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Old Sep 21, 2015 | 11:32 PM
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Stationed in yuma az and not too many vetted in the area...Say a kid on base and asked him about his 06 c6 ls2....Asked him about his exhaust and he said he had kooks headers, x pipe, high flo cats, came and only gained 80 hp? Does that sound right guys?

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Stationed in yuma az and not too many vetted in the area...Say a kid on base and asked him about his 06 c6 ls2....Asked him about his exhaust and he said he had kooks headers, x pipe, high flo cats, came and only gained 80 hp? Does that sound right guys?

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yes, the long tube headers are are gain around 25hp, the tune itself will pick up around 15HP over the oem tune, so that leaves around 40 for the cam.
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yes, the long tube headers are are gain around 25hp, the tune itself will pick up around 15HP over the oem tune, so that leaves around 40 for the cam.


Also depends on the cam and how aggressive/safe the tune is that could really fluctuate things.
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Old Sep 22, 2015 | 10:17 PM
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a good tune can net you almost 30 , mine 06 LS2 MN6 Z06 exhaust K&N intake 381 RWHP 379 TQ
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