sleepsontoilet said:Yes, in my opinion. The header couldn't be more in the way. Mine currently has the Clayton 3 link kit and it puts the upper outside the frame rail. That severely limits uptravel and flexing with the driver stuffed/passanger drooped, at least with the frame still in the way. Most of the builds I've seen with a driver upper inside the frame run a stock manifold which doesn't hang down as low. It also allows you to run the exhaust closer to the engine.
I ran into the same thing building John's samurai. We cut the header in half and built a new section and turned the collector.
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