would headers be worth the pain in the a$s of installation? i want shorty headers with true duals.

 

If you want true duals why dont you think about getting a set of hedman long tubes?

 

be prepaired with the long tubes to loose ground clearance ...

i think the shorties are definatly worth it go for it

 

i dont want long tubes, me and my dad put them on his 77 ta and that was a huge pain in the a$$, i couldnt imagine doin them on my car with it being more cramped and watnot.

 

Definitely worth it, even just for the sound alone.

 

To me it was more of a pain in the butt to put in my shorties than it would be to install long tubes. I have 1 5/8" and I will be switching to the 1 3/4" longs soon. I just installed shorties on my son's 95Z28. That was a royal pain in the butt big time. You cant even begin to know what we went through to get those on the LT1. When it was over it didnt even make much difference in the sound either. Got to take the cats out I guess.

 

Picard, the first time I looked under the hood of the 4th gens, I remember thinking of how much it reminded me of a van (OK radiator:check accessories:check engine:hmmm, where is that thing... there it is, waaay back there). I bet that was fun!

 

being that his is a 89 ta not a 4th gen i would say to go with the shorties man its not that hard to install at all takes some patience and a couple hours to do but itll make a difference

 

:werd:

Shorties should be the first bolt on that anyone with a thirdgen attempts.

You'll feel and hear a noticible difference in performance.

 

Long tubes are pointless on a stock LO3. A set of shorties will do wonders for you.

 

I'm in the same boat as Borsty with the exception that I have a '90 TPI 305.

I could see a 350 getting a good boost because they breath more air, but do 305's really get as much bang for the buck?

Thanks,

Don

 

Yes. LO3 and LG4 cars came with 2.25" exhaust. That is the same size that most 4 bangers come with. The TPI cars are not as bad cat-back wise. But every 3rd gen car came with horribly restrictive manifolds and y-pipe.