Author Topic: long tube headers with 2-4 drop  (Read 2937 times)

Offline 79Stepside

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long tube headers with 2-4 drop
« on: May 28, 2007, 10:31:05 PM »
Has anyone had any clearance problems with running long tube headers with a 2-4 drop and running 15 inch wheels? Olease let me know and or post pics of your truck. still can't decide what drop I want either 2-4 or 3-5.


Offline bigblock73

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Re: long tube headers with 2-4 drop
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2007, 11:09:46 AM »
You will be fine, I had Hooker Comp headers with a 4" drop...no problems what-so-ever.
Jeff

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Re: long tube headers with 2-4 drop
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2007, 11:39:08 PM »
I had Blackjack long tubes for mine...it's 3/4 dropped. Didn't have problems with the drop but didn't like the fact that the left collector ended up being about 3-4 inches from the tranny crossmember. Plus they dropped too visually low for my liking. Sold them and got shorties for and 88-up model. BUT, I have to clearance the lower section of the frame about 1/4 inch on the left side to get the collector to fit. Always a trade off I guess. With the shorties, the exhaust will be mostly hidden inside the frame rails. Hope this helps.