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    i want more hp

    i have a 5.3l 02 with 113000 miles. i have a cat back to a custom flowmaster a true flow intake a bully dog chipand a cut out. should i get a custom tune with shorty headers or tb with shorty headers. after i fix my bent axle.

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    Custom tune with long tube headers
    99RCSB Broke because I wasted thousands and thousands of dollars on my truck.

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    +1 what Zeake said
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    make sure you look at you exhaust manifold bolts before even ordering longtubes. If there is a missing bolt forget the whole thing. I had a missing rear drivers side bolt. It was broke off inside the head and I could not get it out. It was the main reason for me to get a new used LQ9.
    99RCSB Broke because I wasted thousands and thousands of dollars on my truck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zeake View Post
    make sure you look at you exhaust manifold bolts before even ordering longtubes. If there is a missing bolt forget the whole thing. I had a missing rear drivers side bolt. It was broke off inside the head and I could not get it out. It was the main reason for me to get a new used LQ9.

    One bolt = 1500+ dollars. Ouch haha
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    then what would give me more power custom tune or Long tubes.

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    Do both. You can do the tune by itself but to get the most out of long tubes you really need a tune to take advantage of the free flowing exhaust. While you're at it, do a cam swap too. On the front page of the website is a topic showing how to get 100 HP out of cam, headers and tune.
    See my truck data in the "My Garage" section here... http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/my-ga...tml#post191709

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    both would give you more power
    1951 3100
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    but i dont have enough monet for both of them& bully dog says that there gas chip gives 30hp and 50lb so would a custom shop tune give me more or should i go with long tubes or some other add on

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    I don't have any experience with Bullydog tuners, but my Hypercrap tuner I had made about the same performance claims. I can speak from personal experience that there is no comparison between handheld tuners and a custom tune.
    Get a custom tune. You won't be disappointed.
    Later, when you get some more money go for the long tubes.
    2001 ECSB 5.3, Comp cam, Crane rockers, LS6 springs, Mac CAI, P&P throttlebody, OBX lt's and ory, Hooker Maximum Flow, LS1 fans, 160 tStat, Transgo shiftkit, WHEATLEY Tuned, 4.10 gears and Truetrac by axisT6

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