I have a set of shorties and can say for certain they do NOT make hp gains even with a retune......and I used open exhaust and then dyno'd with the stock exh minus the 1st cats and no gain was realized. The shorties are 1.5" primaries and collect into 2" to connect to the stock exh.
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