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Aug 3, 2016 | 08:31 PM

bgbainbridge

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cast hooker header equivalent?

I am trying to find something that will fit on a 6.0l in a 1963 Cadillac.

I pulled the motor out of a chevy express and used the motor mounts from it to mount it in the Cadillac. I seems that my motor mounts flair out towards the frame a bit where it seems many ls motor mounts are smaller and more cantilevered from the bottom...

I am not concerned about performance at this point, only finding something that fits. The van exhaust manifolds dont fit, the flair out to much at the back. I bought truck hugger manifolds and the they hit my mounts.

I just got a set of cast hooker manifolds, and they almost fit, they barely are hitting my mounts, I am sure I could grind them a bit but I would like more clearance than that.

My question is, are there manifolds/headers where the manifold part is up higher? Not sure if there is stock option out there? Sorry for the giant photo

Aug 4, 2016 | 09:46 PM

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Maybe Caddy LSA manifolds?

Hard to beat those Hooker manifolds for compactness.

Andrew

Aug 4, 2016 | 10:16 PM

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Maybe Caddy LSA manifolds?

Hard to beat those Hooker manifolds for compactness.

Andrew

Thanks for the suggestion Andrew and taking the time to provide a photo, I will see if I can find out more on them

Aug 6, 2016 | 12:00 PM

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Thanks for the suggestion Andrew and taking the time to provide a photo, I will see if I can find out more on them

I found LS3 corvette C6 manifolds cheap and narrow in width. My old truck has a very narrow frame. I forget but think either 24" or 27" wide. The L92 truck manifolds were WAY too wide.