First off, Jody...hope family is all good. Second, Jim at Ultimate headers is alright with me. I ordered some headers from him and for some odd reason, one of the drivers side tubes was hitting a head stud by a very small margin. I had waited about 16 weeks or so for the headers and they didn't fit. Nonetheless, he made me a new pair within a few weeks and rushed them out to me and they fitted perfectly. I have the same finish as you Jody...

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Thanks!! These are actually for my buddy (mine's a turbo), who's building a clone to my 70, other than an LSX/3.0 Whipple. His chassis is on order and his headers showed up, so I removed my exhaust and checked the fit for him. Super nice stuff from Ultimate Headers.

I also received a set of ultimate headers from Jim about 2 months ago. I needed alternations from their standard dimensions based on the substantially raised transmission and tailshaft for proper driveshaft working angles in my car. I measured the fit from their off the shelf specs, provided them with drawings of what alterations were needed for my car, and they absolutely nailed the fit for only a small added cost for the alterations.

Great people to work with and great quality headers. Spark plug access is excellent, and they're very easy to install. Probably the nicest fitting (and looking) set of headers I've installed.

Funny you mentioned the 3.0 Whipple & Wegner combo-- I also have a brand new 3.0 Whipple and Wegner accessory drive sitting at the house... LOL

(It's actually for my car, after all these years I decided to ditch the still not completed twin turbos and go with the 3.0 Whipple. I recently tuned a car with a built LS3 and a 2.9 Whipple and that instant torque seemingly regardless of RPM is just stupid fun.)

Tried a 9409 PowerMaster (didn’t work, hit header). I have the 9509 on my other Chevelle with Holley long tube headers and it works fine in that setup. I’m going to use a stock (AC Delco) starter (it’ll fit, pretty small).

Oh, that’s my engine and headers btw, lol :thumbsup:

One more thing Jim wanted me to add is that these are 2” headers 😉👍

Interesting, did you adjust it? (the body can rotate).

Lol, yep. It’s our mental health break to do this stuff. Lord knows I need it with my job these days :hairpullout:

The tube hit on the round body of the starter, not the solenoid. Clocking wasn't going to help. These are larger tube headers than their normal ones, and we asked them after the starter didn't fit; told us they designed it with a stock GM starter which is smaller.

Sounds like a problem easily solved with a BFH.

:lol:

I should probably check to make sure my powermaster starter fits with my headers. Worst case I'll sell the powermaster and pick up an AC Delco starter if that's what they built them around.

Did you get the 2" tubes? The stock GM starter clears easily.