Alan,
Got an email from Jeff yesterday, Im defnitily doing the headpipe thing so
well see what transpires. they are also considering my 65 cuda for headers
(shorty only as long tube =3D fenderwell on that car) Intersting interest in
Mopars these days!! I will keep you R/T guys informed!!
Bruce
At 07:46 AM 7/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I have yet to see a set of long tubes that are 50 state legal (emissions
>wise) so if you care about passing inspection shorties are the way to
>go. I have long tubes on my other car and it will cost me 300 clams to
>"pass" smog here in California. Everything is a trade off.
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>BTW, I ordered the JBAs with ceramic coating $413 includes shipping and
>tax. Jeff is a cool guy to deal with. He said I should get them by end
>of first week in august. He also mentioned that they will fabricate a
>few sets of pipes to the cats (R/T only). Those should be ready in a
>month or so. Bruce, please bring you truck back so they can make the
>measurements!
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>'88 x-CHP Mustang LX (off to the glue factory)
>'89 Mustang GT (347, Griggs, S-trim and the list goes on...)
>'98 Dakota R/T (360ci to be unleashed)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Bridges [mailto:bbridges@alarismed.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 4:58 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Yet another new member
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> Hey guys,
> Mike is right in a technical sense. long headers are
>great for all out
> racing. They are expensive (mild steel hookers for my
>cuda were 567.00
> coated) they also have some serious drawbacks on the
>road. They scrape
> (remember they were designed for racing. no bumps on
>the 1/4 mile after the
> front wheels hit the ground. Ive had a couple different
>skid plates
> installed in the last 3500 miles. They make quite an
>interesting racket (I
> kinda like it but its not subtle). They are in the way
>of everything (my
> crosslink is routed through a couple of tubes.) AND,
>performance gains are
> not significant over shorty style headers if you are not
>WOT (IMHO and
> others HO). Im still trying to get some more data on
>the short vs. long
> controversy since most mfgs are doing shorty style for
>the new vehicles. I
> consider my long headers Junky due to the massive
>problems they cause in day
> to day street driving, which is what I built my cuda
>for. Im probably going
> to keep them since I paid so much, but theyve already
>worn through twice...
> Bruce
> At 07:04 PM 7/16/98 EDT, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 98-07-16 01:21:57 EDT, you write:
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> ><< I'll put on some good, long headers (not the junky
>shorties that
> > people are signing on to buy now) >>
> >Oooookay!!
> >Eric
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