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Old 12-11-2020   #14
secondchance
 
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Default Re: How much room do I have to shim the drivers motor mount for headers

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Originally Posted by Thomas ZR-1 View Post
From my experiance the OBX headers are not an exact copy from the Stainless Works. They don`t fit bolt on. You have to match the pipe from the first cylinder. If not you will touch the steering column shaft. 1/2 inch distance is required as minimal heat protection. So you have to buckling the pipe nearly 50% with a high performance loss.

The OBX are much cheaper then the Stainless Works...but I think: made in China (they forgot the car around the engine/headers).
This is not always the case. I think our ZR-1s as well as C4 Corvettes have unusual variations between car to car.
My 94 had plenty of clearance when I installed OBX.
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