length headers on my 97 GT and really liked them and was also considering shorties for my 2012.
Is the same caveat with the 4.6's true in that if you put LT's on the 5.0, you have to pull them off to get the transmission out?
If so, there's absolutely zero chance of me wanting LT's should my transmission develop any issues that would require the dealership to pull the transmission. I can only imagine the headache that could potentially lead to.
Also, am I also understanding that with shorties, you can leave the ECU stock?
I guess I'm just curious if the shorties are worth more power with an aftermarket tune?
Like for example you take the same car/dyno/etc (all things being equal) and you dyno the car with the stock headers/exhaust and an aftermarket tune and then put the shorties on but leave the rest of the exhaust stock, would there be any additional power gains that the shorties yield that the tune can take advantage of?
In other words, are there any specific tuning parameters that guys like bama, amazon, lethal, etc take into consideration that are specifically tweaked to get extra power from the shorties? Or is it pretty much that they would simply change the tune just to accommodate an off road pipe if you had that?
The reason I'm wondering all of this is because in that article of the bbk LT and shorty install, they mentioned the fact that there was a plateau in the midrange where they were suspecting the factory ECU tune was trying to step in and regulate and could be robbing power. Has this been proven to be the case and tuning companies have addressed that so that there are more linear gains or is that's just how it is no matter what and simply a result of the design of the shorty?