LT Headers on lowered car???

soonerfever

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My 98 is lowered (not too much) and I am considering LT headers. I was shorties all the way but some of you guys said they were pretty useless (power wise). I know the advantage of LT's but I am worried about them getting banged up. Right now my O/R pipe drags over some speed bumps. Has anyone got LT's on a lowered car?
 
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My car is lowered over 2 inches on coilovers & I have Mac LT's & havent scraped them any worse than I scraped m catted H pipe. Granted, my car isnt a DD, & I do drive carefully since I did the LT's, but i havent had any problems yet.... If you are worried about ground clearance Mac LT's are the ticket. They are also great quality for how cheap they are & u will notice a huge increase in power, or at least I did.... Kooks, SLP,BBK, & Hooker all hang pretty low & could pose a potential problem.

The one thing to remember is that Mac & BBK both wont allow tranny removal once installed, so u might want to make sure your clutch is in good working order before you install the LT's because the tranny will not come out without removing the LT's...

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In this pic u can see that they barely hang lower than my subframes...

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As u can see, my car is pretty low too...I say, go for it!!!

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Thanks for the info. EPIK! Did you have any problems putting the headers on and are they coated? By the way you have beautiful car!

Thanks bro...

I didnt install them myself. I paid a freind & his buddy to install them. They had installed quite a few sets of Modular longtubes so they had it down pretty good. They did it on the floor of their garage in about 4 hours. It is a pretty involved job since u have to drop the K member to do it right, but I think anybody that can work on a car & has the right tools is capable of it. But plan on spending at least a day or 2 to do the job right if u have never done it before.....

Now that I look at Deftsounds pics of his BBK's, they dont look like they hang down much further than mine...BTW Deft, u need subframe connectors on that beast, u have more power than me:D....
 
Thanks bro...

I didnt install them myself. I paid a freind & his buddy to install them. They had installed quite a few sets of Modular longtubes so they had it down pretty good. They did it on the floor of their garage in about 4 hours. It is a pretty involved job since u have to drop the K member to do it right, but I think anybody that can work on a car & has the right tools is capable of it. But plan on spending at least a day or 2 to do the job right if u have never done it before.....

Now that I look at Deftsounds pics of his BBK's, they dont look like they hang down much further than mine...BTW Deft, u need subframe connectors on that beast, u have more power than me:D....

those are old pictures, i have mm full lengths like you now