need LSx & LT measurements(out of car)

[V]

IF you have an LS-based motor(out of the car would be best/maybe noly way) and a set of Kooks or QTP LT headers... i need some measurements.

Do me a favor, and put the headers on upside down(and exhaust coming forward) and see if theyll even clear, they should. Obviously they wont fit if the motor is still in a car for the most part.

I need to know how high they come up over the top of the BLOCK, like put a straight edge acroos the highest point of the headers and drop a line from the middle to get the height off the top of the block(not intake manifold)

I also need the measurement of how far in FRONT of the headers the collectors end.

The final measurement i need is the width apart the headers are at the top. there my be two of those measurements, one of the primaries towards the back of the block, and then how far the collectors are apart from each other(outer edge to outer edge)

pics wouldnt hurt either.
Thanks in advance

[Batman]

You doing an LS based boat or somehthing? If you'd called me a few months ago I'da hooked you up, too late now

[V]

lol not a boat, but a future twin turbo project.
I wanna figure out hood clearance and if an available cowl will make it work. If need be, the headers would be modded and re-tigged where needed to have them fit. I just want stainless steel headers and not use stock truck manifolds or painted cheap shorties. but this is a long term project so no rush on anything.

and its not for a f-body so dont worry, lol. its need even for a passenger car for that matter.

[Squirrel]

taking a page from the turbo 5.0 book?

[NJSPEEDER]

for a turbo app, it would be way easier to jsut start with some flanges and make the headers from scratch than to go through all the cut and glue of taking headers apart and putting them back together to work.

[98tadriver]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

for a turbo app, it would be way easier to jsut start with some flanges and make the headers from scratch than to go through all the cut and glue of taking headers apart and putting them back together to work.

[V]

BUT if LTs DO fit and i can mount turbos basically at the collectors, thats the easy way.

and tim, if the LTs would require too much work i would just get a flange and go full custom.

[Jared1970Chevelle]

paul..... lts with turbos at the collectors.... i dont see how that would work... cutting it close to ground clearance it would seem.... and that would not be an ideal spot especially when the car or truck would bottom out aftering hitting something on these jersey roads....

second just go with shorties reversed and flipped and make a custom y pipe... no need for long tubes with forced induction.... shorties upside down would be more economical in this case...

[V]

LTs would be upside down so the the turbos would be basically above the motor in the front

[Savage_Messiah]

Wouldn't LTs negatively affect the spooling?

[GrandmasterCow]

Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah

Wouldn't LTs negatively affect the spooling?

i thought the turbos have to be located as close to the manifold as possibly for prime spool

[V]

ah ok, i never really thought about it.

but what aboute the remote mount systems?

i figured with LTs the flow would have been sped up and throught he collectors it would offer the most "speed"

[GP99GT]

with longtubes wouldnt you also have to pretty much not have a hood?

[V]

thats what i wanna see, but remember, not an f body