block huggers?

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ek61
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block huggers?

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anyone know of any extractors /block huggers to suit sbc chev into ek?
without cutting through inner guards
or just as easy to get CRS ones to suit? and go through inner guards

cheers in advance
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Post by Trev »

A new member to the Vic club has a very neat 350 with extractors that don't go through the guards, I think he made them.
I don't mind them going through the guards, looks tough, Trev 8) .
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Post by oldnek »

EK 61.

If you use block huggers you will still have to cut them up higher at the collector, shorten them and reweld them to fit, they still come to close to the crossmember after doing that.
Tony Grima made his own, and his are pretty tight.
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I made mine from stainless, but you can't see em, cause there wrapped.
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You can use 96 Corvette headers, they travel down towards the rear, making a nice neat fit, still allowing plenty of room on the sides.

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Post by ekoupe »

remember dave, my old set are still yours if you want them.
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Post by CHOPPED »

i made mine from scratch didnt want them to exit through the inner sub frame to give us more room i scolloped a internal curve ouy of the upper y frame that bolts to the fire wall then plated this with 8mm steel and welded in it was one of the requierments from my engineer it also runs a tune port injected chev then ceramic coated 12 thousand kays latter they still look like they did the day i finished them
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Post by Mephious »

Just depends on the look Dave your after.

I cut the guards on both the sedan and the panelvan, if you need measurements let me know as the panelvan has no engine atm. Pretty easy to gauge off the pic.

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Made it easier for straight piping in the sedan and I wanted flexibility with both the EK's "just in case" i need to swap stuff.

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Post by ek61 »

cheers 4 the pics
looks like ill be gettin a set that go through the inners when dylan gets his new ones

cheers 4 the tips
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Post by rudigar »

oldneck whos engine bay is that in the first pictureand what is it running. that looks bloody beautiful
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