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Old 09-15-2010, 05:21 PM
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ok so I founded a good deal on some coated headers but i want to know if the will fit in my Camaro I used Google but no luck. can sombody help a knoob thanks
http://denver.craigslist.org/pts/1955880735.html
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Not even close
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70-79 pontiac has a completely different engine block and heads. you need headers specifically for the 93-97 LT1 camaro/firebird
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Thanks for the replies
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Originally Posted by LVZ2881
70-79 pontiac has a completely different engine block and heads. you need headers specifically for the 93-97 LT1 camaro/firebird
wrong, you can use any sbc header on the Lt1 but you cant use them because they 95% of the time will not fit in the engine bay and clear the frame and bulkhead. Which header might fit idk but I wouldnt try those to fit at all.
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I had a mid 70's TA and it had a Big Block. Not sure if they all did or not though
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nope some of them even came with a 307,305 sbc
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Originally Posted by robsquikz28
wrong, you can use any sbc header on the Lt1 but you cant use them because they 95% of the time will not fit in the engine bay and clear the frame and bulkhead. Which header might fit idk but I wouldnt try those to fit at all.
Technically wrong, the older T/A's had Pontiac specific blocks, not SBCs. However I don't know if they had a similar design to SBCs or not.
While SBC headers may match up to the heads, like you said they won't fit the bay or body.
OP, LT1 F Body specific headers are the only things that will fit.
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Yes they also came with 403s and other engines..But many people now adays will find a car that has a standard sbc 350 such as. In the cars now a days because the other engines cost to much to keep and/build even the 389s
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Originally Posted by robsquikz28
Yes they also came with 403s and other engines..But many people now adays will find a car that has a standard sbc 350 such as. In the cars now a days because the other engines cost to much to keep and/build even the 389s
Right. As awsome as those old engines are when rebuilt, the rarity makes that part suck hard.
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If they are for a SBC as said the differences in the layout of the engine bay would make then not fit.
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Originally Posted by Johnny-LT1-runner
Technically wrong, the older T/A's had Pontiac specific blocks, not SBCs. However I don't know if they had a similar design to SBCs or not.
While SBC headers may match up to the heads, like you said they won't fit the bay or body.
OP, LT1 F Body specific headers are the only things that will fit.


The Pontiac engine had "siamesed" center exhaust ports, simlar to an SBC, but I think the port spacing is different. More importantly, the Pontiac heads are cast with the exhaust ports having more downward angle than the SBC heads, so even if the flanges would bolt up, the headers wouldn't remotely fit in the chassis...
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Like I said, the Op needs headers specifically for the LT1 car...



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