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| Let's start this out with the new headers. |
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These are stock LS1 headers. Not much to look at! |
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 The new headers were custom made for the Olds and I elected to go with the Tri Y disign which improves midrange power The existing exhaust system was just welded to the existing headers. Not pretty but funtional |
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 The New headers |
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 They are called "Tri Y" because two sets of cyl are collected and then the pair is collected, forming the "Tri Y". |
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 The new headers finished and installed. |
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 The difficult part was bending them around the steering Had quite a time figuring out how to stop the rear axle hop on hard acceleration. The answer came in the form of a set of traction bars. I was dead set against the first several sets I looked at but the Competition Engineering "two bar" system works fantastic. On hard acceleration, the "doughnut" in the center of the bar acts like a shock absorber when compressed and limits the pinion travel which prevents it from hitting the top of the drive shaft tunnel.
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 One of the "Bars" can be seen in the lower right corner |
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