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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Title says it all BBK mods anyone?
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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I've got BBK Ceramic Shorty Headers, I love'em!




http://www.bbkperformance.com/index.php
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by zesstey1
Title says it all BBK mods anyone?
The intake is a heat blanket, will slow you down after it get warmed up. The T.B. also not big enough to make a diff at all for the cost.. On a pos/side parts looks good on the car are diff anyway. I dont want to say on the headers... Robert
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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I have the BBK cold air intake ,works great and looks just as good.
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Old Oct 20, 2011 | 11:35 PM
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 08:58 AM
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Whats your opinion on the shorty's? Most folks tell not to waste my money....

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I've got BBK Ceramic Shorty Headers, I love'em!




http://www.bbkperformance.com/index.php
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 10:10 AM
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At one point I had BBK Shorties. I was real happy with them. I also have a BBK TB. Had to do a major port and polish job on it as it has a pretty nice lip on it. All in all, they make a nice product!
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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I'm running a BBK CAI also
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Originally Posted by tsbbzm
I've got BBK Ceramic Shorty Headers, I love'em!




http://www.bbkperformance.com/index.php
I installed the BBK shorties also just for looks and I didn't want to change the cats. I wasn't looking for HP just something that looked better than the rusty stock exhaust.
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Old Oct 21, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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My car is a BBK poster child, unfortunately I bought it that way so I can't really tell you how they improved things.

BBK shorty headers, intake manifold, throttle body, and CAI.

I will say that I think a lot of people are blowing hot air when they bash the intake manifold (pun intended). Air doesn't really have enough time to pick up any significant heat while it's inside the manifold, generally going over 100 ft/s.

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I have the BBK intake and bought it for the looks. No problems.

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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by PHIL MEMPHIS
I have the BBK intake and bought it for the looks. No problems.

Very nice!!
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Thank you!
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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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I've got a BBK TB that came with the car.

I installed a BBK under drive harmonic dampener.
Does what it's supposed to do and is a really nice piece.
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