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carryallnut · 04-03-2005, 01:12 PM

I'm looking for headers as well. I put a 454 with a NV4500 and the NP205 in a 1966 Suburban. I think that the first year of 4X4 with a factory big block was 1973. I have tried about 4 or 5 different ones before I "made" my own. I ended up having to cut the tube at the #7 cylinder and re-route it to clear the Z-rod for the clutch linkage. It does not look very pretty and I would love to have a set of full length headers that fit..... I have heard that the block huggers do not give the positive performance aspects of the full length headers, I have no idea whether or not that it true.

04-03-2005, 01:12 PM	#8
carryallnut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern Cal. Posts: 24	Big Block headers I'm looking for headers as well. I put a 454 with a NV4500 and the NP205 in a 1966 Suburban. I think that the first year of 4X4 with a factory big block was 1973. I have tried about 4 or 5 different ones before I "made" my own. I ended up having to cut the tube at the #7 cylinder and re-route it to clear the Z-rod for the clutch linkage. It does not look very pretty and I would love to have a set of full length headers that fit..... I have heard that the block huggers do not give the positive performance aspects of the full length headers, I have no idea whether or not that it true.