longtubes and ground clearance?
10-21-2007, 08:18 PM
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longtubes and ground clearance?
Wondering what you guys think is the best? Mainly looking for people who have had more than one set of headers on their car. Im looking at lt's and their y pipe setups. I know the two lowest spots will be the y pipe or the collectors.
My car isn't lowered at the moment but will be 1 inch or 1.5 inches. Right now the following choices: hooker lts, pacesetter lts, jet hot lts, others with $600 budget. I have already done a search, thanks
My car isn't lowered at the moment but will be 1 inch or 1.5 inches. Right now the following choices: hooker lts, pacesetter lts, jet hot lts, others with $600 budget. I have already done a search, thanks
10-22-2007, 08:56 PM
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I just put my pacesetters on over the weekend (Thanks Shon!) and that was the FIRST thing my friends noticed, was the crazy ground clearance. I need to turn the band clamps though (Silly me made them stick straight down)
I wasn't going to lower the car because of the LTs, my friends mustang drags in places from his because he lowered his car 2"... but the pacesetters set so far up I'm sure I can lower the car and still have no problems with clearance!
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I wasn't going to lower the car because of the LTs, my friends mustang drags in places from his because he lowered his car 2"... but the pacesetters set so far up I'm sure I can lower the car and still have no problems with clearance!
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. Of course I haven't been offroading or jumping any speed bumps either
10-22-2007, 09:24 PM
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i have pacesetter LT's also, and same thing goes for me. I scrap where the collector and band clamps are (not bad though). My car is lowered 2" and only scraps over big speed bumps or on the highway going 80+mph and hitting some dip. <---That really sucks!!!
10-23-2007, 12:06 AM
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Pacesetter LT's and y-pipe.... my car is "slammed" by most standards. It's got somewhere in the 3" drop area, not quite but close enough, like 2.8".
And here is a better view of how low the car is:
No clearance issues here.
And here is a better view of how low the car is:
No clearance issues here.
10-23-2007, 10:27 AM
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I used to run Jet Hot LT's, it had the flange style collector on it that bolted to the y-pipe, this caused some bad problems with clearence issues with that, also the header bolt access was a joke and the slip tube joint on the #2 primary Leaked.
Also the coating looked horrible after less then a year being on my car.
On my car now i have Pacesetter uncoated LT's with a slip on style y-pipe, clearence is awesome for a lowered car, also header bolt access and plug access is amazing couldnt be more satisfied with a set of headers, and to consider the huge price gap between the two.
Also the coating looked horrible after less then a year being on my car.
On my car now i have Pacesetter uncoated LT's with a slip on style y-pipe, clearence is awesome for a lowered car, also header bolt access and plug access is amazing couldnt be more satisfied with a set of headers, and to consider the huge price gap between the two.
10-24-2007, 08:16 AM
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maybe i just got a ****ty batch and my springs are tired and sagging but my pacesetters are really close to ground and my cars not even lowered, there probalby about 2 or 3 inches or so. i have to have nobody else in my car with no cargo and hit my parking lot at the EXACT angle or ill scrape the **** out of the collectors and y pipe.