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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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$470 for Texas speed stainless longtubes?? what gives?? are these any good? 1/3 of the price of LGs or any other mfg for that matter..

sure they don't have the AIR flanges but all that can be tuned out..

https://www.texas-speed.com/p-708-ts...-corvette.aspx
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 05:07 PM
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This is only headers and doesn't include anything past the collector. You still have to fit exhaust piping, cats, x or h pipe, and mufflers. This would be good for a exhaust jobber to build headers for a hot rod build.


Or as that Seinfeld episode about the "Soup guy" says......No soup for you!

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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 05:17 PM
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This is only headers and doesn't include anything past the collector. You still have to fit exhaust piping, cats, x or h pipe, and mufflers. This would be good for a exhaust jobber to build headers for a hot rod build.
yeah but it includes tubes to clamp to stock H pipe.. so anything else wouldn't matter. i already have an X pipe in place of my stock H pipe anyway.
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 05:28 PM
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$500 for their 3" catted X-pipe puts a whole system back to the catback at a little under $1k. A great deal either way.
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Old Oct 21, 2013 | 06:39 PM
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i have had tsp headers since the first gen of them....great product for what u pay.....im sure better exists but at 2to3 times the price ...no thx
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 11:56 AM
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Shortcomings don't sound like anything a pro installer couldn't handle. Besides - you need to get the car tuned anyhow, so work a deal with your shop. Polished LT's for under $500? Can't beat it!
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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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I recently installed their stainless long tubes and O/R x-pipe on my car. Fit/finish on the headers are very nice and everything went together smoothly. I did get a wrong intermediate pipe that connects the x-pipe to the axle back so they had to ship me another one (supposedly first time it ever happened) but customer service was good and I got the whole setup for about $820 shipped, with all installation accessories like clamps, gaskets, and O2 extensions.

AIR didn't matter to me....it's getting tuned anyway and I got to remove the heavy pump and all the ugly rubber hose from my engine bay. Win/win.




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