ORIGINAL: IndyRamMan

well im gonna go ahead and say the same thing about you as your venerable mechanic...

Im not attacking you. Im just stating what your oppinions and state of mind are. 20DodgeNeon00 doesnt really know what hes talking about (no offence intended) Anytime you put longtubes on anything you make more power than shorties over a broader range. The idea that shorties are good came from ricers and people that dont know what they are doing (most mustang owners and f body owners) Everyone just follows what they heard from someone else. THAT IS THE WRONG WAY TO LEARN. Research untill your sick of learning, and then do that 10 more times untill you have a definate answer. Granted it is helpful to have someones oppinion who is more experienced, but experience must be taken with a grain of salt. There are some people that are fit to give advice and MOST that arent. Forums are a great example. It gives any hoolagin with a keyboard the abilityto pretend he knows what hes talking about, and because people dont know anything they listen, which just creates 2 people that dont know what they are talking about giving advice, and so on so on so on. Im not saying your mechanic is a forum junkie but he damn well gives advice like one. Same goes for mechanics. It seems that they give certifications to anyone that bought a wrench. I have absolutely 0 training from anyplace that would certify me in anything, but I can wrench circles arround a vast majority of so called mechanics. Just because someones business does this or that to cars of a "high performance" nature doesnt give him any more/less credit. As my favorite quote from the movie Gettysburg says, "Take men one at a time."

Back to my point of researching. I have a general rule of thumb for the work I do to my stuff. I do about 10-20 hours of research for every hour of predicted work. Take a guess at how long I spent looking over **** for my swap. That may sound way excessive, but it works for me. For me time is much less valuable than money, so I spend my time doing something thats going to save me money.

ORIGINAL: xskylinedx

No worries Indy I dont get the feeling your attacking me, I enjoy reading a good debate because I think you can learn alot from them. I absolutely agree with you about research, it took me 11 months of research to decide what vehicle I wanted next. I spent two months deciding what exhaust to install. I read stuff on here, other forums, online articles (hot rodding, engine building, blah blah), and talked with a reputable mopar mechanic. My research lead me to the Longtubes due to primary size/length, two into one system, and a magnaflow muffler. Anyway the whole point is that if I had just gone with themajority I'd probably have shorties with a flowmaster dual exhaust (notthat it would be a bad thing at all, it just wouldn't haveworked for me). Research is important to find what you THINK is going to work for you. Oh and I still disagree with you about the shorties

ORIGINAL: pcfixerpro

Dude, I thought you had a magnalfow muffler? When did you do the swap?Haha...look @ ur sig.

ORIGINAL: Silver_Dodge

20DodgeNeon00,
Quick question for you. Speaking technically now, why did you get headers?

ORIGINAL: 20DodgeNeon00

Same reason all of us do, to free up more horsepower. Headers are the first true foundation for building an engine up. Gains have been made with the headers now, but still have yet to be maximized until further work down the line is done to the truck. Why do you ask though?