Project: L-body headers

[mickaz]

gonna ask a Silly question but are these only going to be good for the 3x00 L-bodies or will they also work with the 2nd Gen 2800 L-Bodies??????

there was a 2nd gen L-body?

[Charless1]

gonna ask a Silly question but are these only going to be good for the 3x00 L-bodies or will they also work with the 2nd Gen 2800 L-Bodies??????

[Weatheralls Auto]

Make them into turbo headers fitting a Third gen J with stick, then they would fit anything LOL

[ForcedFirebird]

Ben has helped out tremendously! TIG is secured, you guys are in for a treat

[ForcedFirebird]

Not much done in the past couple days. Wasn't feeling good Monday and Tue, stayed home

Looking for a TIG welder actually to seal up the other 2 sets. Too much money to hire someone to do them, already skimping by with the low cost of these sets and only saving grace is I had most of the materials purchased a long time ago.

We have also been discussing some other header/manifold designs for the budget-minded peeps

[RedBird]

thanks john how's it coming with the headers?

[ForcedFirebird]

1/4" NPT

You can get them at an auto store or Home Depot/Lowe's etc.

[RedBird]

quick thread-jack - what's the thread pitch on the OPSU? i.e. what fitting do i need to buy to move it 45* or 90*? mine's too close to my front downpipe as it is, replaced it once after it melted internally and sprayed oil everywhere, and my gauge stopped working again, so this one's on it's way out too.

[IsaacHayes]

Yup, the 98 and older grand am should be able to use them too, they have the same steering/front end setup as J/L and probably some other body styles as well.

[1988GTU]

Knowing that the Beretta/Corsica/Tempest (end prod. 1991) was made from 87-96, at a marketing standpoint, you'd want to target all the L bodies. Little more effort now would have a bigger chance in paying off later ANDDDD it opens the doors to the older J body enthusiasts (1994 and older) .

[IsaacHayes]

Title says L body ... not J! J/K I'm sure John can make them fit both 5'spds and everything. The 92+ L body 5'spd mounts should not be an issue at all.

[RedBird]

you gonna supply them + compatible trannies for every 5 speed j-body owner who wants headers? :P

[IsaacHayes]

92+ 282 mounts FTW

[RedBird]

haha. the only thing in that picture that's still around in any kind of working condition is the engine stand (Dave's) headers sold, engine blown up, white van junked and red van sold LOL

see, the problem is that it may clear the tranny mounting boss but the bracket that bolts on there for the mount sticks up another ~1"~

EDIT: looking at Dave's pics maybe i was wrong. looks like probably, even if they don't clear the bracket, it'd be a very simple notch to make them fit in there

[Superdave]

iirc they were 2.5" radius but i might have gotten a few larger. It's been 3 years.. haha


yes, lots of welds. I'm not looking forward to doing it all over again this spring either.. haha


np, hope they help

here is a pic of the shorties that i built and sold to MajorZ24..