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Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 05:46 PM

right... well... I got my headers on my 79, no problem at all, nothing to it, aside from needing a small dimple on the #3 plug so my wire boot will clear and not go melting off on me...

However... I had intended on running a pair of purple hornies, right off the headers... and wouldn't ya know it? the headers drop about an inch too low for me to be able to run the drivers side glasspack over the damned crossmember... and they don't drop low enough for me to be able to run it under it....

how do I get around this?
Right now my only option is to have an exhaust shop make me a modified header collector extension so it bumps up and goes over the crossmember, and will have to get one for the other side to get the exhaust so they're even in placement...

i assume theres no way around it...
exhaust shops won't touch my truck so I kind of have to play it by measurements, because I won't be putting cats back on it until I run a true dual with a bigblock ... and I can't afford to get a pair of cats for another few months, and the way the headers are, it'd be damn near impossible to mount them anyway...

any suggestions? I assume all other crossmembers that fit the trucks are the same way? I don't think it'd be possible to pirate a crossmember from a 454 3500 2wd 76 or 78 Suburban and use that... would it?

Demon

Tom · 02-26-2003, 05:51 PM

exaust shops may not touch your truck, but if you ask them to bend a piece a pipe a certain way and add a collector flange they'll do it. Just dont tell em its going on a cat vehicle. Its for your engine on a test stand at home. Yeah thats the ticket

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 05:55 PM

Tom... the shop said they'd be able to bend something for me... but I'd want to put a header flange on each end, that way I can just bolt my stupid exhaust up ... I've got aluminum gaskets for it, so leaks wouldn't be much of a problem I would hope...

but if I can get around it with a different crossmember if possible i'd be more willing to do that, because I'd be using the crossmember anyway when I go to a TH400/496 instead of the TH350/350 I have now... assuming I get the damn engine pulled anyway, lol...

was wondering if anyone had run into the same problem though and what they did...

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 05:58 PM

by the way... I'd like to have the truck there for them to just measure **** for me but they won't do it... I'm half tempted to tell them "If you can bend the pipes and make me an equalizer tube and header flanges right after the equalizer tube, its going to have cats on it, however, if I can't, I just have to do it my own way..."

wonder if exhaust shops will do work on cars that people say "will have cats"

AirMale · 02-26-2003, 06:42 PM

If your still using the L style crossmember, go get a double hump one out of a U-Pull yard. Makes all those exhaust problems dissapear. Check threads on "double hump crossmember"

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 06:43 PM

how much different is the double hump? my main problem is on the drivers side where the cat used to be ... is the double hump lower or higher ?

AirMale · 02-26-2003, 06:48 PM

The double hump crossmember is the same on both sides. It has the same look as the passenger side of your crossmember but on both ends. You will have to drill a couple of holes but everyone agrees it not only helps with exhaust fitments but now ground clearance improves too!

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 06:50 PM

hmm... where would I have to drill holes?

75stepside · 02-26-2003, 07:38 PM

i ran into the same problem. i went to a yard and i got another crossmember... i cut both of them in half and i stuck them together! it worked out great!

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 08:00 PM

now thats a rather interesting idea

I'll have to see how long it'll be till I pull the engine/transmission from the suburban or if i'll have to just go get another one from a yard next week...

exhaust setup looks pretty much like what I'm doing, aside from the fact that my mufflers are purple and have turndowns there

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 08:03 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6767 would this one work?

ocbaud · 02-26-2003, 08:28 PM

hmm.... i'm thinking i may want to get a new crossmember when i have my exhuast redone.

i guess i wouldnt have to since i'm gonna have shortie headers though.

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 08:37 PM

probably not... you could get stuff easilly made... I went long tube cause i was hoping they'd clear, didn't find out till later that the headers clear fine, its just the stuff after the headers I'll have a problem with, lol

ocbaud · 02-26-2003, 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by Demon of Dreams
probably not... you could get stuff easilly made... I went long tube cause i was hoping they'd clear, didn't find out till later that the headers clear fine, its just the stuff after the headers I'll have a problem with, lol

yeah, my headers barely clear......

the ground:p

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 08:46 PM

haha... well... clearing the ground i have no problem with yet... course if I don't get new shocks up front that may change as I've yet to drive it

*1FaastC10* · 02-26-2003, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 75stepside
i ran into the same problem. i went to a yard and i got another crossmember... i cut both of them in half and i stuck them together! it worked out great!

could've saved yourself a lot of work by just finding the double hump crossmember, as that is exactly what it looks like.

Demon of Dreams · 02-26-2003, 11:13 PM

would the link for ebay that i posted work for the 79 C10s?

