Problems with Kooks custom conversion headers!

[scemeca]

I had the same problem with my tierod ends hitting the pan also if your look at the thread that stealth has on the ls1 forum it will help that guy is great with his pics that is about the most detailed thread that i have found http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/conver...ogress-14.html i hope this helps.

[Evldoer]

Jsrocket is working on his project in my shop, and I have been working with him to try and help him past this snag in his build. What we have come up with is these headers from Kooks were simply not built to work in this chassis. We have tried 3 different pans, and none of them will work for correct engine placement. Headers are too wide for the frame, and we cant move engine up to rectify the problem, and it cant go down either. We really like the quality of the headers, but the problem is with customer support from Kooks custom headers. I called George Rumore myself and talked with him, first time he asked me if we were using their motor mounts, and I replied that there was no mention of their mount on their website, or in the box the headers came with, so he looked at his site and couldnt find them either, said he would speak to his boss right away and call me right back. Guess what, that didnt happen, I had to call him the next day and he tells me oh yeah, I was just going to call you. What a joke, Then he goes on to tell me that he would like me to take some measurements and call him back. This is the problem with some of these companies we have to deal with. They get to a point where they are making so much money that they dont want to go to the extra effort to help a guy out. So basically we are sick of getting the run around from Mr. Rumore, and we are going to make the headers work, this means clearance work to the frame, modifying the oil pan, and modifying the floor pans. All this to get a 900$ set of headers to work. Would it have killed them to just say send them back and we will check them out and send you a new set? Probably not. You can bet we will be grinding the tag off the headers that say KOOKS, and every person I hear talking about Kooks will not get anything good from me about their products.
Thanks Scemeca for that link, its a great thread.


MIKE