regorih383

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Hi,

I'm in the process of helping my buddy build a custom full exhaust for his rock crawler with an Ls1. I have a spare set of C5 kook headers which fit perfectly but that's all I have.

My question is how can I duplicate the socket connection you typically find on the kook x-pipe connection point to the headers?

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I've searched on google but haven't found any useful information. Any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Roger

Striker289

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you can buy them at retailers. they are made by kooks. i think they are 60 bucks a piece. had to get them when i built the exhaust for my buddies g8.

regorih383

iTrader: (21)

Thanks, but I want to do them myself since we are doing the exhaust out of aluminum past the headers.

Roger

Striker289

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gotcha. you can have an exhaust shop flair the socket for you(we can make them on my bender at work). just need to find flanges, which i couldn't find on short notice. that's why i used the kooks parts.

Blown06

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Can't you just cut the part with the ball **** on it off and go from there with some v-bands or the like?

regorih383

iTrader: (21)

We could but it's something we want to replicate over and over again using kook headers.

KOOKS Headers

In order to replicate this over and over you would need the tooling.

regorih383

iTrader: (21)

Can I licence this technology?

Or do you sell the ball and socket connection for custom exhaust?

Blown06

iTrader: (32)

Kooks headers don't come with a flange on them last I checked. If you buy their y pipe don't they send you to cheesy *** clamps to use with the other side of the piping expanded to slip over?

I'm just rambling about because the very first time I did a v-banded exhaust system.........it became the only way I'll do it.

Krom

any muffler shop should have the tool to make the socket.

Teddy-2000RS

Seems like you could save yourself a lot of time and money and just weld v-bands to the header.

regorih383

iTrader: (21)

I have other plans which involve not cutting up the kook headers up. I'll need to stop at a muffler shop