02-26-2003, 05:46 PM	#1
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	Pissed off at Tranny Crossmember, exhaust woes inside :( right... well... I got my headers on my 79, no problem at all, nothing to it, aside from needing a small dimple on the #3 plug so my wire boot will clear and not go melting off on me... However... I had intended on running a pair of purple hornies, right off the headers... and wouldn't ya know it? the headers drop about an inch too low for me to be able to run the drivers side glasspack over the damned crossmember... and they don't drop low enough for me to be able to run it under it.... how do I get around this? Right now my only option is to have an exhaust shop make me a modified header collector extension so it bumps up and goes over the crossmember, and will have to get one for the other side to get the exhaust so they're even in placement... i assume theres no way around it... exhaust shops won't touch my truck so I kind of have to play it by measurements, because I won't be putting cats back on it until I run a true dual with a bigblock ... and I can't afford to get a pair of cats for another few months, and the way the headers are, it'd be damn near impossible to mount them anyway... any suggestions? I assume all other crossmembers that fit the trucks are the same way? I don't think it'd be possible to pirate a crossmember from a 454 3500 2wd 76 or 78 Suburban and use that... would it? Demon

02-26-2003, 05:51 PM	#2
Tom driving is in my blood Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 5,748	exaust shops may not touch your truck, but if you ask them to bend a piece a pipe a certain way and add a collector flange they'll do it. Just dont tell em its going on a cat vehicle. Its for your engine on a test stand at home. Yeah thats the ticket __________________ -78 c10 short/step: 388cid, M20, 5/5 drop, lots more. Playtoy and first vehicle. -98 c1500 x-cab: 5.7L, 17" rims, 5/6 drop, flowmaster, helper bags,NBS rear disk brakes. -02 Suburban 4x4: leveled front -CBR600F4i, CBR600RR, CBR1000RR, and standup skis DISCLAIMER: I cant spell for the life of me.

02-26-2003, 06:42 PM	#5
AirMale Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlantic City, NJ Posts: 1,073	If your still using the L style crossmember, go get a double hump one out of a U-Pull yard. Makes all those exhaust problems dissapear. Check threads on "double hump crossmember" __________________ 86 SWB 9.0 LITER T-400-OD 4.11 eaton-4/5 drop Best 1/4 12.51 @112mph no traction

02-26-2003, 06:48 PM	#7
AirMale Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlantic City, NJ Posts: 1,073	The double hump crossmember is the same on both sides. It has the same look as the passenger side of your crossmember but on both ends. You will have to drill a couple of holes but everyone agrees it not only helps with exhaust fitments but now ground clearance improves too! __________________ 86 SWB 9.0 LITER T-400-OD 4.11 eaton-4/5 drop Best 1/4 12.51 @112mph no traction

02-26-2003, 07:38 PM	#9
75stepside Proud Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 741	i ran into the same problem. i went to a yard and i got another crossmember... i cut both of them in half and i stuck them together! it worked out great! Attached Images

02-26-2003, 05:55 PM	#3
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	Tom... the shop said they'd be able to bend something for me... but I'd want to put a header flange on each end, that way I can just bolt my stupid exhaust up ... I've got aluminum gaskets for it, so leaks wouldn't be much of a problem I would hope... but if I can get around it with a different crossmember if possible i'd be more willing to do that, because I'd be using the crossmember anyway when I go to a TH400/496 instead of the TH350/350 I have now... assuming I get the damn engine pulled anyway, lol... was wondering if anyone had run into the same problem though and what they did...

02-26-2003, 05:58 PM	#4
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	by the way... I'd like to have the truck there for them to just measure **** for me but they won't do it... I'm half tempted to tell them "If you can bend the pipes and make me an equalizer tube and header flanges right after the equalizer tube, its going to have cats on it, however, if I can't, I just have to do it my own way..." wonder if exhaust shops will do work on cars that people say "will have cats"

02-26-2003, 06:43 PM	#6
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	how much different is the double hump? my main problem is on the drivers side where the cat used to be ... is the double hump lower or higher ?

02-26-2003, 06:50 PM	#8
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	hmm... where would I have to drill holes?

02-26-2003, 08:00 PM	#10
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	now thats a rather interesting idea I'll have to see how long it'll be till I pull the engine/transmission from the suburban or if i'll have to just go get another one from a yard next week... exhaust setup looks pretty much like what I'm doing, aside from the fact that my mufflers are purple and have turndowns there

02-26-2003, 08:03 PM	#11
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6767 would this one work?

02-26-2003, 08:28 PM	#12
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	hmm.... i'm thinking i may want to get a new crossmember when i have my exhuast redone. i guess i wouldnt have to since i'm gonna have shortie headers though.

02-26-2003, 08:37 PM	#13
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	probably not... you could get stuff easilly made... I went long tube cause i was hoping they'd clear, didn't find out till later that the headers clear fine, its just the stuff after the headers I'll have a problem with, lol

02-26-2003, 08:46 PM	#15
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	haha... well... clearing the ground i have no problem with yet... course if I don't get new shocks up front that may change as I've yet to drive it

02-26-2003, 11:13 PM	#17
Demon of Dreams WEEE!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 73	would the link for ebay that i posted work for the 79 C10s?



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