Shorty headers

[00 white lightn]

For those of you who may have done shorty headers. I bought the bbk shorty headers. Installed them, a little tough to do i might add. ( in the backyard) BBk states they will go in with no mods required. Well when you go to put on your egr tube you find out another story, So i tried torching it and bending it to get it to work. But stainless steel is not easily maleable. So i got tired of trying. I fabbed up my own tube. Fired the truck up went for a drive. IT was missing and jerking under light throttle when you first let off of the gas. I discovered it was the tube itself. The factory tube has an orfice in it. So i put the same size office in my tube. Fixed the problem completely. Does anyone have any recommendations for a 2000 lightning as far as boost levels, Is a 6 lb pulley to much for a 2000 model (blow out plugs) or would you guys run 4 lbs to be safe

 

[svts4shawn]

i say 4lber


installed the bkk shorty ceramic headers and it was a bitch

i didnt have a problem with the egr tube (mine is a 04 though) the oil dipstick tube was sorta in the way though that was an easy fix

make sure those bolts are tight i had a couple loose one and a week later i was in the muffler shop getting new gaskets put on

both sides for 110$ next time i would of just had him do it for the full 150$


ive noticed engine compartment temp is lower as well as cool down... i like em

 

[s|ck]

Should have went longtubes man... I would say fack it and say throw a 6lb'er on there unless its your daily driver.

 

[BigMattfromNJ]

Should have went longtubes man... I would say fack it and say throw a 6lb'er on there unless its your daily driver.

I daily drive mine with a 6#. Go big or go home i say. :rockon:

 

[SVT-BansheeMan]

I DD mine with a 6lber. Sure it's only been two weeks since it's done but they way i see it is if tuned right it will last a long time.

 

[runs2rch]

I daily drive mine with a kb 20 psi.

 

[lightninmike]

Go big or go home i say. :rockon:

Yep, Run it!

 

[DolSVT00]

For those of you who may have done shorty headers. I bought the bbk shorty headers. Installed them, a little tough to do i might add. ( in the backyard) BBk states they will go in with no mods required. Well when you go to put on your egr tube you find out another story, So i tried torching it and bending it to get it to work. But stainless steel is not easily maleable. So i got tired of trying. I fabbed up my own tube. Fired the truck up went for a drive. IT was missing and jerking under light throttle when you first let off of the gas. I discovered it was the tube itself. The factory tube has an orfice in it. So i put the same size office in my tube. Fixed the problem completely. Does anyone have any recommendations for a 2000 lightning as far as boost levels, Is a 6 lb pulley to much for a 2000 model (blow out plugs) or would you guys run 4 lbs to be safe

boost and blown plugs is a myth, I know built whipple motors running 4 thread heads........ How you change your plugs or how often you change them however would be the culprit of the plug rocket.

80,000 miles here 5# lower 2.80 upper for the last 20,000 miles on my 2000 (daily driven plug launcher..........not)and again "it's the tune"

 

[ecoastkid]

Exactly...plug spitting frequency does not go up with boost. Proper torque on the plugs determins it. If you havent already, put a fresh set of plugs in and MAKE SURE you get an inch-pound torque wrench and tourqe them correctly. Some anti-seize on the threads isnt a bad idea either.

 

[Dr. Matt]

BBK's suck! I have them and put them on when I put in my built motor. EGR tube required extensive mods, had to mod my exhaust flanges because the bolt spaces were different, had to put a dimple in one tube to clear a part of the head, and the studs they give have a shoulder that is too long so the flange nuts jammed on when I tried to get them tight enough to seal. Of course then two of the studs snapped off in the headers when I went to take them off to install my stall converter. BBK's SUCK!