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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 10:55 PM
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I have an LT1 engine and it has D-Port heads, similar to the zz4. I bought OBX Headers with 1 7/8 primaries. They are round, but big enough to cover the entire exhaust port. So I just wondering, do I use D-port or round gaskets?
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Either one whichever covers

Just curious why such a large primary?
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That's a good question. These are a knock off of the Hooker sidemount headers, and the Hookers use the large primaries too. Mabye since the collector is outside and in plain view they beefed it up to look good. I know it's not ideal, but you sacrifice some power for the cool factor.
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I always match the port on the head since all headers are round tube. I used Mr. Gasket Ultra Seal D-ports on my OBX side pipes and they worked perfect
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I think you will be fine with the D-port/round combo but likely loose some bottom end power with such large primaries.
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Originally Posted by Corey_68
I think you will be fine with the D-port/round combo but likely loose some bottom end power with such large primaries.
The fact that the primaries are much longer makes up for them being a larger diameter.
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