i am about to rebuild the camaro i have 4:10s ,cai,borla exhaust random technology high flow cats first ? is what headers should i go with and im thinking to get the lt4 hot cam plus port and polish maybe bore heads depending on the shape there in ,plus im doing some suspension mods.im open to suggestions that is what i was thinking to do this winter. i have a 96 z28 for 5 yrs now time for a rubuild not really but need more power!!!!!goes good but need more, so anyone have any tips on what to go with thanks


ERIC

 

Mac mids or pacesetter long tubes.... depends on emissions needs.

 

It would depend on your emissions I would say. If you don't have regulations, then I would opt for long tubes with an off-road y-pipe or a true dual setup. If you do have emissions,then I would stick with a set of shorties or mids.

 

macs pass texas emissions, plug access is good, power is noticible.

 

will the macs fit so i can keep the y pipe i have or no if not what will fit for the exact replacement the y-pipe i have bolted right up to the stock manifolds i really dont want to throw a 550$pipe away

 

If you want to keep your y-pipe go with the SLP shorties. They fit in place of the stock manifolds, are stainless steel, pass visual emissions and are available used. Keep an eye on our for sale forum and on e-bay.

 

Go for the MAC headers.
They flow almost as well as LTs and provide great plug access as well as good (around 30 RWHP) gains on stock engines.
They provide even better gains when combined with a HotCam kit.
I have both the hot cam kit and MAC mid length headers on my fresh all-forged bottom end (yeah overkill) 11.5/1 static CR 383 LT1.

 

coated pacesetter longtubes baby!

 

How about AS&M mids?

 

i've had pacesetters for less than a year and i noticed rust today, coated. needless to say i'm not too happy. btw i live in texas

 

Rust, or a little discoloration? My first set of headers, if you want to call them that (shorties) were coated and wound up having some brown spots on them, it wasn't rust though.

 

pacesetters are the best the hell with inspection

 

brownish spots is what i saw, i thought it was the beginnings of rust, but hopefully i'm wrong.


On a better note i change my spark plugs in under an hour! FROM THE TOP. made a "slp" style socket and used a gearwrench!

 

Probably rust, my Pacesetters started rusting all over in less then a years time and this car never sees rain or snow and has very limited driving time.

 

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