Hi guys, I have Eibach Sport-Line Springs (1.8" Drop Front & 1.5" Drop Rear).. My old headers was Hooker LT with Mufflex Y-Pipe.. There was an incredible power gain, but lots of pain I couldn't drive everywhere, and I hit them all the time.
I sold them and get SLP shorties with stock Y-pipe.. Now ground clearance is perfect, but I want "Long Tube" with my new 383cid.. Money is not a problem. The problem is ground clearance.. I want the best ground clerance headers.. In this case what is the "best" headers? By the way my exhaust is Borla cat-back..

 

a few of my friends have pacesetters and are lowered. id make sure you have good motor mounts tho

 

I'll have to agree about the Mufflex Y, its not the best, or better put probably the worse for ground clearance. I have seen some cars with TPIS LT's and they are pretty tight up there. Even Hookers/Jethot with a Hooker Y or Jethot Y are much much better than the Mufflex. I have thought many times about trading someone for a Hooker one so I can drive over bumps.

The AS&M is going to fit probably the best and wont sacrifice to much over the LT's. But I suggest getting RK's since they are the some thing for about $300 less.

-Dustin-

 

Well i have heard that KOOK's tuck up the best but they better for the price. I have pacesetters and their y-pipe and they have good clearance but my car is not lowered. But for your lowered application pacesetter's or any other slipe-fit design would be the best because the flange is usually what sits down the lowest and scrapes.

 

The Pacesetters are definitely a great header for the price. But as pointed out above, the slip-fit design is very beneficial as the flange will only hurt ground clearance, especially on a lowered car that has little to give already. Another alternative would be to maybe consider a mid-length design.

 

I'd look into something like AS&M's, Mac's, or Rksports. There all considered Mid-length headers and they all provide good gains.

 

I have the eibach prokit with the pacesetter longtubes & ypipe. No issues with scraping.

 

just make sure if youre going with a mid length header that you get one with fat primaries and a 3" y-pipe.

 

i have eibach pro kit springs, hooker lts and a mufflex y pipe and the only thing that ever scrapes is the y pipe. get a custom made one and they could tuck it up so you will have hardly any issues at all. obviously i have to take it easy over speed bumps and certain driveways, but for the most part its fine.

 

i have LS1 sportlines in my Lt1 SS i have pacesetter LT's and a custom ORY ive only bottomes out once with them, but i will say this, i only have 2 1/2 inches of ground clearance.

 

He already has SLP mid lengths so switching to any other mid like the RK or AS&M is pointless.

 

thanks a lot for the replies! Every post is important to me! Yeah I currently have SLP headers, and with my new setup (383cid and big cam) long tubes will make a big difference. Kooks are top notch quality, but I heard Pacesetters have a great ground clearance. This will be my 3. headers, so this time I want to do it right.

 

Anybody want to comment on the RK sport headers. Definitely seems like the best bang for the buck.

 

i have kooks and they hang as low as my slp sfc do

 

Ya can make a y pipe using the flattened tubing for more clearance.