eBay LS Swap Headers - Test fit on a 67 Camaro

[toddoky]

Originally Posted by im4u2nvss

Quick queston toddoky. Do you know if 1/2 height body mounts will still clear with the Hooker swap setup? Or would tunnel need to be raised to clear F-body T56(may be getting greedy but wanted to ask).

No, the Hooker 1st-gen LS swap system is not compatible with the use of 1/2-height body mounts. This is primarily due to the way the crossmember is designed to extend up into the formed pockets in the floor to maximize exhaust system ground clearance (photo attached), which leaves only about 1/8" between the top of the crossmember and the floor pocket sheet metal. It would take quite a bit of sheet metal work to make everything play nice together if you wanted to use 1/2 height body mounts.[IMG][/IMG]

[n77nxc]

That crossmember is next on my list. My BMR crossmember is now limiting how far up I can place the downpipes.

[toddoky]

Originally Posted by n77nxc

That crossmember is next on my list. My BMR crossmember is now limiting how far up I can place the downpipes.

It's a great piece, but be advised that it will only work for you if you are using the Hooker 1st-gen engine brackets, or others that provide the same fore/aft engine placement. If you are using common 1" set-back plates, the mount on your transmission will extend too far back and the case of the T56 will crash into the crossbar...it's a mess of a situation.

[n77nxc]

Originally Posted by toddoky

It's a great piece, but be advised that it will only work for you if you are using the Hooker 1st-gen engine brackets, or others that provide the same fore/aft engine placement. If you are using common 1" set-back plates, the mount on your transmission will extend too far back and the case of the T56 will crash into the crossbar...it's a mess of a situation.

Hmmm, I'll have to investigate a bit. I'm running a 4L60E.

Solid info though! Thanks!

[toddoky]

Originally Posted by n77nxc

Hmmm, I'll have to investigate a bit. I'm running a 4L60E.

Solid info though! Thanks!

There is a specific Hooker crossmember for the 4L60, but you would suffer the same grief if using the frame stand/1" set-back swap plate set-up.

[toddoky]

Originally Posted by n77nxc

Hmmm, I'll have to investigate a bit. I'm running a 4L60E.

Solid info though! Thanks!

Here's a bottom-up view of the Hooker 1st-gen LS/4L60 set-up. You can see in the photo that there's little room for deviation from the designed fore/aft engine/transmission location that is designed into the Hooker 12618HKR engine brackets. [IMG][/IMG]

[im4u2nvss]

Originally Posted by toddoky

No, the Hooker 1st-gen LS swap system is not compatible with the use of 1/2-height body mounts. This is primarily due to the way the crossmember is designed to extend up into the formed pockets in the floor to maximize exhaust system ground clearance (photo attached), which leaves only about 1/8" between the top of the crossmember and the floor pocket sheet metal. It would take quite a bit of sheet metal work to make everything play nice together if you wanted to use 1/2 height body mounts.

Thanks toddoky.