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: header and cross memeber question..


crash landing
03-20-2004, 03:37 PM
I know this has been covered already.but i think i need a lil more input and suggestions..
I have currently inside my 81 el camino a 400 small block..I have just discovered that the headers that i used..hooker shorty headers...dont really fit..on the passenger side one of the tubes is against the frame..Will the flow tech headers fit without any sort of modifications? A 400 small block shouldnt be bigger than a 350 or am i overlooking something..ANyone with more input please feel free to give me some..I read the other posts but im still kinda leary of getting another set of headers unless i know they are gonna work out..Also .do i have to have a special crossmemeber to have true duals? Or is that something a good muffler shop can work around..
thanks again guys..

Tommy
03-20-2004, 05:18 PM
The flow tech are surposed to fit great . I haven't tried them yet to know for sure. You need a aftermarket crossmember or modify the stock one. It depends on the shop to were they will do the mod or not.