I have never seen this addressed. I'm looking for a shorty header that does not point directly at the oil pan. I know most do this, like my Hedmans, so the y-pipe can cross over in front of the oil pan. I hate this design! I would love to see a left side shorty header that points down and rearward as the right side Hedman shorty does. Also, it would need to clear my 5-speed slave cylinder. I've looked at some Patriot Clipsters that won't clear the clutch. Anyone have any luck? Or do I need to just build my own? I would prefer 1 5/8" with a 3" collector. This would be a great and cheap alternative to long tubes and would get rid of the snake-like y-pipe. Thanks for any help or ideas.

 

My experience with exhaust setups is your best bet being to break out the welder and do it yourself, can I ask why you don't like the current setup? I've got an edelbrock y pipe and air tube headers and they don't get in the way of anything, except the plugs obviously, but yeah diy is your best bet

 

For one thing, I can't open up the headers because the left side is aimed directly at the oil pan. Plus, I don't like having the left side run along snake tube all around when the right side goes pretty much directly to the intermediate pipe. Funky back pressure and all. I would like a fairly equal y-pipe setup to the 3" intermediate pipe and be able to run open headers at the strip. Thanks for your reply!

 

yeah youll have to do that one yourself, ive never been a fan of open headers, especially shorties, you could take some pipe and run a true dual setup but thats alot of work just to open em up, and i think the drivers side is a bit harder to run piping down due to ground clearance, dont quote me on that though.

ALmost every y pipe ive seen is designed that way though, even my friends GTA had a pacesetter exhaust on it, it was a true dual but both his headers were routed down to the exhaust on the passenger side

im sure somebody has figured out a solution but opening your header up by the pan is probably a no go like you noted