Will 96-99 Chevy truck exhaust manifolds work on 50 w/SBC?

I've seen guys using a host of different types of manifolds to avoid the clearance problems on the driver's side in the 49-54 Chevy cars with SBC's dropped in. I was wondering if the 96-99 Chevy truck manifolds would work, or if someone is using them?



The left and right side look the same from what I can tell. These are just some that I found while surfing EvilBay, and was wondering about them. I have heard about avoiding the 65 Chevy manifolds (I could be wrong about the year) because they're pretty much straight logs and don't really help with performace, actually hindering it. Any and all advice is appreciated!

Thanks,
Adam

 

they'll bolt on but the driver side manifold has a big ugly male bung where the egr tube screws on

 

You might as well snag the heads while your at it. Those vortec heads are good up to 400hp stock but cant run a big cam until you do some fab work.

 

Well, outside of functionality, which ones are the purdiest that won't break the bank?

 

I have used these on two cars,i just used my bandsaw and cut the back of the driverside one off where the egr bung is and welded a plate across it then painted it with high temp paint.they work good and give you the bigger collcetor size too.you have to cut off the bung so the brake pedal arm clears it.the fire wall brace will be in the way but on the two i did they were already cut away.

 

I'm actually taking the existing brake pedal out and putting a hanging pedal ***embly in along with a power brake set up. Hopefully that would make the bung issue moot?

 

I think you will still have to plug it off at least,you can cut it with a grinder or a saw.weld a piece of 1 1/4 flat across the part you cut off.it shouldnt affect the manifold strength it is really thin there anyhow.this would be the easy route unless you dont have a welder.the fitting is not a pipe thread so finding a threadedplug may be hard.

 

I'm actually taking the existing brake pedal out and putting a hanging pedal ***embly in along with a power brake set up. Hopefully that would make the bung issue moot?

for anyone contemplating any rear dump manifold with the stock pedal on the drivers side be sure the pedal will go all the way to the floor. you may need that extra in an emergency or if your pedal gets mushy. no fun having your pedal arm hit the manifold when you really need to stop. the manifold pictured may clear but I used some rear dumps from around 1970 which didn't.

 

Since the stock pedal will be removed, and a setup from an early 80s Monte Carlo installed with all the workings inside the car instead of in the engine compartment, doesn't that solve that particular hang up with using those rear dumps? The only brake components on that side of the firewall will be the power booster/master cylinder, and they'll be mounted via 2 sandwiched plates where the thin porthole/panel used to be behind the steering wheel.

 

Since the stock pedal will be removed, and a setup from an early 80s Monte Carlo installed with all the workings inside the car instead of in the engine compartment, doesn't that solve that particular hang up with using those rear dumps?

yes. that was for other people reading this with the under floor brakes.

 

Wow...I *AM* a self-centered little cuss, aren't I?

 

driver side, I used this, but mine doesn't have AIR ports, clears steering, clutch, brakes.


P***enger side, Ram horn

 

53SLED how do I find these? What are they from?