I am looking for long tube headers, my car has few bolt ons right now but I want to get heads and cam in future when I rebuilt the engine. We don't have emissions in Canada that's not an issue. I know that Kooks are probably the best headers out there but I think that they are way over priced, I can't see myself spending 1200-1300 dollars for headers and y-pipe. I would like to spend around $800.

I've seen a lot of guys running pace setter around here and I found this set on jegs http://www.jegs.com/i/Pace+Setter/766/72C2239K/10002/-1 which looks good but I don't know good are they and how well they fit also they are below my budget. Is there anything else that I should be looking at?

 

I used those on my car- the fitment was fine. Get some band clamps instead of the crimp style- makes removing the y pipe a lot easier later on down the road.

You might be able to find a group purchase on those headers- I bought those exact headers w y-pipe for around $450 shipped.

 

Wow that's hell of a deal, you can't beat that. Where did you buy that, was that group purchase?

 

Yeah- it was a group purchase here actually- granted it was a few years ago, but I wouldn't think the price would have jumped that much already...

Summit has the same headers right now for $450, another $120 for the y-pipe which still comes in almost $100 less than Jegs...Shop around, might find a good deal. Also check Summit often as sometimes they offer sales and other incentives on their website.

 

I love my hookers

 

Thanks, I will check out summit. What kind of gain did you notice after you did headers.

 

I heard that hookers hang lower then other headers, say then pace setters which I am considering now, but I will check them out also.

 

I can't say since I also dropped in the 383 and a smaller pulley at the same time...The exhaust note was a little deeper and louder, but also hard to say because of the headers since the motor is also moving more air...

 

Do I really need new engine mounts or can get away with using stock ones. If so where can I find then, I assume that new mounts would make the engine sit lower making more room between floor and headers, right?

 

How about these?

http://www.texas-speed.com/p-1480-pa...ipe-combo.aspx

 

Can't go wrong with a good set of ceramic coated pacesetters. Go on ebay and look up "Speed Daddy longtube headers", they have some fitment issues but for a set of stainless LTs for under $400, I'd say they're hard to beat. A guy on here runs them. Good luck with your search.

 

That's cheaper then what I found on ebay, thanks for heads up.

 

No problem a friend of mine ordered his header/y pipe combo for his LQ4 swap from them a month and remembered how cheap it was. So I checked to see if they were cheap for the LT1 and they are.

 

New mounts will have stiffer rubber, and raise the engine up.

 

Thanks.

Off to spend some money now.