The bs thread

[Grandpa]

1250 bucks for longtubes, craziness.

[Phuck Phace]

Originally Posted by Steve 1250 bucks for longtubes, craziness.

Cheaper than the brakes.

[Grandpa]

Originally Posted by Phuck Phace Cheaper than the brakes.

Screw all that. I'm doing it the easy way, just adding boost. lol.

[Courtesy Flush]

Originally Posted by Steve Screw all that. I'm doing it the easy way, just adding boost. lol.

F/I setups benefit even more from headers. The sound is well worth the money IMO.

Same could be said for TF wheels, Beautiful... but pricey commodity.

[Grandpa]

Originally Posted by Courtesy Flush F/I setups benefit even more from headers. The sound is well worth the money IMO. Same could be said for TF wheels, Beautiful... but pricey commodity.

Having owned several boosted cars with longtubes in the past, I can tell you from experience that for a street car, they are not worth the expense. Minimal gains power wise (thought they sound great) but then you begin to have issues with tunes, 02 sensors and emissions issues. Yes, you can have a "hook up" not to deal with that, but having to go through the hassle every year is a pain in the ass. Plus, these new cars will need "not ready" codes regardless.

[Courtesy Flush]

Originally Posted by Steve Having owned several boosted cars with longtubes in the past, I can tell you from experience that for a street car, they are not worth the expense. Minimal gains power wise (thought they sound great) but then you begin to have issues with tunes, 02 sensors and emissions issues. Yes, you can have a "hook up" not to deal with that, but having to go through the hassle every year is a pain in the ass. Plus, these new cars will need "not ready" codes regardless.

Why even do any performance modifications then, if experience tells you its hassle and not worth expense?

I fully disagree with headers adding minimal gains to f/i setups.

[Grandpa]

Originally Posted by Courtesy Flush Why even do any performance modifications then, if experience tells you its hassle and not worth expense? I fully disagree with headers adding minimal gains to f/i setups.

These new cars are ridiculously easy to make power with as it is, so why do modifications that aren't really needed that would just make the car difficult to be inspected? Exhaust and blower on these cars will make 600-700rw depending on boost and supporting mods.

Installing longtubes on these cars are a complete pain in the ass. If you have a shop do it 1) it's going to be expensive as hell 2) you're taking a huge chance with the Mustang shops in the DFW area because most of them suck ass. Dave's car is also slammed which is going to make it difficult driving daily with speed bumps and driveways scraping everything and possibly busting collectors.

Unless you are building an all out race car trying to squeeze out every last bit of horsepower, spending $1250 on parts, plus $85 hour labor hours on install is not worth the 15-20rwhp that you will gain from it.

But that's just my opinion.