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kevinr1970 · 07-24-2006, 08:58 PM

A buddy was just showing me these really nice headers he had bought. These were meant to replace you factory manifolds and bolt to your existing exhaust.
They were chrome with about the thickest flanges I had ever seen. And cheap too!
So I said get me a set of those too. He says no go, they are only for 88+ trucks because of clearnace on the frame. He said that the later model manifolds won't clear the frame on the 73-87 trucks with out cutting on the frame which didn't seem worth it.
He is a pretty knowledgable guy when it comes to the trucks.

07-24-2006, 08:58 PM	#5
kevinr1970 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,316	Re: Exhaust Compatibility A buddy was just showing me these really nice headers he had bought. These were meant to replace you factory manifolds and bolt to your existing exhaust. They were chrome with about the thickest flanges I had ever seen. And cheap too! So I said get me a set of those too. He says no go, they are only for 88+ trucks because of clearnace on the frame. He said that the later model manifolds won't clear the frame on the 73-87 trucks with out cutting on the frame which didn't seem worth it. He is a pretty knowledgable guy when it comes to the trucks. __________________ 2009 Honda Fit CfC (bsf 44.9 mpg) 2000 Tahoe Limited 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 2wd, will end up swb, not dually and replace CCswb below 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 4x4, just going to fix things up for now 1982/1989 K5/GMC Jimmy 2wd 1987 GMC 1/2 ton swb 2wd Crew (sold)