shorties will kill your HP and TQ if you go supercharged. There was a discussion about this just yesterday at bionic dodge.

Wait until you make up your mind about the SC before you buy headers.

 

what is an "underdrive pulley"?
Well here they way i would look at it what did i pay for it all. Whats we will to give me? and if the 2 number are close sell sell sell sell.

 

It underdrives a vehicle's accessories at a slower rate than stock. reducing parasitic drag
caused by belt-driven accessories, but more importantly by reducing the moment of inertia.
Your looking at 1-3 hp gain and can lead to dips in alternator voltage, power assist, and air
conditioning effectiveness may be noticeable, especially at idle. Unless your running a drag
car or a straight up street machine I wouldn't do it.

 

ok thanks and i'm not planning on it.

 

that was one of the reasons i never installed the underdrive. when my e-fan kicks on at idel you can see a fluctuation in my charging. so i just swayed from putting it on. and when the guy wanted to give me what i paid for it i thought "sold".

 

i think i am just going to sell them to him, and go ahead and get the long tubes. there is no doubt in my mind that i will be supercharging. and yes they will be ceramic coated. i might just wait to purchase them after the super.

 

xskylinedx....where are these mid tubes you are talking about? gotta link?

 

no i don't. my mechanic was talking about them last year when I went with the long tubes.
he put a set on his r/t dakota and loved em. i'm pretty sure they were mopar headers.

 

There are a few places to get mid length headers, but I have never seen any that weren't ridiculously expensive. GSMotorsports made a set, as does Southeast Performance. The older Doug Thorley/Mopar headers were a mid length, and said to be great headers. Hard to find today though. Most will only fit a 2wd application too. I think Southeasts will fit a 4x4 though if I recall my conversations with John Mercedes correctly.

Look to spend $800-$1000 for a set of good mid length headers though. It's mostly because they are custom made by these companies, not mass produced like shorties from JBA, Edelbrock, Gibson, etc, so the price is going to be higher. They will be good quality though.

 

looks like its back to researching. i donnt know how many hours i spent researching and reading posts on shorties till i finally decided on the ceramic edel's. oh well,back to the drawing board.

its going to be a little while anyways. working on painted pocket flairs,smittybilt or go rhino dominator stainless steps(the ones with the little loops to step in),and a roughcountry lift. my new stainless bull bar should be here tomorrow or the next day.


thanks guys for your opinions. you always give good advice. it always seems to weigh on the ups and downs on things.