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Old May 11, 2005 | 11:33 PM
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Spoke with Bruce Hawkins yesterday..............


The first 10 sets of headers will arrive in 3 weeks. He's got another order of 10 sets coming in a few weeks after that!

He's estimating at least a 25-30 hp increase at the wheels, based on how much the stock motor car that they used to make the header jig beat another stock motor car without the headers.

Bruce told me to spread the word that these headers are SWEET.

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Old May 12, 2005 | 12:36 AM
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i was gonna throw down for a set.. but then they got jacked up another 100 bux and i said screw it.. ill just get a zex kit
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Old May 12, 2005 | 04:34 AM
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I'll be forking out some money as soon as I hear how well they fit from the guinea's. Also, I thought I read somewhere, but didnt see on the site (Hawks), that the collectors were 2 1/2" instead of 3". Wonder why?

Pass the word: StngKlr's car is going through surgery, and in the end it will be the fastest GenIII powered thirdgen in all of the land.
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Pass the word: StngKlr's car is going through surgery, and in the end it will be the fastest GenIII powered thirdgen in all of the land.
oh REALLLY now?











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Old May 12, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by MrDude_1
oh REALLLY now?
We'll see, might take some time though.
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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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Well, since an LS2 is technically Gen IV I guess mine won't count for that title.
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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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Ya'll have some catching up to do, and i am not getting any slower...We shall see how this weekend turns out!

My best 1/8 mile so far: 7.21 @ 99.08
that was with some issues...
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Whats the real sales price?????
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Old May 12, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dj92GTA
i was gonna throw down for a set.. but then they got jacked up another 100 bux and i said screw it.. ill just get a zex kit
Can't say as I see that they've increased the price at all??????
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Old May 12, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1 Hybrid Magna
Whats the real sales price?????
He's got them listed as $749 for just the headers on his website. www.hawksthirdgenparts.com Add $40 if you want A.I.R. tubes. No EGR option. Y-pipe and Cats can also be bought as a package (Not a bad package price for RANDOM cats, either).
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Old May 12, 2005 | 06:52 PM
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yea he didnt raise the price on the headers, just the y-pipe.

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Old May 12, 2005 | 11:58 PM
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I would like Long Tubes as well, but i am scared that they may not fit...When i installed the exhaust manifolds, i had a set of 2002's and a set of 1998's, well the 2002 fit great on the driver side, but hit on the passenger side, so i had to install the 98 manifold on the passenger side, i thought the 02 manifolds would fit and are suppose to flow better, but i fear it has to do with my camaro????
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Old May 13, 2005 | 07:55 AM
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what did the 02 manifolds hit on? mine fit fine, but i have a tubular Kmember...
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Old May 13, 2005 | 11:49 AM
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When trying to bolt on it seemed to rest on the k-member just to the right side of the motor mount. Yeah like i said i am worried it is my car, because i have found a bunch of stuff wrong with this thing since i have owned it. It has been crunched hard on the right side at one time. I was going to replaced lower a-arm bushings while putting in the conversion mounts, but someone has welded the bolt to the k-member for some strange reason. There has been quite a bit of work done on the car...

It did have normal SBC headers installed though, so i dont think that would be an issue. I did have to do some modifying on the f-body motorsports conversion mount to get them to fit. and i think it might have lowered the engine some in the k-member which i guess could have caused it???
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Old May 13, 2005 | 12:14 PM
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Cain,

Bruce's headers were designed and fitted to stock k-member and LOWERED cars, if that helps any. I'd give Bruce a call and discuss the situation, he may have some thoughts or similar experiences with as many swaps as he's done.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 12:34 PM
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that the collectors were 2 1/2" instead of 3". Wonder why?
I talked to Bruce about this and he said it was because of the lowered cars.
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Originally Posted by CamaroCain
Ya'll have some catching up to do, and i am not getting any slower...We shall see how this weekend turns out!

My best 1/8 mile so far: 7.21 @ 99.08
that was with some issues...

That 7.21 @ 99.08 is on the sauce though, right? I'm just shooting for internet glory, so to clarify my goals: First I'll shoot for the fastest thirdgen with a Gen III motor that is cam only and bolt-ons, then I'll shoot for the same with a power adder. This means I'll probably be one of a few in that class who actually cares and the glory will be all mine.

I'm really just looking for an excuse to dump some more money into this car. Thats not being very rational is it?
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Old May 15, 2005 | 04:09 AM
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89FormulaLS2´s 402 will roll over your a.. like if you were parking at the track !

And for power adder 3rd gen ls1 we will see ..... !
A F1 headunit is 2500$ if we cant get a magna intake well go evenso we hate it with a F1...

To the topic any LT install pics from a buyer?

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Originally Posted by StngKlr
That 7.21 @ 99.08 is on the sauce though, right? I'm just shooting for internet glory, so to clarify my goals: First I'll shoot for the fastest thirdgen with a Gen III motor that is cam only and bolt-ons, then I'll shoot for the same with a power adder. This means I'll probably be one of a few in that class who actually cares and the glory will be all mine.

I'm really just looking for an excuse to dump some more money into this car. Thats not being very rational is it?

oh yea?

im shooting for fastest thirdgen with a Gen III motor that is 224/228 cam only and bolt-ons.



(im not very rational either. )
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Originally Posted by MrDude_1
oh yea?

im shooting for fastest thirdgen with a Gen III motor that is 224/228 cam only and bolt-ons.



(im not very rational either. )

If you need help call me my name is RUDY hahahah
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