To long tube or to not

[S550jay]

I have a 2.9 whipple on my mustang already it's an auto and I have the small throttle body on the whipple the dilemma I'm in now is I'm trying to figure out what route I should be going next I already know the bigger throttle body that's a must but I also heard that when you install long tubes you lose a pound or 2 of boost so to compensate for that do you add more boost ? Or do you not add long tubes ?

Also my end goal is around 640-650 will those mods get me there ?

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[bluebeastsrt]

How do you lose boost by adding headers? Boost is on the intake stroke of the piston. Headers just allow you to move the exhaust gases better on the exhaust stroke. Headers will add power to your set-up.

 

[beefcake]

You do not have to add more boost. Boost goes down because everything is flowing better.

You'll make more power on less boost. That's a good thing. We have sw sp arh and kooks all available at great pricing


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[Super Werty]

Boost goes down... Efficiency goes up. This is not a bad thing. That being said do the throttle body first. It's half the cost... Way less work and will net you more power than the headers will. And it looks sweet.

 

[S550jay]

How do you lose boost by adding headers? Boost is on the intake stroke of the piston. Headers just allow you to move the exhaust gases better on the exhaust stroke. Headers will add power to your set-up.

Same thing I was wondering just something that I kept on hearing

 

[gsxr1300]

Headers are awesome but you will probably not hear the whine of the Whipple anymore, I do miss that.

 

[S550jay]

You do not have to add more boost. Boost goes down because everything is flowing better.

You'll make more power on less boost. That's a good thing. We have sw sp arh and kooks all available at great pricing


Beef 513 478 1965

Thanks beef ! I'll pm you for pricing !

 

[S550jay]

Boost goes down... Efficiency goes up. This is not a bad thing. That being said do the throttle body first. It's half the cost... Way less work and will net you more power than the headers will. And it looks sweet.

Was thinking about just do both this is next years project plenty of time to save

 

[S550jay]

Headers are awesome but you will probably not hear the whine of the Whipple anymore, I do miss that.

Lol I'm pretty sure not I seen your set up man and I must say that's beyond impressive ! All that rwhp on a stock block !

 

[MyLilPony]

Boost goes down... Efficiency goes up. This is not a bad thing. That being said do the throttle body first. It's half the cost... Way less work and will net you more power than the headers will. And it looks sweet.

I've seen other people say drivability goes down with the bigger throttle body. If that's true I would look to headers first and pick up the HP that way.

 

[Super Werty]

I've seen other people say drivability goes down with the bigger throttle body. If that's true I would look to headers first and pick up the HP that way.

I've only seen one poster say this with a non whipple tune. All I can say is mine drives absolutely perfect with the larger throttle body. You would never know it wasn't stock. Mine is Lund tuned. I'm sure the Whipple tune is just as perfect as well as they have more control over the ECU than any tuner out there.

 

[LethalPerformance]

I have a 2.9 whipple on my mustang already it's an auto and I have the small throttle body on the whipple the dilemma I'm in now is I'm trying to figure out what route I should be going next I already know the bigger throttle body that's a must but I also heard that when you install long tubes you lose a pound or 2 of boost so to compensate for that do you add more boost ? Or do you not add long tubes ?

Also my end goal is around 640-650 will those mods get me there ?

You'll definitely want to go with the larger throttle body. That's worth a good 40-50rwhp with the new calibration for it. The headers will also not only show nice gains over what you have now but as others mentioned it will make your engine run more efficient with less stress.

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[marylandspeed]

Give us a call on Kooks or SW..we will give you a price that makes the decision easy! We have already helped a bunch of people here!

 

[tws123]

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[aFe POWER]

Headers certainly wouldn't cause you to loose boost or power. You may want to re-tune, to get as much HP as you possibly can with the new headers you decide on purchasing.

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