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Old Mar 22, 2018 | 12:11 AM
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Everyone says headers make the car run in the 13s. My headman headers didn't with true duals and a x crossover. Sounds great but not much hp boost. To make things clear..I did not get it tuned yet so that my b the hang up. BTW, I run 14:03 as my fastest so far.I do need to get some tires that grip also. The 1s will be mine this summer..

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Old Mar 22, 2018 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ghoastrider1
Everyone says headers make the car run in the 13s. My headman headers didn't with true duals and a x crossover. Sounds great but not much hp boost. To make things clear..I did not get it tuned yet so that my b the hang up. BTW, I run 14:03 as my fastest so far.I do need to get some tires that grip also. The 1s will be mine this summer..
exactly what I did..hedman headers , x pipe into a couple of cherry bombs....I don't race mine and don't remember the exact numbers, but there was a significant gain at the dyno....get the tune, I think you'll see a difference...of course I did other things too, air delete...alum heads. roller rockers, etc...
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