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From: odessa texas
Car: black 88 formula
Engine: 355 tpi
Transmission: 700r4
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ok i am looking at doing longtubes on my daily driver but there are som slp shortys already on my car from when i purchased it. the shorties y pipe has had a hard life berofr ethe pipe is smashed all to hell and i was wondering if i would see a significance with longtubes its a 355 with lt4 hot cam 10.5-1 pistons and soon to be heads so anyting helps on this subject for me.
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Just out of curiosity, why would you want to ditch a set of stainless steel 1 3/4" headers for a run-of-the-mill LT's that will
A) Most likely cost you some low-end torque
B) Most likely cost you some ground clearance
C) Definetely cost you extra $$ on having to get a custom ypipe/duel exhaust made for you
You're saying your current ypipe is smashed all to hell. I'm assuming it's because you don't have much ground clearance correct? Now that's with shorties, just imagine how low it'll be with LT's.
I say keep the SLP's. They're the "cream of the crop" when it comes to headers for 3rd gen Fbodies. The 1 3/4" primaries will flow more than enough to support any amount of HP your likely to make. They're stainless steel so they'll never rust out and it would be much more cost effective to just have a new y-ipe fabricated for you.
From personal experience owning a 600+HP bottle-fed 4th gen, unless you're making 500+HP, stick with shorties.
LT's are good for nothing more than bragging rights.
Don't get me wrong, LT's are sometimes the only way to go when you're building an all-out street/strip car. But really, it all depends on the application and what your plans are with the car. In 99% of circumstances though, I always reccomend shorties over LT's.
Just my
Good luck with your decision either way.
A) Most likely cost you some low-end torque
B) Most likely cost you some ground clearance
C) Definetely cost you extra $$ on having to get a custom ypipe/duel exhaust made for you
You're saying your current ypipe is smashed all to hell. I'm assuming it's because you don't have much ground clearance correct? Now that's with shorties, just imagine how low it'll be with LT's.
I say keep the SLP's. They're the "cream of the crop" when it comes to headers for 3rd gen Fbodies. The 1 3/4" primaries will flow more than enough to support any amount of HP your likely to make. They're stainless steel so they'll never rust out and it would be much more cost effective to just have a new y-ipe fabricated for you.
From personal experience owning a 600+HP bottle-fed 4th gen, unless you're making 500+HP, stick with shorties.
LT's are good for nothing more than bragging rights.
Don't get me wrong, LT's are sometimes the only way to go when you're building an all-out street/strip car. But really, it all depends on the application and what your plans are with the car. In 99% of circumstances though, I always reccomend shorties over LT's.
Just my
Good luck with your decision either way.
Last edited by LT1FUN; Jul 19, 2006 at 06:45 PM.
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From: odessa texas
Car: black 88 formula
Engine: 355 tpi
Transmission: 700r4
there stainless i didint know that they were on my car when i purchased it along with the slp 20tl exhaust and they are 1 3/4 primaries. well maybe i need to do some measuring right quick.
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