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Old Apr 6, 2013 | 05:59 PM
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What are the tightest block-huggers out there that people would recommend?
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The flyin' miata headers are pretty damn tight... they're made to fit into a miata frame

http://www.flyinmiata.com/index.php?...umber=26-06100
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Excellent - can anyone else recommend any others?
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Excellent - can anyone else recommend any others?
Sanderson headers?
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You dropped an LSx into a 2nd gen Capri?!?!

TOO COOL!!!!
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Sanderson headers?
Ah yes i've heard good things about them - need to find if someone like summit can ship thenm to the uk for me....

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You dropped an LSx into a 2nd gen Capri?!?!

TOO COOL!!!!
I have indeed....
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You dropped an LSx into a 2nd gen Capri?!?!

TOO COOL!!!!
Very original swap by the way. That thing is going to fly. Good roll cage and belts?
What wil you use for a rear axle?
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Isn't it amazing how much more room to move there is in that engine bay, than our 4th gen f bodies (and this in a car which NEVER had more than an OHV V-6 installed, save for those few group 4 racing versions with the 4 cam, 24 valve {Cossie/Zakspeed??} heads, and ITB injection systems?!!!
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