Re: [Chevelle-list] Headers suggestions

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I have not had a set of headers that I did not HAVE to ding.  I have a '65 with a 502 in it, and 2" primaries and had to persuade (with a hammer, and piece of wood) them in.  Buy the uncoated, beat em up a bit then have them coated.  You do not lose performance by dinging them up.  It generally makes the tubes flatter, but does not actually decrease the inside diameter.  If you were to drastically bend them, or kink them, only then would you increase the inside diameter of the pipe.    So, basically, no matter what you buy, you will probably end up hammering them a bit.  On a side note, I also put in 3" exhaust from pypesperformance.com and it is absolutely awesome.  I bought the Pypes mufflers, and the X crossover with cutouts.  Has a real good throaty sound through the mufflers, but fairly quiet.  Not obnoxious like a big block through Flowmasters.  I wanted that 'sleeper' sound with good performance, and managed the both..   Later Charles www.65ss.com   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chevelle list Post Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Headers suggestions I have a 66 with the stock 396, 325 hp, 4 sp . I would like to install a set of headers and am looking for what fits and works well and what doesn't. I assume the Hooker competition will fit, but I'd hate to have to "ding" them to get clearance. Also they are 2" diameter, are they too big for my application?  I'll never go nuts with the engine, but maybe a little more cam, intake and carb in the future. I thought I'd start with headers. Suggestions, thanks for the input.   Mark