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#4
Long tubes wayyyyy better the only down fall is the whole exhaust system has to be re done, whether you Y-Pipe/ bolt kit exhaust or have a shop re do it.
I bought my Pacesetter long tubes, high flow cats, x pipe, mufflers for $700 online. Installed the headers my self one weekend and drove it with open headers for a day till the muffler shop opened up. Stupid loud was cool for a day that's about it haha
Long tubes will most likely need a custom tune. My fuel ratios were all jacked up after the install until I got it re tuned.
If you are on a budget and never plan on doing anything else besides exhaust, CAI, progamer...shortys would be a fine choice.
You will notice more tq/hp from shorties just not as much from longtubes.
Most shorty headers are direct replacements of stock manifolds and dont need a tune. Just be careful to not strip the bolts from the stock exhaust pipe to the manifold. If you do strip them get the grinder out and have fun -____-
I bought my Pacesetter long tubes, high flow cats, x pipe, mufflers for $700 online. Installed the headers my self one weekend and drove it with open headers for a day till the muffler shop opened up. Stupid loud was cool for a day that's about it haha
Long tubes will most likely need a custom tune. My fuel ratios were all jacked up after the install until I got it re tuned.
If you are on a budget and never plan on doing anything else besides exhaust, CAI, progamer...shortys would be a fine choice.
You will notice more tq/hp from shorties just not as much from longtubes.
Most shorty headers are direct replacements of stock manifolds and dont need a tune. Just be careful to not strip the bolts from the stock exhaust pipe to the manifold. If you do strip them get the grinder out and have fun -____-
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Trust me I went with shorties (in my sig) and honestly felt no difference at all, go with the long tubes , that's next on my list , I didn't know you'd need a tune after you install the long tubes though so I don't know on that part
#6
I think it was b/c I drove it for a day without the back two o2 sensors hooked up so the truck wasn't reading air to fuel ratios properly. Then once the new exhaust system was on I could tell my mpgs had dropped and the truck would idle real rough.
My tunner was saying the injectors were 25% open at idle when they should be around 8-15%. He set mine for 12%
CAI,UND,efans stock manifolds 2.25 true duals stock tune
235rwhp 279rwtq
shorties 2.25 true dual with tune
267rwhp 321rwtq
Long tubes 3" true dual with x pipe and new tune
281rwhp 336 rwtq
As you can see stock tune/ manifolds compared to shorties with tune gained 32hp 42tq manly due to the tune, but the shorties did help some.
A lot of people say you loose tq going from 2.5" to 3" which is probably true but my stock 5.3L is a factory freak with my set up and I wanted it as loud as possible lol
This is just kinda an idea for you what difference I experienced between the two exhaust set ups. IN MY OPINION do what everybody says and go the longtube route. It made me sick when I decided to do longtubes and I already had $400 in shorties. Do it once do it right Longtubes
My tunner was saying the injectors were 25% open at idle when they should be around 8-15%. He set mine for 12%
CAI,UND,efans stock manifolds 2.25 true duals stock tune
235rwhp 279rwtq
shorties 2.25 true dual with tune
267rwhp 321rwtq
Long tubes 3" true dual with x pipe and new tune
281rwhp 336 rwtq
As you can see stock tune/ manifolds compared to shorties with tune gained 32hp 42tq manly due to the tune, but the shorties did help some.
A lot of people say you loose tq going from 2.5" to 3" which is probably true but my stock 5.3L is a factory freak with my set up and I wanted it as loud as possible lol
This is just kinda an idea for you what difference I experienced between the two exhaust set ups. IN MY OPINION do what everybody says and go the longtube route. It made me sick when I decided to do longtubes and I already had $400 in shorties. Do it once do it right Longtubes
Last edited by Camin00; 11-06-2012 at 04:11 PM.
#7
If I had the funds I would love to dyno test the rocker arms and see how much they helped. Feels like I put a 1 step up cam from stock with them.
Unfortunately im in the process of buying cam parts to do a cam swap, so I'm saving my money for 1 final dyno tune.
Unfortunately im in the process of buying cam parts to do a cam swap, so I'm saving my money for 1 final dyno tune.
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#8
On The Tree
Yea, LT's are the way to go. I originally bought some shorties that were advertised as 1 3/4". When they arrived, they measured 1 5/8. I sent them back. The bargain headers are getting to be better quality. I bought OBX's this summer for my 6.2 and so far they are working good. They are actually 1 3/4" for $700.00 shipped. And they sound good with the stock catback as well. Although, the 6.2 is obviously larger than the 5.3.
#9
I installed JBA titanium ceramics mostly due to a vibration that I tracked to the stock manifolds... It changed the tune of my catback significantly and I can feel the torque down a little lower. Since then I cammed my truck, had it tuned and did a few other things and I think that if you're in an emissions required area or have a 4x4 and don't want to spend a lot of effort they're a decent improvement. I would suggest other mods be done first though.
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