CHEAP Headers for 1994 K1500 4x4 pickup??

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I've seen this subject posted ad nauseum and there's always a debate.
One says he can fit them if you'd just find the exact right one, most other commenters say no way.
Then there's the need for special bending and welding and routing and heat shielding, and there's the O.P. who states emphatically: "CHEAP".
If you want cheap, you don't want long tubes. It means double the cost, double the pipes, double the mufflers, double the tailpipes.

For packaging and real world driving, a set of shorties will do just fine. Long tube headers do improve cylinder scavenging... especially at 6000 RPMS! TBI engines don't rev to 6k. Real world driving is under 4k and shorties will be your best, cheap header.
O.P. don't get hung up on racecar exhaust on a stock truck with a stock engine, with stock tires and stock gears.

I have a spare set of chrome shorties, NIB. Want 'em? $100 plus shipping.
Still got those?
 

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Hedman 69840 Elite Ultra-Duty HTC Coated Full Length Headers, I had to weld in the bungs for the original O2 and a WO2. I noticed someone on here mentioned the shifter linkage clearance but I have a cable floor shifter so I can't confirm the clearance on that, but I did bend the bracket that holds the fuel lines up higher to prevent heating the fuel lines.

I did the Hedman Elites, had them on my '88 C1500 first and now my '98 K1500. They actually fit my 4wd better.
 

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