Originally Posted by Coyote
Zahanma, were any of those guys using real long tube, equal length to
the collector headers? I thought all I had seen were the shorty log style,
and that those did not provide any additional power and also seemed to
suffer the loss of low end torque. Is there anyone who has really done
long tube headers? Wasn't the issue that there was just no way to route
them in due to the steering column and other items being in the way?
Coyote
That's correct. Myself, ImportLabSRT, and the guys at Eurocharged have spent hours looking at this on different occasions to see if it was possible to put LT headers in there. They just don't see it possible without firewall modification. Even then it may not work unless you got solid engine mounts so the engine doesn't torque under load.
As mentioned in a previous post, the shorty style headers with a full custom exhaust do gain some hp, and yes you do lose some torque...but then again, we have plenty to spare and could definitely use some help on the back end of the 1/4 mile where the N/A cars start to catch up.