I have a friend that's building a 383 LT1 motor and he's looking to get headers. The only issue is that his car is lowered A LOT! Do the Mid headers have better ground clearance? Will he loose much by running the Mid headers over LT's?

Anyone got ground clearance pics of both setups?

 

Yes the mids have better ground clearance. With the 383 dont consider anything other than 1.75 primaries like the Arizona speed & marine or RK sport headers or the engine will be choking.

I dont have a pic of my RK's, but they are the exact same clearance as stock. The only exception might be the 3 bolt flange does stick down at one point maybe an inch. But this can be modified for a lower car. Any mids you can count on being the same spec as stock in terms of clearance.

 

I wouldn't consider my car lowered "A LOT", but it is lowered about 1.25" and I have Pacesetter LTs. My ground clearance is fine for almost all driving including going up driveways and such as long as I remember that I have the lower exhaust it isnt a big deal at all. It would probably be a problem if I was much lower so if him car is lowered more than 1.5", I would probably look for some large tubed mids.

 

Please tell him to go with LTs. Especially if he is building a 383cid.

 

thanks gillbot for starting this thread for me while I was at work...my car sits really low. its has been lowered more than 1.5" front and rear. heres a pic

I already scrap the cat and driveshaft plate (factory driveshaft half loop if you wanna call it that)

 

I would just go with a good set of mids, certain brands can put up very good flow numbers just like the long tubes.

 

RK Sport mids. Same as AS&M, but way cheaper and will flow the closest to LT's without the ground clearance sacrifice.

-Dustin-

 

got a link to those RK sport heads?

 

http://rksport.com/product/p_01096556/view_detail

 

http://www.rksport.com/product/p_01096556/view_detail

I'm not sure where my buddy got his [I'll ask him sometime] but he got them for $450. I thought he said he called RK Sport directly and purchased them.

-Dustin-

 

holy $$$$ batman

 

Have you got 2 or 1 cat?

 

no more cat, i did have one