Supercharger/stock headers

[stang77]

I have been wanting to do Catted LT Headers but NJ emissions has me now being hesitant about doing it. My goal is to eventually add a supercharger. Is it possible/safe to run a supercharger using the stock headers? I am fully aware that I would need a tune.

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[Foxracing19931]

I have been wanting to do Catted LT Headers but NJ emissions has me now being hesitant about doing it. My goal is to eventually add a supercharger. Is it possible/safe to run a supercharger using the stock headers? I am fully aware that I would need a tune.

I've been on stock headers since my whipple install at 9k miles I'm now at 24000 miles

 

[wildcatgoal]

Yes. Losing out on maybe 20-30 hp tops... grand scheme of things, not a big deal.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Agreed!

You will be sacrificing a couple dozen ponies overall, but not enough that you are going to be dissatisfied by any stretch. Just know that when you do decide to make that plunge later on you will have some more power coming your way!

 

[stang77]

Agreed!

You will be sacrificing a couple dozen ponies overall, but not enough that you are going to be dissatisfied by any stretch. Just know that when you do decide to make that plunge later on you will have some more power coming your way!

A couple dozen ponies loss is something I can live with till I "find a guy" who will pass me. Then I will just start setting money aside for a supercharger.

 

[JadedGT]

In Texas you can get a PO Box in a non emissions county is that a possibility in your area? Going to go that route if I run into problems here. Just not sure that is possible in your area. I am running high flow cats with long tubes.

 

[Phoenix]

making 700whp with just a catback. you can run them just fine.

 

[LethalPerformance]

I have been wanting to do Catted LT Headers but NJ emissions has me now being hesitant about doing it. My goal is to eventually add a supercharger. Is it possible/safe to run a supercharger using the stock headers? I am fully aware that I would need a tune.

We made 700rwhp with the Whipple kit using the stock manifolds without any issues. Of course you'll make more by deleting the cats or going with LT's but you can indeed do it with the stock exhaust.

:cheers:

 

[stang77]

In Texas you can get a PO Box in a non emissions county is that a possibility in your area? Going to go that route if I run into problems here. Just not sure that is possible in your area. I am running high flow cats with long tubes.

I don't know if that's possible in my area.

 

[jvandy50]

i've been researching this same topic and everything i've found says you'll be fine on the factory headers. however, i'm gonna add some because i think they sound better at WOT. if i could find a catback i liked at all rpm ranges i wouldn't do the work involved for that small amount of gains

 

[jabrax]

Putzing around with emissions in my reason for not putting them on. Probably going FI with stock headers

 

[offroadkarter]

As long as you keep catalytic converters on the car and have a tuner who leaves all the emissions monitors on, you'll pass in NJ fine. Not that this is the same platform, but I have a M112 and catted Stainless Works LT's on my marauder and just passed inspection in June of this year. I just had to find a tuner who could get all the emissions monitors to work again, which I did.

 

[z06psi]

Mak cat deletes and weld your own v-band clamps on for a put on/take off system. I can put my cats back on in 30 mins if I wanted to.

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