EXHAUST:
Jet Hot LT's for a 1993 LT1 Iordered with emIssions fitting so that I could still pass the smog test I have to take every two years. They looked so good I actually felt bad I couldn't see all of them under the hood. They're absolute works of art. Gaskets, and bolts were included though I picked up a better set of copper gaskets instead. I re-used the stage 8 ARP bolts I was running with the Edelbrock shorties.
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After nearly a month of waiting, my Jet Hot Ypipe has finally arrived. Yeah !!! Actually, it's a hooker ypipe with Jet Hot's coating but everyone calls the Jet Hot's Y pipe. Once again, another amazing quality piece from Jet Hot. Every bit ass good looking as the Long Tubes. I couldn't be happier. I also ordered a set of copper header and collector gaskets the other day aswell.
That about does it for my exhaust. All I need to do now is install it. Hopefully some time before the first of April 'cause that's when I plan to bring the car out.
Odd's are I'll probably sell the coated Edelbrock headers and y-pipe since I won't be needing them anymore. They're in pretty much mint condition.
I'll keep you posted.
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Here are some pic's of the final exhaust set-up. I really had no idea just how small the shorties were compared to the long tubes. Only after they were installed, did I realize that they were literally twice as long. Because the tranny was removed to be rebuilt (I blew it up first day back on the road this year), they slipped in easily without a hitch. The BMR Kmember didn't hurt either :)
Plug access is so much easier now, it's not even funny. LT's are worth the price for that reason alone. etting at those plugs with the shorties was a nightmare.
Unfortunately, not everything went according to plan. The y-pipe wouldn't line up with one of the hedder-flanges no matter how hard we tried. We wound up just cutting a section of the ypipe and welding in a stainless piece with just the right amout of "bend" to it so it would lign up perfectly. No biggie.
I was expecting a big difference in the tone of the exhaust but in all honesty, there's wasn't much of a difference in sound at idle. In all honesty, i couldn't hear any diifference at all.
Once I took it outr on the road though, there was no mistaking the fact that I had LT's!!
From 2500 and up the car sounds totally different. It's definetely more "high pitched". Sounds just like a NASCAR !! There's a lot of drone now, but I couldn't care less. If I wanted a quite car I'd buy a Buick.
There's been a lot of debate as to whether or not long tubes are worth the money over shorties. Both fans of shorties and LT's claim their style is best. I heard a lot of opinions, as well as people who swore up and down that one style was "so much better" than the other. I was a little nevous as to whether I got my money's worth.
The moment I got on the gas all my worries were put to rest. LT's are DEFINETELY an improvment over shorties (atleast they were with my engine set-up). At lower RPM's there's not that much of a difference, but from 3000 and up there a HUGE increase in power.
You can really tell on the highway when you want to overtake somebody. You no longer have to give it as much gas for it to start to pick up. And as far as top end goes, let's just say that my old Edelbrocks had nothing on these Jet hots's. That's probably the biggest improvement I got was on the top end. I'd be willing to bet I picked up (at least) another 20+ horses at the top.
All in all, I'm very pleased with the performance gains of the LT's. Money well spent.
