Headers

I’ve tried four sets of headers from cast iron OEM to the tubular hi-performance variety and all refuse to be installed without a fuss as a simple bolt-on.  They all seem to have their own little quirks about inferring with something that would prefer to be left alone; but, no one ever said that building a custom street rod would be easy.  Well, actually there were one or two people but I’m considering a new motto, i.e., don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.  Actually, I’m kidding about that because I’d be absolutely lost without my family’s help and support  plus my friends’ invaluable assistance (advice, knowledge, ”been-there-done-that” wisdom  and turning wrenches combined) – thank you all.

I now have a rather nice set of Sanderson headers to use on my LS-1 that were developed for an LS-10.  They dump toward the back like I need, perhaps too much, so I will have to finesse a couple of things to use them as well.  Hopefully, the overall plan will be less expensive than custom designed/fabricated headers …

We’ll pull the engine this weekend in order to deal with those pesky interfering frame stiffening members.  Stephen already has 1″ x 3″ rectangular tubing at the ready for reinforcing the frame post necessary modifications.  It’s going to be awesome!

With the engine pulled, it will give me a chance to clean up [its] aluminum block a bit.  Additionally, I still had a little grinding to do yet where the OEM A/C compressor resides.  Anyway, I’ll take this step backward as an opportunity and turn it into two or three steps forward!