I had SLP 1 3/4 headers with factory cats and wanted 1 7/8 shorty headers with 3 inch cats, So this is what happens when you have to make them.

Jerry

 

One more picture.

Jerry

 

nice. i wouldn't mind having some 1 7/8 shortys.

 

Someone finally made something worth a ****! Nice. Looks like you did a nice job. Gotta ask though, what are you building that justifies an 1 7/8" header primary? And also, why were you set on a shorty style header?

 

:werd:

 

My car is used in California and needs to look smog legal. The new motor is a 412 Rodeck with Dart pro 1 heads.

Jerry

 

Excellent work

 

that is very nice!!!!! good work there, wish i could do things like that

 

Wow that is great work. Do you make these kinds of things all for a living? I am looking for an exhaust for my 500 HP 383. I am thinkin of LTs and dumping it. But if I could get my hands on somehting like that I would be in better shape. I don't need cats though.

Thx for any insight.

 

Those are the cats a$$! You should seriously look at making these for a living

 

if i ever get a 383 i will be begging you to make me a pair

 

beautiful. thats craftsmanship right there.

 

That's me.

Jerry

 

ABSOLUTELY!

Fantastic work, Jerry

 

Thoes are bad as hell, did you use the SLP headers as a template?

 

those are one hell of a sweet setup

 

WOW! i am impressed.

can you post details of how you made them? Where did you get the tubing? Pre-bent ? what is the parts list? how big are the Y pipes? Are there any fitment problems?

 

My headers are very differant then SLP. See the drivers side collector is pointed back and the drivers side pipe runs under the torque converter, You can only do this if you run a 9" torque converter ( I have a "Yank super stock 3600" in the car) The drivers side is about 1" from the steering shaft and a lot of SLP installs it hits. With SLPs the number eight plug will hit the number six tube with some aftermarket aluminum heads and not with my headers. I will post a picture with both so you can see all the changes.

Jerry

 

beautiful job! I bet they are a pita to get into the car though, and what kind of clearances do you have on the passanger side with the cats mounted there? The shop i took my 86 T/A too did basically the same thing without the cats, and it sticks down another inch and a half or so when its on the car.

 

Oh yeah i guess i should have paid more attention to the pictures

 

Jerry
Very nice work. You must have a few hours tied up in those. I like your choice for a header to pipe connection. If you can get at them it should make f'ing around with collector bolts much easier.
Cudo's to your fabricating skills!

 

you deserve even more credit. that is extremely impressive. you make some major bank on putting those together, i know id buy a set...

 

 

My dad is a welder/fabricator and he couldn't get over those headers. Great Job man. Now to just get them coated.

 

you know, if you wernt in cali, you could have a killer turbo car now.... lol.

 

Those are great looking headers man!! Right on. Like others have posted did you start out with a kit or do all the bending yourself?

Bill

 

I started with a set of flanges, collectors, eight 1 7/8 U bends and two J bends.
You can get them at http://www.schoenfeldheaders.com/product.htm
The rest is up to what you can fit in the car.

Jerry

 

Did you do any pipe bending yourself of did you just cut and weld different pieces together?

Bill

 

All I did was just cut and weld parts of U & J bends. I don't have a 1 7/8 die for my bender and the die set is way more then the $125 for all the 1 7/8s prebent tubing. The sad part is I have 1, 1 1/4, 1 3/8, 1 1/2, 1 5/8, 1 3/4 and 2" die sets.

Jerry

 

are they stainless? looks like it in the picture but the link only has mild steel.

 

No...Just mild steel and will be coated.

Jerry

 

right on I am going to try to do something like that.

Thanks

Bill

 

Sweet work Jerry. Are you a fabricater by profession?

 

Those look nice.

I can see what u mention about improving on the SLP design lol

Judging by te outward sweep of the pipes before they curve back down and in, u can actually chang eplugs fairly easily too

nice work

later
Jeremy

 

did u build those on the car?

how about making the rest of us a set of those?

 

nice , where abouts are you in cali?