Choosing The Right Long Tube Headers

[hittman]

Thanks for the information. Well done.

[Trob85]

See I don't use any restriction I just run open cylinder heads no silly headers slowing my flow lol. But seriously good info.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by hittman

Thanks for the information. Well done.

You are very welcome. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Trob85

See I don't use any restriction I just run open cylinder heads no silly headers slowing my flow lol. But seriously good info.

You are all that is MAN!!! Thanks.

[Mr. Nasty]

Hey Chase great info. Am running 17/8 stainless work LT. Thanking about going 2" with the thermal coating. Do you have any pic with the thermal coating LT header?

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Mr. Nasty

Hey Chase great info. Am running 17/8 stainless work LT. Thanking about going 2" with the thermal coating. Do you have any pic with the thermal coating LT header?

There are a lot of different option when it comes to thermal coating. The finish most people typically visualize when you talk about ceramic coating looks similar to chrome.




But you can get almost any finish you can imagine.






And if you really want to spend some money you can get crazy...

[Apex Motorsports]

[Cincy10SSRS]

Chase, I currently have stock manifolds, Solo hi-flow cats and a GMPP Track Pack axle-back; sounds great and the hi-flows gave me a small hp boost.
My warranty will expire in March so I'm considering headers sometime after that but I seem to recall hearing on here that I won't be able to utilize my Solo's with LT's. Is that true and if so why? Would shorties tied to the Solo's be worth doing?
Irrespective of all that, as far as the three primary sizes go, can all three hook up to the stock pipes from the back of the cats?

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Cincy10SSRS

Chase, I currently have stock manifolds, Solo hi-flow cats and a GMPP Track Pack axle-back; sounds great and the hi-flows gave me a small hp boost.
My warranty will expire in March so I'm considering headers sometime after that but I seem to recall hearing on here that I won't be able to utilize my Solo's with LT's. Is that true and if so why? Would shorties tied to the Solo's be worth doing?
Irrespective of all that, as far as the three primary sizes go, can all three hook up to the stock pipes from the back of the cats?

You will not be able to use Solo high flow cats with long tube headers. Solo high flow cats are really a full mid pipe replacement from the stock manifolds to the cat back. Long tube headers eliminate that entire section. You can bolt the Solo high flow cats up to shorties. You will not see the same kind of power as you would with long tubes but you will see another small gain.

When selecting long tube headers with the intention of bolting them to a stock configuration cat back you have to make sure to buy a set of headers labeled "factory connect" or "short system". These headers are designed to utilize the stock cat back geometry. If you have any questions when looking at the options do not hesitate to hit me up or give us a call.

[Cincy10SSRS]

Originally Posted by Apex Chase

You will not be able to use Solo high flow cats with long tube headers. Solo high flow cats are really a full mid pipe replacement from the stock manifolds to the cat back. Long tube headers eliminate that entire section. You can bolt the Solo high flow cats up to shorties. You will not see the same kind of power as you would with long tubes but you will see another small gain.

Thanks for the reply but I'm still a bit confused (it doesn't take much). I seem to recall hearing on here that you still have to have some type of hi-flow cats with headers, right or wrong?
Just ballpark, what additional hp could I expect to see if I just decided to keep the Solo's and go with shorties?

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Cincy10SSRS

Thanks for the reply but I'm still a bit confused (it doesn't take much). I seem to recall hearing on here that you still have to have some type of hi-flow cats with headers, right or wrong?
Just ballpark, what additional hp could I expect to see if I just decided to keep the Solo's and go with shorties?

Check out the picture below. The top one is the stock parts. Your Solo high flow cats replace that entire section after the manifold. Long tube headers replace all of it. Yes, you will have to bolt up a cat or cat delete behind the long tube headers to make the connection but what you need is what is behind the long tubes in the picture. The Solo cats (actually a lot more than just the cats) are the wrong configuration to be able to do it.

[Cincy10SSRS]

Originally Posted by Apex Chase

Check out the picture below. The top one is the stock parts. Your Solo high flow cats replace that entire section after the manifold. Long tube headers replace all of it. Yes, you will have to bolt up a cat or cat delete behind the long tube headers to make the connection but what you need is what is behind the long tubes in the picture. The Solo cats (actually a lot more than just the cats) are the wrong configuration to be able to do it.

For whatever reason the pic is not opening but I pretty much understand the concept now.
Back to my 2nd question from my previous post then: since I picked up 10-15 hp with the Solo's, if I added shorties how much additional hp could I expect to gain, ballpark? Trying to decide if it's worth doing for the $$. Thanks.

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Cincy10SSRS

For whatever reason the pic is not opening but I pretty much understand the concept now.
Back to my 2nd question from my previous post then: since I picked up 10-15 hp with the Solo's, if I added shorties how much additional hp could I expect to gain, ballpark? Trying to decide if it's worth doing for the $$. Thanks.

The cats did most of the heavy lifting. You should expect to see about 5-8 rwhp in some parts of the RPM range.

[SteveDoten@ARH]

I'd choose the same manufacturer that supplies headers used on the Copo Camaro

[mikeyg36]

Originally Posted by SteveDoten@ARH

I'd choose the same manufacturer that supplies headers used on the Copo Camaro