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Old Oct 13, 2019 | 05:56 PM
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Are they much louder than stock? I would like something that does not require a tune so mid length is the route but just wanted to know if they make a huge difference? I am most likely going to go with the ARH!
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You don't have to be restricted to mids. I'm running kooks lts + kooks green cats without a tune and have had no CEL and have been running the setup for over 3 years. I'm still running stock intake and filter because altering that might unbalance things enough to cause a CEL. The setup sounds amazing with stock NPP in track mode.
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You don't have to be restricted to mids. I'm running kooks lts + kooks green cats without a tune and have had no CEL and have been running the setup for over 3 years. I'm still running stock intake and filter because altering that might unbalance things enough to cause a CEL. The setup sounds amazing with stock NPP in track mode.
thanks, the only reason I am thinking about running mid lengths is because I already have the 60547 Borla x pipe
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Originally Posted by Shawn_Randhawa
thanks, the only reason I am thinking about running mid lengths is because I already have the 60547 Borla x pipe

They will def be louder
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Originally Posted by Shawn_Randhawa
thanks, the only reason I am thinking about running mid lengths is because I already have the 60547 Borla x pipe
Gotcha...was assuming that your system was stock. What cats would you run with the mids?
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Gotcha...was assuming that your system was stock. What cats would you run with the mids?
im not sure, that's where I'm kind of confused because the secondary cats are obviously out with the 60547 so do the mid lengths have the main cats? im a little confused lol
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Originally Posted by Shawn_Randhawa
Are they much louder than stock? I would like something that does not require a tune so mid length is the route but just wanted to know if they make a huge difference? I am most likely going to go with the ARH!
Believe me when I say you dont have to have a tune to put LT headers on your car. Yes you do to get the FULL use from them. In my car all it did was lean the car up a little in which really did help it DO TO the c7 runs a little rich..

After I put LT headers cat back & a ported T.B. on the car my plugs went from BLACK to a brown to a tan. This made the car run better.
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Originally Posted by robert miller
Believe me when I say you dont have to have a tune to put LT headers on your car. Yes you do to get the FULL use from them. In my car all it did was lean the car up a little in which really did help it DO TO the c7 runs a little rich..

After I put LT headers cat back & a ported T.B. on the car my plugs went from BLACK to a brown to a tan. This made the car run better.
so what are you saying? Long tube require a tune and I’m talking about the mid lengths because I don’t want a tune.
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