LT Headers on lowered car???

soonerfever · May 18, 2008

My 98 is lowered (not too much) and I am considering LT headers. I was shorties all the way but some of you guys said they were pretty useless (power wise). I know the advantage of LT's but I am worried about them getting banged up. Right now my O/R pipe drags over some speed bumps. Has anyone got LT's on a lowered car?

EPIK · May 18, 2008

My car is lowered over 2 inches on coilovers & I have Mac LT's & havent scraped them any worse than I scraped m catted H pipe. Granted, my car isnt a DD, & I do drive carefully since I did the LT's, but i havent had any problems yet.... If you are worried about ground clearance Mac LT's are the ticket. They are also great quality for how cheap they are & u will notice a huge increase in power, or at least I did.... Kooks, SLP,BBK, & Hooker all hang pretty low & could pose a potential problem.

The one thing to remember is that Mac & BBK both wont allow tranny removal once installed, so u might want to make sure your clutch is in good working order before you install the LT's because the tranny will not come out without removing the LT's...

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In this pic u can see that they barely hang lower than my subframes...

As u can see, my car is pretty low too...I say, go for it!!!

soonerfever · May 18, 2008

Thanks for the info. EPIK! Did you have any problems putting the headers on and are they coated? By the way you have beautiful car!

deftsound · May 18, 2008

here are my bbk's

EPIK · May 18, 2008

soonerfever said:
Thanks for the info. EPIK! Did you have any problems putting the headers on and are they coated? By the way you have beautiful car!

Thanks bro...

I didnt install them myself. I paid a freind & his buddy to install them. They had installed quite a few sets of Modular longtubes so they had it down pretty good. They did it on the floor of their garage in about 4 hours. It is a pretty involved job since u have to drop the K member to do it right, but I think anybody that can work on a car & has the right tools is capable of it. But plan on spending at least a day or 2 to do the job right if u have never done it before.....

Now that I look at Deftsounds pics of his BBK's, they dont look like they hang down much further than mine...BTW Deft, u need subframe connectors on that beast, u have more power than me....

deftsound · May 18, 2008

EPIK said:
Thanks bro...

I didnt install them myself. I paid a freind & his buddy to install them. They had installed quite a few sets of Modular longtubes so they had it down pretty good. They did it on the floor of their garage in about 4 hours. It is a pretty involved job since u have to drop the K member to do it right, but I think anybody that can work on a car & has the right tools is capable of it. But plan on spending at least a day or 2 to do the job right if u have never done it before.....

Now that I look at Deftsounds pics of his BBK's, they dont look like they hang down much further than mine...BTW Deft, u need subframe connectors on that beast, u have more power than me....

those are old pictures, i have mm full lengths like you now

soonerfever · May 18, 2008

Hey guys I really appreciate the advice!

chefalan23 · May 18, 2008

that is one sweet lookin mach

EPIK · May 18, 2008

deftsound said:
those are old pictures, i have mm full lengths like you now

One of the best mods 4 sure!!!

soonerfever said:
Hey guys I really appreciate the advice!

No problem

chefalan23 said:
that is one sweet lookin mach

thanks

SilverBullet00 · May 19, 2008

Here are my Kooks.... Nothing scrapes.... ever.. lowered with FRPP C springs with isolators removed.

deftsound · May 19, 2008

i've definitely banged the **** out of mine a couple times going over speed bumps

EPIK · May 19, 2008

SilverBullet00 said:
Here are my Kooks.... Nothing scrapes.... ever.. lowered with FRPP C springs with isolators removed.

NICE!!! Kooks are definitely some quality looking headers, but those do look pretty close to the ground for only being lowered on FRPP springs. Those flanges would be toast on my car, being as low as it is....

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