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Pampered-Z · 09-17-2008, 08:07 AM

Saitan, you better sit down and look at prices because you don't have anywhere near the budget!

The term shortie and Mid seems to vary by vendors, they are both very simular, but tipically, Shortie Headers connect to the stock Y-pipe (or come with one) and are not equal lenght tubes. As such you only get a slight porformance gain. But they are also tipically cheap.

Mid-lenght are larger and longer offer a better performance gain. Probably the most commonly used are the MACs or SLP, Edelbrock also makes nice headers, and the Edelbrock TES is one of the only ones that is CARB certified to be 50 state leagal. I ran the MACs on my heads/cam engine and they worked very well.

LT and full race headers, will make the most power, but you have to remember that there are allot of other exspenses you may have. Custom Y-pipe, O2 extenders, And since you have a 94, you may need to also switch to heated O2s. This needing heated O2s is hit-or-miss, doesn't seem to be related to the brand of headers, just on some cars the O2s don't get hot enough and it throws the ECM info fits trying to switch to closed loop.

09-17-2008, 08:07 AM	#55
Pampered-Z Sliderule / Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Catawissa PA Posts: 2,294 iTrader: (1)	Saitan, you better sit down and look at prices because you don't have anywhere near the budget! The term shortie and Mid seems to vary by vendors, they are both very simular, but tipically, Shortie Headers connect to the stock Y-pipe (or come with one) and are not equal lenght tubes. As such you only get a slight porformance gain. But they are also tipically cheap. Mid-lenght are larger and longer offer a better performance gain. Probably the most commonly used are the MACs or SLP, Edelbrock also makes nice headers, and the Edelbrock TES is one of the only ones that is CARB certified to be 50 state leagal. I ran the MACs on my heads/cam engine and they worked very well. LT and full race headers, will make the most power, but you have to remember that there are allot of other exspenses you may have. Custom Y-pipe, O2 extenders, And since you have a 94, you may need to also switch to heated O2s. This needing heated O2s is hit-or-miss, doesn't seem to be related to the brand of headers, just on some cars the O2s don't get hot enough and it throws the ECM info fits trying to switch to closed loop. __________________ 93Z M6 Black: The 385 Lives! Supercharged, 3-core front mount intercooler, GTP heads, 3:73's, Street twin clutch, Jethot Longtubes, Mufflex 4" catback/spintech, S+W cage, Spohn Suspenion, Yada Yada Yada 1) Build it 2) Race it 3) Break it 4) Repeat!!!