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Have anybody done the shorty header upgrade?? How about any engine codes??

I am doing the Gm performace cold air intake, Db performance catback, Eibach 2.4 rear shackle I am up in the air over the header upgrade?? I had on my 2001 and was the best performance gain!! I think if I leave the cats alone I should be okay what do you guys think??

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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if ur doing it just go with magnaflow high flow cats

bossier62guy Senior Enthusiast

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Have anybody done the shorty header upgrade?? How about any engine codes??

I am doing the Gm performace cold air intake, Db performance catback, Eibach 2.4 rear shackle I am up in the air over the header upgrade?? I had on my 2001 and was the best performance gain!! I think if I leave the cats alone I should be okay what do you guys think??

 

The general concensus here is that shorty headers are a waste of money. Go long tube or stay home.

huero626 Senior Enthusiast

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Shorties are a waste of money, you should look into getting some long tube headers if you really want to get more horsepower and torque.

Wires Enthusiast

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Mine came with them (dealer had pimped the truck before i bought it). I did put them on my '00 Z71 as well. Honestly, don't really notice anything, but never did a before/after dyno to verify either.

 

They do look nice in the engine bay though.

 

So if they serve no function, they do look pretty. :tear:

oldschool327 Senior Enthusiast

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I have a set of LLP's and they are real Perty! Anything is better than the rusty cast iron manifold that are on there now. Long tubes would be the best, but no one had them for the 4x4 when I was looking.

Jennabear Senior Enthusiast

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Your stock cats are hi flow cats, no need to change them out unless they are shot. Shorties are so close to the stockers, you really won't see much of a performance increase at all.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Have anybody done the shorty header upgrade?? How about any engine codes??

I am doing the Gm performace cold air intake, Db performance catback, Eibach 2.4 rear shackle I am up in the air over the header upgrade?? I had on my 2001 and was the best performance gain!! I think if I leave the cats alone I should be okay what do you guys think??

 

 

I had shortys on my 05 and I liked them. They were Ceramic coated ones and gave a nice improvement overall. I didn't put them on my new truck though because as stated above the manifolds seem to be really close to headers anymore. Another thing I noticed is that this truck has the same exact muffler and exaust my 05 had, but it is just as loud as the 05 was, and it doesn't have any headers, so IDK if they changed them on the 900's or not.

silveraldo74 Enthusiast

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Sounds great thanks for the input!! My friend just has a set that he will probably give me great deal on!!

Yes I like the sound of long tibe headers but hard to find?? Also the emissions changing Y-pipe etc!!??

Willshire Enthusiast

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I don't know what to think. I mean i thought the idea of headers was to get all 4 ports flowing to the collector separately rather than #1 exhaust pushing past #3,5,7 etc like in manifolds. Is this not accomplished by short or long tube headers? Just asking. Especially since i ripped my 10 year old exhaust of and replaced with all new including o2's. 1800 bucks canadian.

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I don't know what to think. I mean i thought the idea of headers was to get all 4 ports flowing to the collector separately rather than #1 exhaust pushing past #3,5,7 etc like in manifolds. Is this not accomplished by short or long tube headers? Just asking. Especially since i ripped my 10 year old exhaust of and replaced with all new including o2's. 1800 bucks canadian.

 

 

The longer the primaries, the better the scavenging effect, the better the performance. Long tubes are definitely the way to go. I have dynatech long tubes on my 2009 and am taking it in this week to get it dyno tuned so will have some physical before/after results.

silveraldo74 Enthusiast

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The longer the primaries, the better the scavenging effect, the better the performance. Long tubes are definitely the way to go. I have dynatech long tubes on my 2009 and am taking it in this week to get it dyno tuned so will have some physical before/after results.

 

 

Where did you get your headers?? What did you do for your Y-Pipe??

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