BBK Shorty Headers WTF
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Burning Brakes
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BBK Shorty Headers WTF
I while ago I purchased a pair of BBK Shorty headers off a corvette forum member. They came off of his 99 (I have a 98). I did a little research and the bbk shorty headers for this year are supposed to fit 97-99. Well I'm mounting them up today and it looks like they are too short. WTF? Has anybody run into this problem?
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Burning Brakes
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These things will definitly NOT work on my 98. They are like 2-3 inches too short and are not at the right angle. The EGR stuff seems to be in the right place and the oil dipstick mount was a little tight. Do they come with an adapter or somthing.
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Burning Brakes
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I bet I know what happened. Looks like the member I bought it from was also running an x-pipe so these weren't really for a stock 99. Crap. He probably bought the setup used and wasn't sure what they were for. Not really out any money as I assume I can sell them for what I paid for them...I just need a replacement now!!
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
The only thing differant between all the years C5 is the placement of the air tubes. They all will fit from 97-04 if you just cap off the air tubes with block off plates. I don't know why they won't fit because the design and fitment is the same for all years.
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Just had a thought, some years had what they call pup cats that bolt the the manifolds but not sure what year. Don't know if that makes any differance or not. Somebody has to know
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Burning Brakes
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Yeah, that is my guess that they are for the 2000. The EGR crap is in the correct location but they are 2-3 inches shorter. My brothers 04 has the EGR stuff in a diff location. Looks like BBK makes 3 different models 1)97-99 2)2000 3)2001-2004.
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Burning Brakes
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The air tubes are in the right place but the flanges are like 2-3 inches away from where they need to be and come in at a different angle.
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Are you talking about a C5 or F-body? There is no EGR on a C5.
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The reason why I'm determined that they are the 2000 model is because BBK makes 3 models. 1)97-99 2)2000, 3)2001-2004. Because they do not fit my 98 they can't be the 97-99 model. Because my brother has a 04 (his air tube mounts are in a diff location as well as his dipstick mount) they can't be the 01-04 model. That leaves us with the 2000 model. My brothers 04 does have pup cats, my 98 does not, not sure when they started installing those.
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The reason why I'm determined that they are the 2000 model is because BBK makes 3 models. 1)97-99 2)2000, 3)2001-2004. Because they do not fit my 98 they can't be the 97-99 model. Because my brother has a 04 (his air tube mounts are in a diff location as well as his dipstick mount) they can't be the 01-04 model. That leaves us with the 2000 model. My brothers 04 does have pup cats, my 98 does not, not sure when they started installing those.
