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Sep 29, 2011 | 10:07 AM

BIGDRAGON

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Headers on lowered car

I did a search and couldn't really find anything, I'm researching which headers have the best ground clearance on a lowered f-body before I pull the trigger.

Sep 29, 2011 | 11:57 AM

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im on the crappy eibach pro kit with bbk LTs + y. the ground clearance is actually better than it was with the factory y.

Sep 29, 2011 | 12:20 PM

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Anything but the old style SLP's shouldn't have a problem honestly.

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Sep 29, 2011 | 12:24 PM

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I've heard ARH has one of the best ground clearances, I'm in talks with ARH stocking dealers now

Sep 29, 2011 | 06:16 PM

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my y pipe hangs lower than my headers. maybe the y pipe clearance should be your limiting factor

Sep 29, 2011 | 06:31 PM

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Yeah my y pipe hangs lower than the lt's too. On the driver side its a little lower than the passanger. I have sportlines and i barely clip speed bumps if i go over them at an angle.. I think just about any lt will have a problem with ground clearance.

Sep 29, 2011 | 07:31 PM

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So the problem is not the header is the Y-pipe right? which Y-pipe has the clearance? what if I go with catted Y.
Thanks for info.

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Sep 30, 2011 | 01:52 AM

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The headers are still part of the ground clearance issue people have with some exhausts(Headers/Y-pipe) hanging low, it's not only the Y-pipe.

Sep 30, 2011 | 02:16 AM

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My y hits everything. My car sits pretty damn low though. How far lowered are you?

Sep 30, 2011 | 02:21 AM

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The headers are still part of the ground clearance issue people have with some exhausts(Headers/Y-pipe) hanging low, it's not only the Y-pipe.

^^ agreed, my friends 99 z28 had a set of hooker headers with a pacesetter Y pipe and it went over bumps and driveways fine, but once he got the edelbrock 1 3/4 stepped to 1 7/8 with the pacesetter Y it hit everything. I also have the edelbrocks and if you look at the car from the driver side you can CLEARLY see the collector, as opposed to my friend's car who has a set of TSP 1 7/8 longtubes you can't see it at all.

Sep 30, 2011 | 09:24 AM

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I'm leaning toward the Kooks headers and Kooks ORY/Y-catted with solid motor mounts not 100% sure yet.

Sep 30, 2011 | 09:51 AM

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Just did ARH and their ORY.. Y pipe is tucked up way better than the stocker! Im on the pro-kit aswell havent scraped a thing yet! Also did Poly MM's. Best mods yet! Good luck

Sep 30, 2011 | 11:56 AM

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My y hits everything. My car sits pretty damn low though. How far lowered are you?

I've got around a 2" drop, and a hair under 2" ground clearance on the Y-pipe on the driver side.
This is at ride height.

Sep 30, 2011 | 05:18 PM

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What brand of Y-pipe do you have? That's some real nice clearance there.

Sep 30, 2011 | 07:16 PM

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That's the bbk lt headers and ORY-pipe.

Sep 30, 2011 | 07:51 PM

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Just did ARH and their ORY.. Y pipe is tucked up way better than the stocker! Im on the pro-kit aswell havent scraped a thing yet! Also did Poly MM's. Best mods yet! Good luck

That's not the first time I've heard this!!