few questions bout performance after header install

**SteveCZ28** · 03-19-2011, 06:17 PM

i put a set of pacesetter long tube headers in my camaro...i need a few band clamps to hook up my ory pipe....i took it down the highway with wide open headers...which was fun, but obnoxiously loud....but my car just doesnt seem like it has all the top end power i used to....am i just thinking weird stuff, or do i actually need a tune for it...i know alot of guys put headers in and dont tune their car, but is it possible that i HAVE to? i did remove air/egr and their just left unhooked, and removed rear o'2 which all this stuff isnt tuned for. could these be part of my top end issue too? or am i just being paranoid??? any info would be appreciated thanks in advance

**02transamce** · 03-19-2011, 06:23 PM

I would say to go ahead and get it tuned,made a world of difference after my lt header install.
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**transamtom** · 03-20-2011, 02:49 AM

You need a tune to take advantage of gains from the headers.

I put the new Frost tuned computer in and this thing is running awesome.

BTW get some heat shielding for your wires while your at it,I melted a boot already.

**02transamce** · 03-20-2011, 07:30 AM

I have the coated lt pacesetters,been on for two years and no issues with plug wire boots melting,and until two weeks ago there were some cheap azz wires on there.
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**SteveCZ28** · 03-20-2011, 09:45 AM

yea i still have the heat shields on my wires...ill be getting ready to send my ecu out to frost

**0rion** · 03-20-2011, 12:03 PM

get the rest of the exhaust on and get a tune for it. Even just putting the exhaust back on it will help you quite a bit.

**SteveCZ28** · 03-20-2011, 12:28 PM

oh, the whole not enough back pressure deal...i completly forgot about that. lol....yea i have to wait till my band clamps get in to finish the y pipe install then i should be set

**Z28_Driver** · 03-20-2011, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by SteveCZ28

oh, the whole not enough back pressure deal...i completly forgot about that. lol....yea i have to wait till my band clamps get in to finish the y pipe install then i should be set

Sounds like you already ordered them, but maybe this will help for next time. At home depot in the plumbing section, near the fernco couplings is a coupling that looks like an exhaust band clamp. It has a rubber liner inside it. Just take out the rubber and put it on the pipe. 3.59 each.

**SteveCZ28** · 03-23-2011, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by 0rion

get the rest of the exhaust on and get a tune for it. Even just putting the exhaust back on it will help you quite a bit.

thanks, i got the rest of the exhaust put together, its strong and healthy again...im glad i was just being paranoid and not thinking something happened to my car.....i love the sound of it with both the cutout closed, and open.....i love it!