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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Theres a guy here in my area selling factory tube headers (shorty) from a 85 vette. Did they make factory headers? if so would these give me better power and/or sound on my 89? is it even worth swapping out the stock cast exhaust manifolds?
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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No such thing, they are just exhaust manifolds.They may appear slightly tubular, maybe thats why he tried to call them headers. Your 89 has them already
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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All l98 corvettes had the "header" style manifolds the only reason they can be called that is because they come into the collector seperatly...like a header does.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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Mine dont look anything like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/C4-Co...Q5fAccessories

Mine are just cast exhaust manifolds.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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The exhaust manifolds in the ebay listing is what your car should have on it. If you have something that is cast iron, somebody has changed them.

The stock manifolds do have metal heat shields around them.
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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hummmm? I better look againwhen I get home.
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