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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 11:19 AM
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I have a 67 f100 shortbox pickup with a 429 cobra jet.Wondering if i should go with long or short tube headers from L+L products.these headers will hang below the crossmember and leave about 4 1/2 to 5 inches of clearance to the road will this be enough?these headers make good horsepower they say 40-42 horse for long tube and 30-32 for short tube.any suggestions?thanks
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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The clearance would be just enough. I have ran less in the past, but I had to slow down for everything.

I would use the shorties if you don't want to worry.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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i'm thinking long tube,but would like input from guys that have run one or the other.what is better
 
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I'd say it's worth the peace-of-mind to go with the shorties. Personally, I hate the lowest thing on the chassis to be the headers. 4-1/2 to 5 inches of clearance is pretty good, but I can still see the occasional situation come up where you're going to be scraping and denting them.
 
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would really like to have the extra 10-12 horsepower,but don't want to destroy 550.00 set of headers.more power is better wouldnt think there is that much differance between long and short tubes
 
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