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Out with the 6.2 in the 350 with 180 headers

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Out with the 6.2 in the 350 with 180 headers

View attachment 349650 View attachment 349651 View attachment 349652 View attachment 349654 View attachment 349655 View attachment 349656 View attachment 349657 View attachment 349658 View attachment 349660 View attachment 349661 View attachment 349662 Hey guys , not much just another k5 build. I m finally getting rid of my 6.2 and I found I deal on a 350 out of a Camaro for a good price. The engine has a carb,intake and mild cam. The engine ran fine but I’m installing a all new gasket kit for everything and replacing The oil pump, water pump, electric fuel pump and a bunch of new shiny parts I also bought straight from schoenfeld some 180 degree headers that I don’t know how , but I’ll find away cutting my fire wall to make them fit.
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Nice Build so far. Not so sure on the 180 headers though. Besides being a packaging nightmare, I'm guessing the mild 350 isn't really going to benefit from the scavaging that the 180 headers is going to provide. Plus the operating range is all wrong for a truck. Those are for high rpm running that circle track cars do all the time, unless you plan on hitting baja and flogging it, it's not helping.

It's not my truck, so in the end it's totally up to you. I guess I'm not seeing the reasons behind wanting to run those headers on an off road rig.
 
It is 100% for the sound, I’ll be lucky if this thing has 300hp and I had my prerunner days. This is to cruise around town, hitting local easy trails with my wife and kids. I grew up watching desert racing and would always love the trophy trucks that had that high pitched v8 sound so I said screw I’m doing it. I have no dash right now, no heater/. A/c so it’s no big deal to cut the fire wall and do some sheet metal work. I bought a bunch of aluminum sheet metal and a aluminum spool mig welder to build a dash.
 
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It is 100% for the sound, I’ll be lucky if this thing has 300hp and I had my prerunner days. This is to cruise around town, hitting local easy trails with my wife and kids. I grew up watching desert racing and would always love the trophy trucks that had that high pitched v8 sound so I said screw I’m doing it. I have no dash right now, no heater/. A/c so it’s no big deal to cut the fire wall and do some sheet metal work. I bought a bunch of aluminum sheet metal and a aluminum spool mig welder to build a dash.
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It's all good. I figured it was a sound thing. One of my former techs used to run on a track with a modified. He had a 408" small block on E85 pushing 700 HP through 180 headers. It sounded epically pissed off at any rpm.
 
They stick back 10” and the stock dash sticks out around 14” from the fire wall so realistically it could fit and the dash could some what hide it.i think I’m going to 90 heading towards the front of the vehicle until it’s back in the engine bay then 90 down and either exit behind the front passenger wheel or bring it all the way back , that part I don’t know yet
 
Hell yeah cut to fit! Gonna sound sweet. My other vote is for truck pulling headers out the hood.
 
No turning back so much cutting, I’m going to make some kind of removable rv looking hump/ firewall
 
You won't need the heater at all with those things sticking into the cab! Can't wait to see more.
 
Ha ha yeah I bought a bunch of heat shield crap, and titanium exhaust wrap so hopefully that will help, and I’m glad they are some what away from the windshield so hopefully it doesn’t crack it from the heat.
 
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