07-26-2011, 08:49 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro SS
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Greeley, CO
Posts: 769
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Originally Posted by Stay Marine
Yep, you will never get the same ummphh from shorties...plain and simple. Nor will you get the same gains the vendors claim (18HP FROM shorties...).
Knowing that, and know I care more about passing emissions than 15-20 HP, I went with shorties (and $260 for the SS option). So getting 9hp and 15 tq was reasonable.
I am sure most tuner's will disagree, but there is still a noticable punch after the install....but it isn't huge; you can just notice it. I already had HF cats, and X-Back exhaust, so the tone of the exhaust was just slightly deeper from where I sit. Others said they could notice a change.
At the end of the day, HF cats were the best return on investment for me...netting just over 20hp to the wheels.
I chose shorties to save emissions, ease of install, cost, and convenience; not for raw HP gains..cant touch LT headers...even crappy ones
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I agree. I went with Shorty headers with Hi Flow cats also. The cats are the real HP gainer. I went with shorty headers to keep my warranty. In the future I will go with LT to get the HP, but for now the shortys work for me.
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