Possible cheap headers
If you have the tools , skills and a high tolerance for frustration , I'd say yes.
Know that at least one tube a side is going into the wheel well in most cases.
The reason most of the shelf headers for these bodies are 1 5/8 " tubes and 3 " collectors isn't because they wanted to leave you room for easy plug changes.
It is tight.
Hooker's and a heat shield would not be a bad choice.
You will have them on and off the car a minimum of ten times a side during construction.
I have an AlterKtion ( no torsion bars ) and hacked up wheel wells , and I had 40 hours into them .........easily 40 hours.
Geography can be your friend......there is a shop in N.W. Arizona that will build you custom headers .......... they will need your car for however long it takes , but I suspect a couple days would be it. I can't recall the name of the place , but their reputation is strong.
Someone on here knows of them and has used them........but cheap will not be an option.
That's the price we pay for having fun.
That is not a job that is to be taken on lightly.
If you have the tools , skills and a high tolerance for frustration , I'd say yes.
Know that at least one tube a side is going into the wheel well in most cases.
The reason most of the shelf headers for these bodies are 1 5/8 " tubes and 3 " collectors isn't because they wanted to leave you room for easy plug changes.
It is tight.
Hooker's and a heat shield would not be a bad choice.
You will have them on and off the car a minimum of ten times a side during construction.
I have an AlterKtion ( no torsion bars ) and hacked up wheel wells , and I had 40 hours into them .........easily 40 hours.
Geography can be your friend......there is a shop in N.W. Arizona that will build you custom headers .......... they will need your car for however long it takes , but I suspect a couple days would be it. I can't recall the name of the place , but their reputation is strong.
Someone on here knows of them and has used them........but cheap will not be an option.
That's the price we pay for having fun.