Music to me ears Thanks for the advice!

 

I talked to kooks headers today and they seem to think that fbody long tube ls1 headers will fit little to no work

 

That's too funny...I talked to Kooks last month and they were basically laughing at me and they tried referring me to various f-body tuners

 

f-body headers wont work. I tried a buddies set to see if the would fit. The steering shaft is a huge problem with those. Although the short tube f-budy heads work. I think brains has tried that setup.

 

A buddy put Pacesetters in his LS1 Mustang, but it was pretty ugly. Definitely didn't fit correctly and needed a LOT of BFH work. He ended up dinging the primaries in several locations to make them work. I personally can't do work like that, so I ended up cutting up a set of Summit Racing headers and welding 'em up to fit properly. I've got more clearance than I know what to do with now

 

I tried a set of mustang shorties and they fit great.

 

I also used the Mac 1 3/4 351 long tubes with the ls1 flanges, but my drivers side header took about 10 minutes to fit but the passanger side was much harder.

Jamie

 

Awesome swap!

 

im using a set of hookers for a f-body and set of hookers for a fox and cutting them up and making one set of headers

 

vanilla, thats an expensive way of going about things.

 

it sounds like it but i got the set for the f-body for free and i had the set for my coupe so its not that bad

 

talk to lemmons headers, i talked to them about 6 months ago and they said that they were getting quite a bit of calls regarding swap headers for an ls1 in a fox.
the guy told me he would build them if i bought him the plastic model of the engine ( an he would deduct the price from the total cost) so they can mock it up at their shop ( i think they have a mock up mustang for those deals at AJE racing , who are good friends of lemmons).

so why not try to get them a group of people , kinda like a group buy so they would do this??

 

I'd be in on that, I'd just love to be clear up front on the cost so there's no $urprises :-)

 

Lemmons is not cheap, by any means. They'll be over a grand a set.

 

I agree that's a bit steep, but I'm a lousy welder and I'd like a set of 1 3/4" headers that work well (as far as fitment and power is concerned). I'm actually going to try and adapt my 1 3/4" 302-based BBK's to a set of LS1 flanges (since I have a set sitting around), and if I can't make that work I'd like to have the "easy way out" option

 

So maybe i missed this in my search....will MAC Ls1 mid lengths work unmodified?

Thanks

 

No header company will make make a production set of ls1 fox swap headers. There are too many things to clear for them to work. You better off bringing some j bends to an exhaust shop and let them modify your 302 headers. Youll come out cheaper ans it will fit right the first time. Id hate to spend a grand on a set of headers where they were designed with a 4.6l k-member in ming and your using a k-member with chevy mounts. They mount the motor in 2 completely different spots. They would have too many problems making a set that fit the majority.

 

Good point on the K-member, I'm using the AJE piece with the SBC mounts, which is different from what I've seen. I suppose this is why some folks are having trouble with fitment when using the same parts

You realists need to quit dashing my hopes and dreams for an easy fix

yeah yeah I'm kidding, nothing good ever comes easy

 

Thats the only way you can make a ford fast

 

The "right" way to do it would be to build a "kit" ... ie. a package deal, where you get the K-member, motor mounts, and headers that all match. I don't think anyone is married to a certain K-member, as long as its reliable and locates things properly.