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Oct 22, 2007 | 01:35 AM

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ZZebes

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Originally Posted by Cherry364

guys with daily drivers are pretty much stuck with either stock manifolds, or shorty headers, am i right?

Incorrect, like mentioned above you can add some high flow cats.

Oct 22, 2007 | 01:45 AM

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Are you talking smog legal or ?
My truck is a daily driver. I drive it to work every day and like today, go grocery shopping with the wife every weekend. I have long tube headers but it took me a couple of years running short tubes to just go for it. I really didn't gain a whole lot over the JBA shorty's I had on the dyno (~10hp/tq)but they do feel and sound much better.

Oct 22, 2007 | 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Cherry364

hold on a sec. i was notified of this earlier today; longtubes are not street legal. i, like 454navyss, have a daily driver, not a race truck.

i would also like to know the answer to 454's question that has not been answered yet.

guys with daily drivers are pretty much stuck with either stock manifolds, or shorty headers, am i right?

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Originally Posted by nightrunner

if your emissions testing place doesnt require you to keep the cats in stock location, you can run LTs and have a catted ypipe instead of a off-road y-pipe (no cats) and still be legal.

Also the person questioning is from Virginia beach and your from Georgia. Laws will be different. The headers themselves can't be illegal, only the cat placement or lack there of. Even if the cats have to remain in the factory position a good muffler shop can cut the LT's and weld in some highflow cats and should still see a gain over the shorties.
Plus the LT's and a tune will increase your HP/Tq AND mpg over the shorties. so its one of the best moves you can make for a DD.

Oct 22, 2007 | 07:57 AM

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Carey, I completely agree with whats been said already... sell the shorties, and get some long tubes.. hell, even keep it cat-less I know people up here who'll still inspect you. I've had LT's on my truck here for almost 2 years with no problems. If its a huge deal, get a catted Y pipe, but the full-length headers will be better all over... and make more tq.