2001 Ford Mustang V6 where to buy Headers? Which are better shorty's or long tube?

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Kyle

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I got the car from my step brother. It had side pipes on it. I went to turn around one day and hit a curb knocking the side pipe off and lodging it under the car. I didn't have the money at the time, and my step father is a cheap moron, so he bought and installed Cherry Bombers with straight pipes. Needless to say he did not weld anything together and the exhaust kept falling apart and I kept putting it back together. Eventually my passenger exhaust fell of completely and bend down my Catalytic Converter. It took about a week for the Catalytic Converter to separate itself from my Header on the passenger side. It is pretty apparent that a weld on the end of the Header broke and let loose allowing my Cat to fall off. I now am on the search for replacement Cats, whether from a junk yard car or brand new. I was wondering what the difference between Shorty's and Long pipes are? My car had Shorty's. I also have a true dual exhaust and would like to keep it that way. I love the way it sounds right now but know it is highly illegal to drive it in this condition. What exhaust system can I install to make it either dead silent or extremely loud but gritty?
 
Shorty headers let you keep your stock exhaust manifold and run to your cats, and Long tube headers replace the manifold and run all the way to your catalytic converters also. Usually, long tube headers generate more torque than shorties, but shorties generate more high-end horsepower than long tubes.
Shorties wont quite have the same "authentic" sound as the long tubes do, so the long tubes are the best way to go if you want (or to keep) a good low sound from that v6.

And about where to get them, for cheap you could probably score a set from a racing parts catalog, or if you're really lucky you might be able to get some used. Sorry that's all I know about how to get them
 
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