Got my ebay headers today
Originally Posted by Nine Ball
Lets leave the vendor names out (ebay vendor names) too. We do not want any form of advertising for those headers. They can discuss fit/finish/installation/performance etc... of them all day long if they wish. Just let the threads remain technical, and not marketing related.
Prices/links/vendor names should not be posted. If someone can't figure out how to find ebay headers without a link, they need to off themselves.
Ok you closed then other one. I'm looking for a discusion on the material used and nothing more. It sounds like a bargain but if 321 doesnt weld that good then there are going to be some possible issues. I think that merits a discussion. Which is the better material for this particular use? 304 or 321. I understand the business aspect and the sponsors here, this might be the argument to use to help them.
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From what i have researched about 321 stainless steel, this is the same steel that some aircraft exhaust is made from. i read somewhere that it doesn't weld good however anther type of steel (347welding rod) is used to weld it and doesn't effect strengh or integrity of the weld. anyone know about the welds of the xs headers?
Well we put my XS lt's on today. 1st off, the TSP Y pipe will not work with these headers at all. My shop is done for tonight and gonna have to get some pipes tomorrow and make me a custom Y tomorrow. We had no issues getting the headers on. Pass. side slid right in. Jacked up the motor a little and used a pry bar to move the motor a lil to the right for the drivers side and it went right in too. The drivers side collector sits pretty damn close to the floor board, not to crazy about that. We did not hack off the casting block on the engine block. There's little to no clearance between the drivers side header and the k member so the k member will need to be clearanced a little. Not a big deal but the Y pipe issue sucks. I guess will get it taken care of tomorrow.
there's a tab that extends out from the block (was used for the assembly line mounting, has no purpose) i had to cut it off... so has a lot of other people with all brands of LT's
What they are saying is that 321 is harder to use as a rod because of it's titanium content. If th manufaturer used it as a rod than it just means that it would be harder to weld with and possibly not as strong a weld. I highly doubt that they used 321 for a rod though. That would just make manufacturing them a bitch. They probably used a 347 or something.
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Originally Posted by INMY01TA
Well we put my XS lt's on today. 1st off, the TSP Y pipe will not work with these headers at all. My shop is done for tonight and gonna have to get some pipes tomorrow and make me a custom Y tomorrow. We had no issues getting the headers on. Pass. side slid right in. Jacked up the motor a little and used a pry bar to move the motor a lil to the right for the drivers side and it went right in too. The drivers side collector sits pretty damn close to the floor board, not to crazy about that. We did not hack off the casting block on the engine block. There's little to no clearance between the drivers side header and the k member so the k member will need to be clearanced a little. Not a big deal but the Y pipe issue sucks. I guess will get it taken care of tomorrow.
Originally Posted by Rothman
What they are saying is that 321 is harder to use as a rod because of it's titanium content. If th manufaturer used it as a rod than it just means that it would be harder to weld with and possibly not as strong a weld. I highly doubt that they used 321 for a rod though. That would just make manufacturing them a bitch. They probably used a 347 or something.
Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
Well this begs the question why are these so cheap?
Well god damn it I have a TSP Y aswell. Guess Ima have to have someone modify it aswell. There has been some word that this company will be making a Ypipe specifically for these headers some time soon. I dont know if that is still going on but that would certainly be nice.
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Originally Posted by TRANSAM_2000
Does anyone know if a pacesetter y-pipe will work?
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I dont know about them going in better but they do have Y pipes to fit them. This company is supposed to start making a Y pipe soon. I would get these over the pacesetters, theyre freaking stainless steel. Might want to wait for there Y pipe to come out or call an exhaust shop and figure out how much it would cost for them to fab one up.
