HioSSilver

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No nitrous....I hate that ****. It was more of a evolution of changes. Back to back with the same setup as the ls1 it picked up 6 tenths and 6 mph. Then I started tinkering with the car and tuned it and put 4.11 in it and it went 11.8@ 119.8 on the 18's. I drove it for years like that for a while then I started tinkering again. Changed from macs to kooks headers on it, did some constructive weight reduction(still has all creature comforts and sound deadening), faceplated the trans, put a 17# complete clutch setup in it. On the 122 mph it was actually bouncing off the rev limiter @ 6800 so I changed from the 4.11 to the 3.90 and picked up 2 mph to 124+ consistantly. It will go faster....I'm still not leaving on it very hard because of the 10bolt. It has more of a roadrace setup on it. The 11.1 was with my drag wheels but I'm pretty confident it will go a 11.3 on the 18's now.....I've been tinkering a little more . Amazing what a stock crate motor from GM can do with 80,000 on it now.

Black98T/A

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aside from just bad luck what could be wrong? I'm cutting the k member with a dremel but it's no picnic.

Greekey

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a dremel? Dude you need an angle grinder, your not making birdhouses.

Black98T/A

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I have to take out and replace or grind the sensor plug on the back of the head on the passenger side because the header is hitting it.

Black98T/A

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Ok the headers I have are Hooker 2469-hkr they are for a 2000-2002 F-body they have egr and air fittings

My car is a 98 the motor is a 04 CTS-V

hooker also has 2468-hkr they are for 1998-1999 F-body

Sumitt recommended the 2469 but does anyone know the difference?

Black98T/A

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Just called hooker and the tech said I should have gotten the 2468

Black98T/A

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but he didn't really give me a reason he just said "because the 2468 are for a 98 car"

What's the difference in a 98 and 2000 T/A body aren't they identical?

This is going to be a PITA to either have my car sitting atleast 2 weeks to send the headers back and exchange them or put everything back until I get them....unless these can work??

Black98T/A

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I have to grind or cut a chunk out of the passenger side K-member...and it still might not work..I really don't know what I should do??

Black98T/A

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I grinded the passenger K-member down quite a bit..it still hits and the bolts won't line up completely!

Looks like I'm putting my exhaust manifolds back on and sending these back!

Black98T/A

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Any help appreciated??? Did they send me the wrong headers? What's the difference aside from egr(which these have anyway) Should I keep grinding the k-member down? They got sratched up slightly from trying to line them up and I'm sure if I send them back they're going to nit pick and give me full credit.

TheSilverOne

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welcome to modifying a car. don't like it? either buy a better product or go back to stock.

Black98T/A

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Well the question is willthey work even when modifying? I grinded the k-member and they still hit and won't line up. I guess I can grind some more but 2000-2002 headers are supposed to work on a 98 car right??

Black98T/A

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The tech from Hooker was telling me "they aren't fitting because your car is a 98 and the headers are for an 00-02" I told him I thought the only difference was egr but these have them anyway and he was telling me the frame must be different.

Snake_Skinner

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^ x2

^ Also agree.

sounds fishy to me. I don't see why either of those headers shouldnt work on your car. If you've grinded and they still don't fit i'd definitily get another set of headers (and 1 7/8ths at that).

Black98T/A

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The problem is they're now used headers and I could
A)grind some more off the k-frame(how much is too much though?) and try lining them up again
b)quit...and box them up, send them back..wait a week till they get them...wait some more till they "inspect" them..so they can probably tell me they're scratched up and won't give me a full/partial refund. Put my exhaust manifolds. y-pipe. plugs etc and drive the car till I get different ones or let the car sit in my garage for 2 weeks.

Snake_Skinner

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Hmmm..... Post some pics of what you already ground off the K?

Black98T/A

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Will do..gonna give it another shot in the morning..I have to jack the car real high to take the header down...so I can grind more. The tech from Hooker doesn't know what the hell he's talking about...there is no difference in the frame from a 98-02...I'll probably have the same problem if I exchanged them for the 2468's...This has been one nightmare...

agenthol302

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the only differance i could tell between the set you got and the 2469 is the flange thickness

Black98T/A

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The set I have is the 2469...the 2468 are the ones for a 98-99. I was looking at the headers on ebay they are one size fits all for 98-02 F-bodies so there must be no difference in the bends or the collector size with the Hookers. I seriously doubt they changed the location of the k member from 98-99 and 00-02 cars like the guy from Hooker said.Gonna take some pics before I start grinding some more.

Black98T/A

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This is my problem...on the passenger side the tube is hitting the top of the k member when the bolts are lined up as best as I can get them