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Headers on a bone stock LT1? Worth it or Wasteful?

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Hi, nice to see good info in here for the new guy.
I tried the sewer pipe, with a HP and 1base delete. Throttle response felt the best with my butt dyno.
But i settled on Silicone coupler on the TB and MAF and Air filter cuz i like how i looked.

Since dynomax stopped making both OTA pipes in 2.5 inch i am glad i went 2.5 inch cuz exhaust shop pipes have crappy bends so it flows like a real nice 2.25 inchi bet. Plus the Spntech super pro streets are crazy loud like i like it. :p

I suppose if i had the money i would start 2.5 inch and after muffs goto 2.25 inch as the air cools down and flows slower, also cuz Walker still makes the OTA pipes in 2.25 inch i think. Dynomax is just performance division of Walker, BTW.

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Lately I have been feeling like a modified stock airbox may be about as good as it gets. I'm thinking intakes for our cars may rank like this:

1. True ram air setups
2. Modified stock box, and every other "cold air intake" on the market
3. "Hot air intakes" without a heat shield

I'm about to experiment with a filter down by the bottom of the radiator, but I won't have any numerical data on it.
Hi, yeah that is a dead horse.....
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Hi, i'm cool with rehashing stuff, part of the fun. Didn't want to muck up the OP's thread any more.
Maybe start a new thread and we can get another discussion going on what you are wanting to talk about.
Later,
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