LS Swap headers

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Originally Posted by 67Rally

One thing you guys have to realize is that not everyone can afford to build a $100,000+ car. Some of us have to cut costs when possible.

Obviously, if budget is not a concern or you're building a high end build, you buy the best of everything.

Some people are running $500 headers with no clearance issues, and it's a matter of figuring out what engine/frame mounts and adapter plates they used to fit.

Some of us are pulling LS motors out of junkyard cars and stuffing them in our classics, others are ordering $10,000+ crate motors and letting other people do the work for them. Just food for thought. Don't hate on the people that are budget conscious.

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Originally Posted by Blake Foster

I don't think anyone is hating. obviously budget is the biggest issue to consider on these projects. but IMO you do have to pick where to spend your money, and if ground clearance is imports(the theme of this thread) then you probably have to spend some money. why spend 500.00 on a header that doesn't fit, then spend a 1000.00 to fix the problem when you could have spent the 1000. in the first place.

I didn't think you were hating or anything but in defense of my previous post:

I'm a manufacturing engineer so I've got a little bit experience in the manufacturability/costing of manufactured goods and I know where you are coming from. However; the discrepancy in price is just too much.

What's wrong is that the manufacturers of the "cheap" headers; who obviously have a pricing advantage due to labor and/or volume, don't seem to want to bother to spend a day test fitting and another week making a design and fixture change to make them fit better. If they did, we would only be seeing $1K headers in the magazine builds because no one else would need to buy them. Of course some people would buy the expensive ones for the same reason we buy expensive stuff now, for perceived quality or for a brand. In this case, I; and I'm sure many others, just want something that works.