I was just curious whats my best choices for longtubes for my 5.4 and how will long tubes and true duals change my mpg's?

 

built54 has dynatech's think he likes them pretty good, or you could go with OBX, as far as pacesetters, their good for performance, but they are cheap and will rust out unlike stainless steel which will last longer than the truck will, and as far as mpg's, i think it will seeing if you go with, longtubes, hi flow cats, 2.5" pipe into 2 mufflers (magnaflow) and then run tailpipes, those headers will open it up better and the hi flows will make it flow smoother and faster, so performance and probably mpg gains, i havent seen any mpg gains with my true duals, but i dont have longtubes, and btw stay away from shorty headers long tubes the only way to go

 

I do have the stainless dynatechs, With my old engine which had comp cams, I gained 30hp/35ftlbs torque. the sound I got from them was amazing!

 

what site did you get them from?

 

I ran pacesetters on my ls1 camaro and loved them but I am going to be in salt and snow living in boone

 

i could always get pacesetters and have them coated

 

Boone huh? As in boone, nc? Thats where I'm from shocker, but pacesetter also has a set of ceramic coated LT's, they are much cheaper than the dynatechs.

 

I'll prob end up picking upa set up lt's coated from pacesetter since i stand by them ya josh i go to school in boone

 

Well cool, If ya see me around town, give a honk. I actully live in deep gap, bout 10mins out of boone.

 

Pacesetter quick trip Longtube headers are what i got 283.00 For another 200 bucks i think they were 425 bucks for "Jet coated" that should help hold off the rust for a lil bit but exhuast rusts from the inside out. i had pacesetter shortys for 2-3years on my truck 3 michigan winters of salt and snow and me beating on them Ya they were rusted to Chit but they never Cracked or leaked.

 

I had a set of headers ceramic coated once and they dipped it (I think), but the coating was both inside and out to stop it from rusting on either side. They looked fantastic and shed a lot less heat, in fact I could touch them shortly after shuting the car off. Do the headers coated by the manufacturer only come with the outsides done?

 

Anyone bought a set coated by the manufacturer?