General LSX Automobile Discussion - Can C5 Vette Headers be made to fit an LS1 F-Body?

anyone hear of this or attempt this?

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.

Anything is possible, but for all practical purposes, no. The flanges are probably all that's the same.

Just sell those and buy some F-car headers.

......Just sell those and buy some F-car headers.

My Thoughts exactly. Just sell them for a lower price to the Corvette guys(will love the Corvette tax break:D) and then get some Fbody ones. Not worth your time to fab them.~Cole~

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

The design is much different. I would have to say no. There is not much room to work with under the F-body.

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!!!..

sry for the rant...they sound very nice...its just all my buds copied one another....but ne way...dont bother

sry for the rant...they sound very nice...its just all my buds copied one another....but ne way...dont bother

Maybe you shoud sell the mac mids and get some pacesetters :engarde:

^ ahahahah

:punch:Man o Man talking about tha mans headers.

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.

Maybe you shoud sell the mac mids and get some pacesetters :engarde:

yea maybe i would...IF I STILL HAD THE CAR:eyes:

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!!!..

Original is hard to come by when original is mostly expensive or challenging to fabricate.

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.

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.

exactly. The headers have nothing to do with the Vette's sound. It's the perfect true dual exhausts that they have

exactly. The headers have nothing to do with the Vette's sound. It's the perfect true dual exhausts that they have

that does play a big part in it but take a corvette and camaro and put them side by side, both open headers and they will sound totally different.

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!!!..

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!!!

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.

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.

100% agree

Everyonce in a while you hear a sick sounding fbody and its all custom exhaust work and not just the usual exhaust stuff

^true enough. But headers i think play one of the biggest differences, if both the camaro and corvette had true duals. I think that an f-body with vette headers, catless x pipes and corsa mufflers from a c6 would sound pretty damn unique and close to a c5 vette, wouldnt you agree?

It would sound unique and get you close. If all of the measurements were similar. You could measure the length of the C5 headers and specs, then have a set of headers custom made for an F-body to get as close as possible to those measurements and still fit. Then build your x as close as possible with a set of "vette" mufflers of your choosing. If you are willing to put the time and money into it, you can get a vette like sound. I think someone should do it, the question has been around for years.

I had TDs on my T/A. It was a TSP X with single chambers. It had the bad ass old school muscle sound. My Z06 sounds totally different. But I love them both.

i know exactly what u mean, TDs on a f-body and vette sound totally different. Maybe when i get some extra money i will call kooks up and see if they can make me a set or just try and see how a vette header mates up to an f-bod

ttt! Has anyone done this yet? I have a set of B&B longtubes I got for free off a c5 corvette. I want to know if I can bolt them up!?

guess not....