B-Body Gen V LT Swap Headers-Natural Finish

Description

Note: Ultimate Headers are built to order and wait time is approx.. 5-6 months to deliver.

So you’re installing a Gen V LT engine in your ’77 – ’96 GM B-Body – are you ready to breathe some fire?  Our new headers are the only stainless steel long tubes designed to fit these cars perfectly – while keeping your new engine right where the old one was, and with zero frame cutting or shaving needed.

Collector flange sold separately; we offer free TIG welding of your collector flange if purchased at the same time as your headers and our favorite collector is the Ultimate Headers Extreme Low Profile Clamps.  These are investment cast and offer up to 13 degrees of offset.

REQUIRES use of Dirty Dingo DD-LT-Glider motor adapters for proper fitment.  Other adapters may work but we have only verified the Dirty Dingo adapters.

This SKU includes black ceramic coating.  We offer five different finishes:  as cast, satin, silver ceramic coating, black ceramic coating, or mirror polish.  Ceramic coatings offer a nice look but 321SS will look beautiful “naturally” “as cast” for a long long time. Satin is our favorite if you’ve got the budget, but in terms of bang for the buck, we like the as cast finish best.

Key features:

• Three goals, and we nailed them:
  • Maintain optimal weight distribution by not moving the LS/LT engine block, relative to stock
  • Provide serious exhaust flow for serious horsepower
  • Zero frame cutting or shaving

• 321 Stainless Steel construction – like 304SS, but better!  304SS, aka “18/8”, is alloyed with 18% chromium and 8% nickel.  321SS is like 304SS but is then further alloyed with titanium, giving it superior strength; specific benefits for your headers:
  • Increased resistance to material fatigue and thermal cracking – key for high heat environment
  • Allows for thinner wall, lighter weight construction – without compromise

• 1-7/8″ long tube primaries merged into 3″ collector.  For you decimal types, that’s 1.875″ diameter, with 0.049” tube sidewall thickness.
• Investment cast elbows give you the tightest bend, allowing us to tuck the headers in tight to the block, which helps keep them away from things like your steering shaft, brake lines, frame, etc.
• Investment cast flanges are super strong and lightweight, and they’re good  looking – when was the last time you said that about a header flange?
• Oxygen sensor bungs are included – each header includes one bung welded in place
• Zero cutting or shaving your frame required for fitment
• Transmission and Driveshaft:  By not moving your Gen V LT engine relative to your old engine, you can re-use your original transmission, transmission crossmember, and driveshaft.
• Engine options:  LS version also available

• What’s included:  ARP (Automotive Racing Products) 12-point 300 grade stainless steel bolts and washers and Cometic MLS (Multi Layer Stainless) header gaskets

We partnered with Ultimate Headers to create the best headers for the B-Bodies.  Ultimate Headers created an investment cast elbow out of 321SS and with an incredibly tight 1.25″ center line radius (CLR)  Ordinary tube bending processes generally cannot have a CLR less than the diameter of the tube itself, in this case 1.875″.  Casting is the only feasible method to produce this type of bend, and offers the further benefit of consistent wall thickness.  In contrast, bent tubing is by definition deformed – the outer edge is stretched the most, which inherently thins and weakens the tubing.