My question is however, the driver side header collector sits about 3/8" from the floorboard, it hits when I go down steep hills, new motor mounts would only raise the header more, jamming the header into the floorboard, this is why I'm revising the collectors at the exhaust shop. Cutting off just after the 02 bung, turning slightly so the bolt on the flange is not at top, giving me about another 1/2" of clearance, and angling the collector slightly down to go around my crossmember.

 

Another thumbs up for Jet-Hot. Love mine and wouldn't go with any other longtube. Just be sure to use the hooker y-pipe with it, as the mufflex y-pipe is a piece of CRAP.

 

no......the stock driver side mount gets stretched under torque and the passnger side gets crushed, making it sit higher on the driver side.......with new motor mounts, the engine will level out andl lower the driver side back down.

 

i dont see it in the catalog.........you have a part number or link?

*edit* nevermind, i found it summit # SUP-094-1750

ouch, $6.95 + $8.45 shipping!

 

Looks like I have at least a 1/2" too. I haven't checked, just looked at some old pics:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/the..._1.jpg&.view=t

If I were you, I 'd go to a good local exhaust shop and have a custom y-pipe made. I did, and I love it. Mine cost me a lot more, but I had a new cat put in it:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/the...pe.jpg&.view=t

I'm going to have them make me an "offroad" y-pipe (without cat) that is easily interchangable with my current one, they quoted me $120. No shipping, no waiting more than a day, easy warranty fixes and troubleshooting.

Mass production never beats custom made.

 

I've ordered a set of Jet-Hot LTs and the Hooker y-pipe from Chris not too long ago. First of all, I have to say that I was never treated any better by an automotive related company period.

Installing the headers was a nightmare, however. I did replace both motor mounts with some polyurethane ones and my frame is good, so no problems there. The passenger side went in without any problems. Couldn't say the same about the driver side though.

You can check the post here about this, but to make a long story short, it took taking out the oil filter, removing the steering linkage, raising the car a couple feet, removing all cradle bolts, remove the transmission crossmember, drop the engine cradle about 4-5 inches and let the tranny lay on the x-brace until I could finally put it in. The cut tube would hit on the k-member and would not go in otherwise.

After all this, the flange on the driver side was almost hitting the floorboard. (picture here)

I was also told that the y-pipe would bolt on to a catback (that's the main reason why I bought it) but it did not. Some cutting, scratching, prying, pushing, shoving and $92 later, it all fit.

I really like the ground clearance, you can see a picture here, but overall, the install wasn't quite as I expected it to be.


I'm very happy about my experience with Jet-hot otherwise. I will definetely do business with them again in the near future.

 

What do you expect the install to be like? Installing LTs are always difficult. Jet hot has thicker gage steel and beefier flanges, so they are a little more difficult to install, but not that much worse. I installed mine. And at 1st I even got the hooker Y pipe to hook up no problems (of course you have to cut your catback, that's a given), but it ended up slipping off the collector, so I paid a friend of mine $40 to modify it and weld it up and make it fit really nice. I am very happy w/ the Jet hot LTs, they made a huge power gain for me over the shorty hookers i had in there. Also, the build quality of those Jet hots are oustanding, the welds and everything look really good. The coating is immaculate. They've been on abot a month and i haven't had a slip fit problem yet, and hopefully it never starts leaking. I have to replace the engine mount on the passenger side, as it is crushed and the headers just BARELY touch the k member, other than that, I have good clearance everywhere.

Overall I'm very happy with them and recommend them to everyone I talk to about getting headers.

 

To those taking shots at me (shawnberry50) - you are missing the point of my post.

To those offering suggestions, I had studied the header install for months before going ahead with the Jet-Hots. At the time I was making the purchase, there was another thread about issues with the Jet-Hot clearance. However, not everyone had the problem.

My car has been mine since day one and has never been wrecked - therefore no bent frame. All rubber components had been replaced appx. 10,000 miles ago. There was no reason for the header on the driver's side not to fit properly. The Hooker headers fit just fine and have excellent floorboard clearance on both sides.

I did not bash Chris or mean to say Jet-Hot was a bad company. I am using the Hooker headers from Jet-Hot on my car right now. I stated the facts of my experience in my posting so people would be aware that they MAY encounter issues with Jet-Hot manufactured headers for the '95 LT-1 w/out emssion tubes and that they might be better off going with the Hooker made headers coated by Jet-Hot. I was told when buying mine that the Jet-Hot's were similar to the Hookers except with beefier flanges. This may be true but there are other differences from the Hookers (slip tube, floorboard clearance) that a customer should know about. Ultimately, a person can weigh out their options and make their own decision when buying LT headers. I just want the next person to be better informed.

 

i think the jet hots are a great productfor the price but installing driver side was tough. and floorboard clearance is minimal maybe 3/8 inch. if jet hot would rotate the flange in the future it would be great! and save us from cutting-welding such pretty headers. so far no leaks but i sanded just enough coating off to fit the crack pipe in with no sealant.

 

Steve, I'm with you on rotating the flange. That's the first thing I thought when I saw MW's photo.

I may be missing something (and you can probably find many people to vouch for that) but wouldn't it be a better installation if a flat of the flange were facing up? This would allow more room between the flange and the floorboard, and provide easier access to the mounting bolts.

Just my $.02

 

the first thing jethot needs to do is include a 1.75" tbar clamp to attach the stupid slipfit primary properly.

 

I'm not TOO suprised lots of people have a problem with the slip-in primary. Mine fits perfect and does not leak at all. I dont see it being easy to do anything else but a slip in primary to get around that steering linkage with little problem. As to the headers, they are wonderful and probably one of the most quality parts I have ever bought. The driver's side collector fits fine after minor grinding off the trans crossmember which wasnt totally necessary but definitely beneficial since clearance is tight there. Some people need to realize that EACH CAR IS DIFFERENT. Not every set of Jet-Hot, Hooker, SLP, Heddman, AS&M, etc headers will fit perfectly. There will be cases like this where its not necessarily the manufacturer or customer just the way the car is. Either way, I'd love to do business with Jet-Hot again.

 

Are they still set up as a slip-fit? I thought I've seen them in pics as having a 3-bolt collector?

I wanted to bolt them to the engine BEFORE I put the engine back up through the bottom, is that possible?

 

Yep, that will work just fine.

 

I used that muffler fix it tape type stuff. You wrap it around the part to be sealed, run car for 15 min to get it hot and it condenses thus sealing up the leak. Also, it has a million mile lifespan so you can count on that tape stuff being there even if the rest of the header is gone.