header ? little help
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header ? little help
hello i have a 2000 c5 with has air tubes on the manifold and i am ordering a set of lg pro long tube but i want to take out the air. can i just order the ones for the newer c5 with out air and not block anything off
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To be clear, you don't want to order headers for a C5 "newer" than yours, you just want to order headers without the AIR flanges. Then you just have the codes tuned out.
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Le Mans Master
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& make sure they understand what you want to order.
If your not wanting to run air tubes, make for certain that the air tube units are not welded onto the new headers & that the dip stick location is in the proper location for yor car/setup.
It's not a good idea to buy headers that have air tubes on them
& plan on using block off plates. It is a weld/vibration point on the tube, that more than likely, cause a break in the weld from the vibration of not being hooked up to the air lines.
Good luck.
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I've had block off plates on my SW headers for almost 5 years now and the AIR tubes haven't spontaneously cracked. On the other hand, they did crack where they mounted to the clutch housing and they did crack at the point where the tubes are welded to the flanges.
