Bagged truck headers?
 

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I'm trying to buy a set of ceramic or stainless headers, and everyone seems to have the hooker 24661hkr which are $400. After a little searching, i found the ones pictured below in stainless or ceramic for $230 on ebay. Item #220294843314. They are a chevelle header and seem to have just about the same bends as the hooker 24661hkr headers. Does anybody foresee a problem running these on a small block? Seems like a good deal if they fit.

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Heres the hooker headers.

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If they are the one's from skip white they are the exact one's I'm "running".

(when I say "running" I mean collecting dust in the shop, but they are bolted on)

*edit*
just checked... I've got these #250429111246

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Those headers look practically identical!

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another forum member is using the headers too i think his name was gmchemist or something like that,had them on his truck and had no problems

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I need to look into this, subscribed

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Just a small update on mine... The cab is on now and they fit great.

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I went ahead and ordered the ones i posted a picture of, but haven't had a chance to put them on yet. They are wysco brand headers and they look real good.

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These ebay headers will not work on bagged trucks. The drivers side hangs too low eventhough in the picture it looks like the passenger side are a longer length. The collector and exhaust pipe would of been just below the frame. They clear the framerails, bolted right up and would work on a stock suspension or static drop truck.

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Nothing a little creativity won't solve... chop the collectors off as short as you can and buy some flowmaster 45* mandrel bends. Solved.

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yeah, that was what i was thinking of doing. How much is it off the ground when layed out. I might order them black hooker headers though and sell these. Anybody running hooker 2466hkr got pics from underneath.

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I had those same headers on the stockfloored 68. Whent the exhaust was done they put a hard bend in it like the one pictured. No problems with it at all driving or otherwise.

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Never measured, it's above the bottom of the frame rail so that's all that matters to me. If it's really important to you I can measure...

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If u don't mind posting up a pic of it layed out.

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Chopped the collector down like smashingchuck suggested and my muffler shop got it to work. Passenger side header was shorter, so only had to do it to the drivers side. Thanks.

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Glad it worked out for you. Sorry I never got around to posting pics... the truck is on the back burner while I make repairs to my house, so I haven't been out to the shop.

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Any reason why these wouldn't work with a dropmember or a SD raised crossmember?

They both move the engine forward about a inch and also move the engine up.. I'm not sure how much..

Looking for a cheaper alternative to the hookers..

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Came out nice im going to order a set to get rid of my suppose to be black headers that are all rusted and stuff!!!

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The closest cleance issues with these headers is the passenger side frame rail. Moving the engine up would probably only help. I think they would work just fine.

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They should work. Baggedcten, I used msd street fire spark plug wires (part#5554) with these headers. All the wires have 90 degree boots on them so they wont touch the header.

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Yup. I chopped my collectors off on the other side, and reworked the individual tubes. This gave me a rear exit instead of a down exit. While we were in there, added a quality v-band clamp to ensure a nice gasketless seal.

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thanks for the tip!;)did you run the wires over the header or under?

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Over. I was surprised the msd wires were a little shorter than the stock ac delcos, so i couldn't run them under like the delcos. It worked out good though, used spark plug wire clamps to keep them away from the headers.

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just couriuos does anyone have a pic of a complete exhaust system?? I have regular headers on my truck and my collectors a ready to be rotated because one side is getting thin from dragging tham....I want to reroute my exhaust like seen in the first pic but where does it go from there to get out out the side/back?? I don't really want to just dump it under the bed/cab........... I'm bagged now with a c notch / cupped LCA and want to go lower but whats the point until I clean up this issue....

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For the rear are you running the factory trailing arms?