Do long tube headers require a different midpipe?
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Do long tube headers require a different midpipe?
I'm considering getting an X pipe now to ditch the rear cats but I also want to do long tubes within the next year. Do they need special length mids or will they fit with stock length?
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ARH Midlength headers will fit any OEM style Xpipe. I ran ARH Mids and Borla catless X on my 2015 Z51 and it fit just like OEM. Any long tube header will need a non OEM X pipe which is typically supplied by the header manufacturer as mentioned above.
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No tune needed? Any loss of power?
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No tune needed with the midlength headers as it retains the factory O2 functionality as long as you get the catted version. However, as with any aftermarket piece, you are leaving power on the table without a tune. I can't say if it reduced power or not on the stock tune because I tuned my car for the headers. I didn't have to change any fueling but I did add timing in the mid range RPM area to take advantage of the additional exhaust scavenging. Based on that info, I would assume you would pick up power across the board in the stock calibration since fueling was pretty much unchanged.
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If you buy "brand A" X pipe that bolts up to "brand A" headers, it will not bolt up to the OEM manifolds. So essentially you would buy an x pipe that you cannot use until you buy their matching headers. I don't think this is what the OP necessarily wanted to do. And the information provided with "buy a Corsa X Pipe" was quite ambiguous IMO. I was clarifying that he cannot just put this X pipe in the car without the headers. If you actually read the OP's post, his goal is to remove the rear cats only at this time.
Last edited by Internets_Ninja; Jul 28, 2019 at 10:18 AM.
