which headers?!

[LS1CHEYENNE]

Greetings fellow swappers , haven't been on here for a while due to the hurricane. I'm back in N.O. now and , man , what a mess! Evacuated to Arkansas for about 4 weeks and pulled a pop up camper which weighed about 1200 pounds plus a camper shell and all of the junk in my truck and averaged 16 mpg on the highway with the 98 LS1 . In order to finish this swap , I need to get the headers but don't know which ones to buy . Would rather go with a long tube , if possible . Has anyone installed long tube headers on their trucks out there ? (I remember someone using shorties.) This is a 94 Cheyenne SB . Thanks

[chrisj6]

I have heard the ASMs are really good for long tubes, Edelbrock are pretty reputable for shorties, not sure about how the ASM's would fit seeing yours isnt the body style they were designed for, but I'm sure a quick call to ASM would get ya an answer.

What part of Arkansas were you evacuated to?? I am in Conway, about 25 miles north of Little Rock in the central part of the state.

Chris

[RedHeartbeat]

Nobody makes a set of production long tube headers for the LS1 in a 88-98 truck. I tried and tried to talk Hooker into building us swappers a set but they want a minimum order of 100 sets before they will design some. Street and Performance G-body headers were recommended as a good fitment for mid-length headers. I don't know if any truck shorties will fit due to the upper a-arm bracket clearance. If you dont go S&P you'll probably have to go get a custom set made or use f-body shorties. I looked at the Hummer shorties, they may fit around the a-arms. Let me know what you end up doing because I will be doing something soon myself. I know someone bought a set of pacesetters for a late model and tried to fit them in an 88-98 body and they wouldn't work. Worse comes to worse you can buy a set of Hooker headers for the OBS and a set of LS1 flanges and then have the two married together. S&P will build you a custom set of long tubes if you want to pay the bucks to drive the truck to Mena Arkansas and sit there a few days while they build, coat and install them for you.

PHEW!!! Damn I'm long winded.