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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
How bad is it? Got any pics of the ground clearance? Is it just the headers, or the oil pan too?
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Well.....I got it ironed out and after numerous changing of heights settled on one.......the problem is the long tube headers and where it puts the collectors.....the collectors are so far back.it eleminates the use of the front sway bar,......now supposedly they have a fix for that with brackets,.......problem I see with the brackets is the same with the cats......they will scrape...like real bad unless for me I go way high on the ride setting.....like higher than stock.....I have Kw variant 3 coils......I had to cut the cats off......and then till I can find a shop that will do oval......I took a sledge hammer and a short piece of railroad track I have.....took the exhaust off and crudely ovaled the lowest part of the exhaust that runs by the tremec to be able to give me atleast a 4" ground clearance even though I have a one inch gap at the fenders......im redoing the whole exhaust once I have the funds.....taking the headers that took Vorshlag a year of painstakingly development and doing the waiting game with the supplier for ......off....off.....OFF!.....and going with a stockish manifold put out by hooker......it should give me back the sway bar and clearance thats needed sacrificing a little power in return......its something that despirately needs done......the headers create more problems than whats gained.....by far......as far as the oil pan.....its good......you will hit the front frame rail before you hit the pan.....but put that OEM skid plate on.....as i curbed the car bad and it probably would of taken the oil pan out as i went past the curb.....that aluminium pan saved me.....and it fits and covers the bottom of the engine fine.....its temporary till I get a sheet of alunimum and custom make one.