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Old Nov 17, 2019 | 06:18 PM
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Just curious has anyone ever used long tube headers with the stock 69 sidepipes?

I like the look of the oem sidepipes better than the hooker style, but I prefer long tube headers to hugger shorty headers.

I’m guessing it would take some creative pipe bending.
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Headman makes long tubes that has the collector pointed to the side to make hook up easy. But the factory sidepipes flow pretty bad.
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you could go with Sweet Thunder side pipes, they are bigger so they flow a bit better, but again may need modification
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Originally Posted by 7t9l82
Headman makes long tubes that has the collector pointed to the side to make hook up easy. But the factory sidepipes flow pretty bad.
Yep, you're best option for that combination.




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Originally Posted by Rescue Rogers
you could go with Sweet Thunder side pipes, they are bigger so they flow a bit better, but again may need modification
Scott, do you have any numbers re Sweet Thunder vs factory? I've not found any quantitive flow comparisons between them, or 2.5" factory, either.
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that is cool! thanks! Just what I had in mind.
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