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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 08:01 AM
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Headers or Chip

Im getting new exhaust put on today. I was gonna just do exhaust and then buy a chip, but then I started thinking of buying headers first...then later on down the road get the chip. Any advice for me?
 
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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 12:11 PM
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Get the headers so your exhaust system will be complete and give the most power, I would just do the chip later on down the road if you decide to get one.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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The headers and the chip will give you about equal performance gains, and combined together they will work even better. Go with an equal length header, and/or longtube's. As for the chip....Motorhaven (our great site's sponsor) has a pair of different chips available for yoru vehicle which can be tuned any way you would like.

Look at 175-250 dollars for headers...and 225-300 dollars for the chip. You missed out on the Christmas chip sale Motorhaven had, coudl get a Superchips Custom Tuning chip with 3 programs for 200 bucks.
 
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