Can C5 Vette Headers be made to fit an LS1 F-Body?
06-02-2008, 09:26 PM
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never heard anyone attempt this, but if you have access to a machine shop i dont see why not? I would think there would be some fab work. Did you just happen to run across a free set of headers? if not i wouldnt bother with it.
) and then get some Fbody ones. Not worth your time to fab them.~Cole~
06-09-2008, 09:15 PM
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No i already have pacesetter Lt's for and f-body already on, just wondering if vette headers would fit since they make the car sound soooo much nicer
06-09-2008, 11:29 PM
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damn does everybody get pacecetters....i know there cheap...but damn be original alil bit...i cant tell u how many camaros i see on base an i know three of em sound the same...same ole pace headers and truduals dumped...ahhhh get somthin DIFF!!!..
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06-10-2008, 05:02 PM
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even if you could fit headers designed for the vette on the fbody, it aint going to sound like a vette. you can put any LT header on an LS1 fbody weather it be kooks, pacesetter, stainless works etc...... its the catback, presence of cats, lack of cats, x pipe, y pipe, muffler choice etc.....those determine the sound and pitch.
06-11-2008, 06:08 PM
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Original is hard to come by when original is mostly expensive or challenging to fabricate.
06-11-2008, 06:35 PM
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I would like to know the answer to this as well. I pondered the idea when I put an ls1 in my third gen. The area that I think the won't fit is at the collector. The vette oil pan is not as deep as the fbody, and the front of the torque tube is a lot smaller than a t56 or 4l60...and that's where the collectors come together to run the duals down the middle of the vette.
06-11-2008, 06:40 PM
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even if you could fit headers designed for the vette on the fbody, it aint going to sound like a vette. you can put any LT header on an LS1 fbody weather it be kooks, pacesetter, stainless works etc...... its the catback, presence of cats, lack of cats, x pipe, y pipe, muffler choice etc.....those determine the sound and pitch.
06-12-2008, 07:08 PM
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06-12-2008, 07:11 PM
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Pacesetters here too!!!! Mine are the Lts into a ORY right into a single cutout into a flowmaster catback which is pretty quiet when the caps on the cutout!!!
06-12-2008, 07:35 PM
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It's the complete system which causes the difference in sound. Length and shape of the headers, placing of the cats or lack off, length from the cats to the x or h, length from the x or h to the mufflers, length of pipe from muffler to tip. Change any of those and you will change the sound. Tunning exhaust for different sound can be very tedious.
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It's the complete system which causes the difference in sound. Length and shape of the headers, placing of the cats or lack off, length from the cats to the x or h, length from the x or h to the mufflers, length of pipe from muffler to tip. Change any of those and you will change the sound. Tunning exhaust for different sound can be very tedious.
Everyonce in a while you hear a sick sounding fbody and its all custom exhaust work and not just the usual exhaust stuff