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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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hello everyone i am new here i have a 1990 f250 with a 351 and i was thinking about putting shorty headers on the thing it has all of the smog junk on it i might get by that but what can i do about the egr i need all of the help i can get thanks.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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The best thing to do is buy headers with the EGR fitting in them, you won't see much of a power boost with shorties on the stock Y-pipe and cats though.
 
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well thats what i thought i think i will go with the long tube headers i like them better thank you for the info.
 
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Huh? The EGR gets its feed from an exhaust crossover in the intake manifold.

The O2S should be plugged way down somewhere in the y-pipe, so shortys will replace4 the stock irons lickety split (its what I did on my truck using FMS parts)
 
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Huh? The EGR gets its feed from an exhaust crossover in the intake manifold.
You don't have a 5.8 do you?
 
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shorties, bassani y pipe with hi flow cat , your choice in muffler and the 3" maramount tail pipe section that you can get from any autozone for under $40. you can then use either clamps to put this setup together or take to a shop to have welded up.

if you go long tube headers your y pipe will need redone anyway.
 
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