those headers are flowtech 11152FLT I think. Don't get those get the hedmans. The flow tech have issues with the flange being too close to the trans shift selector. Also View attachment 250091View attachment 250092View attachment 250093View attachment 250094the passenger side header points towards the rear tire. But the driver's side is just fine with the dual crossmember.
I'm switching to a lokar type shifter to keep from having to cut the flange.
Unless they have changed them the Hedmans have the exact same issues. At least they did 20 something years ago when I put a set on my 80 Cutlass. The exhaust shop that bent up the custom duals actually had to cut and shorten the drivers side collector because it interfered with the trans linkage in the exact same way your picture shows. It wouldn't allow you to shift past drive, you couldn't get it into L2 or L1. Who knows maybe they have changed them since then but just something to keep in mind from someone who has used them in the past.
3 row Radiator and fan shroud came into today finally. After spending a couple of weeks scouring junkyards trying to find a factory shroud for a cutlass I never seen a single one.
If that spacer came on the engine when you bought it then I'd imagine that was their solution- is the spacer causing issues? How much grinding are we talking about? If it's just a 1/16" hit it with a die grinder or bandfile (finger) belt sander. I'd stay away from the bolt holes and air passage if it needs much clearancing though, considering it's a high heat area and thin stuff cracks. Are you absolutely sure it's what you want to do? It's really hard to put it back...
Can you take a picture of exactly what's hitting?
Edit: Looked at the pic above. I'm assuming it's the lower portion of the bracket rubbing on the exhaust passage. If that's the case then I'd modify the linkage by lightly grinding or tweaking it before I modified the manifold, but it may take a bit of both. Are you going to run an EGR?
The q jet gasket spacer is causing issues with throttle linkage space. I need a regular gasket that ain't so thick .But if I do that the linkage or the kickdown stud will either sit on top of the hole or rub behind it.
Here's some closer pictures.
And I'm not going to run egr it was just getting in the way of the linkage too. With all of that I might just be able to flip the kickdown stud backwards
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