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08-06-2018, 11:32 PM
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 Drives: 2015 camaro ss ls3 Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Long Beach
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Long vs short tube headers
What are your guys thoughts on long vs short headers? Is there any brands you guys recommend for 2015 camaro ss ls3
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08-07-2018, 09:14 AM
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Drives: 2010 SS 2SS M6 Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Smithsburg, Md.
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ROFL..you just opened up a huge can o worms...on your first post! Please research the forum..TONS of info...for me boils down to whether you have to pass emissions(like me), mainly a street car with frequent trips to the track and H/F cats...
your best bet is to contact a tuner...I use dynoSteve at RDP..https://www.rdpstore.com/..IMHO ANY mod should be coupled with a tune, give them a holler ASAP. Good luck! peace
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08-09-2018, 12:28 AM
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Drives: Supercharged 2013 AGM 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Long story short: long-tube headers add real performance gains, but are illegal in CA. There's limited evidence that shorties add any real power at all, but can be legal (not all of them are, they require CARB approval). If you are doing the work yourself, or are already doing work on the car and thinking about also swapping out the stock headers for shorties while they are readily accessible (so incremental labor would be limited) then swapping could make sense. But I doubt the cost of parts and labor to install shorties on their own is justified from the the limited power gain (if any).
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SLP TVS2300, Edge CAI, 3" Magnaflow catback, BC Racing BR series coilovers, HRE FF15's (20x10 square) with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's, GM STB, BMR front and rear sway bars and toe links, Prothane subframe bushings and front control arm inserts, JDP rear upper control arm bushings, Elite Engineering catch can. Tuned by Cunningham Motorsports. 1967 Bolero Red 396 SS/RS Convertible |
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08-09-2018, 10:00 AM
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Long tube headers will always be better but being from California, I understand why the choice for shorty headers as I went that route as well. Shorty headers by themselves will make barely any power gain but if you go with a catless or high flow cat downpipe then you can make some power with a tune. The downpipes are not too bad to remove, so when smog time comes, just replace the downpipes with the stock cats and good to go.
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08-15-2018, 09:59 PM
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Drives: 2014 Camaro 2SS black Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Las Vegas
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So I literally just switched my manifolds bact to stock from having long tubes and no cats. The sound is definitaly louder and meaner sounding with the long tubes but at least the car doesnt feel to slow or bad. Like stated the long tubes are gonna give you real gains but its all dependant how legal you wanna keep it
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11-03-2018, 01:14 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 6.2 Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: CALIFORNIA
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The car feels lazy. . It does have a CALTUNELSX sticker on it so im assuming the previous owner had the car tuned. I just know nothing about what tune they did on it. Im also looking into getting it cammed and headers on it but I want to keep it smog complaint. Not because im afraid of it not passing when its that time of the year because you know being in Cali you can still pass smog without passing smog 😉 but what's holding me back is that if I ever get pulled over and they do the test on the car or if I get caught in a smog check point then there's no way out of it. |
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11-03-2018, 02:36 AM
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Sure there is. Out of state tag.
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11-03-2018, 09:29 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 6.2 Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: CALIFORNIA
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11-03-2018, 11:34 AM
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Drives: 2012 ZL1 Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: California
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Shorties.
Just curious if the shorty headers change the exhaust note with an NPP exhaust system? I here that long tubes with the NPP system sound amazing.
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11-03-2018, 08:54 PM
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Drives: Supercharged 2013 AGM 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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SLP TVS2300, Edge CAI, 3" Magnaflow catback, BC Racing BR series coilovers, HRE FF15's (20x10 square) with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's, GM STB, BMR front and rear sway bars and toe links, Prothane subframe bushings and front control arm inserts, JDP rear upper control arm bushings, Elite Engineering catch can. Tuned by Cunningham Motorsports. 1967 Bolero Red 396 SS/RS Convertible |
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11-04-2018, 11:03 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 6.2 Join Date: Sep 2018
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11-04-2018, 01:22 PM
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Drives: Supercharged 2013 AGM 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2013
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https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=437263
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SLP TVS2300, Edge CAI, 3" Magnaflow catback, BC Racing BR series coilovers, HRE FF15's (20x10 square) with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S's, GM STB, BMR front and rear sway bars and toe links, Prothane subframe bushings and front control arm inserts, JDP rear upper control arm bushings, Elite Engineering catch can. Tuned by Cunningham Motorsports. 1967 Bolero Red 396 SS/RS Convertible |
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11-04-2018, 11:57 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 6.2 Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: CALIFORNIA
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11-05-2018, 12:12 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2ss/Rs Transformers Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Yorba Linda, California
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Long vs short tube headers
Long tubes for sure. I’m in California too.
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