LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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i am wanting to run LT's. they are going to be emission-style bc the car is my daily. i cant decide on KOOK's stainless or Pacesetters. i want a good fit and i am wondering how much longer the stainless lasts. i know it will need a tune and im not sure what i have to do to the O2 sensors so i could use some help there.other than that my only concern is ground clearance which im hoping wont be sooo bad.
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my sig should have popped up...i have a Eibach pro-kit, thus my concern for ground clearance
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Originally Posted by TXFORMULA
i am wanting to run LT's. they are going to be emission-style bc the car is my daily. i cant decide on KOOK's stainless or Pacesetters. i want a good fit and i am wondering how much longer the stainless lasts. i know it will need a tune and im not sure what i have to do to the O2 sensors so i could use some help there.other than that my only concern is ground clearance which im hoping wont be sooo bad.
I have the Kooks LTs and their dual-cat/y-pipe and it all tucks up very nicely.
Fit and finish is great and was an easy install.
http://picasaweb.google.com/calder.c...19944777334450
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I have the Kooks stepped 1 3/4-1 7/8 stepped headers with the emissions hook ups and the fit/finish is fantastic...Ground clearance is fantastic, plug clearance is good and the slip fit collectors make for great ground clearance plus they tuck up very nicely...and having them in stainless means they should be the last headers you have to install...

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i was already leaning towards the kook's. that does look like a nice fit caldercay. now, what will i have to do to the O2 sensors, if anything? do i want to switch to wideband o2's or something? i noticed that kooks sells the headers with o2's. do i want those o2's?
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Originally Posted by TXFORMULA
i was already leaning towards the kook's. that does look like a nice fit caldercay. now, what will i have to do to the O2 sensors, if anything? do i want to switch to wideband o2's or something? i noticed that kooks sells the headers with o2's. do i want those o2's?
I re-used my O2 sensors. I also got their O2 wire extension kit, since the
O2 bungs are in the header's collectors. I ordered all my Kooks stuff from
MarylandSpeed (just google them), thereby saving a good deal of money.
All the components were actually shipped directly from Kooks. (Just to be
specific, I did get the emissions type Kooks, since I'm in Texas).
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i'll check it out. were the wire extensions easy to run? do you just splice them on ?
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i'll check it out. were the wire extensions easy to run? do you just splice them on ?
The extensions have plugs on both ends, so you just snap one end into the
O2 wire plug, then the other end of the extension plugs into the O2's plug.
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oh. thats great. i was a little worried about that aspect. thanks for the info




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