95 Impala SS, BBK Shorty Headers, UPDATE

Any questions drop them below if I forgot to cover anything in the video. Thanks for watching!

[@jakepharaoh3122]

Nice fam I need some headers put on my 96 you in Detroit

[@otisV2]

Nah Ohio lol. I got some white buffs tho 🤣

[@beliveonme4906]

Yup good staff definitely love to hear the sound of bbk with lt1

[@otisV2]

Will definitely get a vid for you bro!

[@HOGSIDESJTV14BOSSHOGRECORDS]

Nice job.im next.did u take the air pump off?

[@otisV2]

HOGSIDE SJ T.V. Thanks man and yessir got that thing outta there!

[@DrCEO-tb1yj]

I placed hooker header on my 94 Chevy impala ss, but now I can not place the ac pump on. How do I do it?

[@otisV2]

Dr. CEO the hooker headers are a different fit than the BBKS, I’m not sure how you would do it brother. Sorry..

[@JacobStayViben]

Where did you get your caps or fittings for your BBK headers. I am looking for some as i just put a new motor in mines. Looking for Caps or fittings

[@otisV2]

Dorman 090-050 oil drain plug m22-1.50

[@chicosuave2966]

OtisX TM...I'm thinking about getting BBK Shorty headers for my 95 LT1 Camaro, or Hooker Shorty Super Comps's...are the BBK's a better option to go with b/c I've been told that the Hookers are cracked what they're supposed to be. I'd greatly appreciate your input.

[@otisV2]

chico suave me personally man I would go with the BBK ceramic shorties. I’ve seen first hand what “cooker” headers can do to your ride. A buddy of mine installed some non ceramic hookers and they got so hot they put a crack in his hood. Literally melted right through. The BBK ceramics give the car a nice deep tone I love them.

[@chicosuave2966]

Otis X TM 10:4 thanks for taking time to reply brother I appreciate it. 👍

[@otisV2]

chico suave no problem man, would leave to hear the exhaust after you get it all done!

[@chicosuave2966]

Otis X TM hey brother I forgot to ask ya last time, I see you deleted your EGR & Air..did you have to retune your car? I’m thinking about getting a set of headers with the EGR & Air because where I live, there’s nobody for hundreds of miles to retune my car. Do you know a good set of headers that has those? I’m thinking about getting Kooks but not sure

[@otisV2]

chico suave EGR is still there but the AIR was deleted. And no sir I didn’t have to tune anything afterwards. The CEL comes on now because of the change in exhaust flow. If I wanted to get the CEL off I would have to have it tuned. Other then that it runs a1

[@Dom_pss]

Did you have to do anything tuning wise since you deleted the air pump?

[@otisV2]

Dominique Perry nah man on the 95 you don’t have to do any tuning. However I’ve heard on the 96 that a tune is required afterwards or the CEL won’t turn off.

[@Dom_pss]

Good I've got a 95 too, thanks for responding.

[@otisV2]

Dominique Perry no problem man glad I could help.

[@kingboopy1340]

No problem with the brake lines that close to the headers?

[@otisV2]

No sir

[@lawrencejolly3672]

Can you post a link to the type of headers these are

[@otisV2]

www.summitracing.com/parts/bbk-15950

[@MidnightBlue98]

I'm planning on getting these installed but I noticed these aren't compatible with the air pump. Would I have to do a delete to make it all work?

[@otisV2]

MidnightBlue98 not sure if they would work with the air pump set up, I deleted mine and haven’t had any issues at all.

[@MidnightBlue98]

@@otisV2 honestly, it doesn't look like it will. Unfortunately, the shop that does really good work for my vehicles do smogs so they told me they can't delete the air pump themselves. Luckily I have a 95 but I'm also in California. Have you had any issues whatsoever with passing smog after the delete?

[@otisV2]

MidnightBlue98 no issues at all brother,

[@MidnightBlue98]

Otis X TM ok well I’ll have to double check with BBK and the shop to make sure. Appreciate the feedback!

[@michaelbabulsky3192]

how about egr hookup ? did it hook up to stock pipe?

[@otisV2]

Michael Babulsky yessir

[@rondeniro]

I have a 96 caprice 4.3 LT1 do you think those same BBK’s will fit on mines?

[@otisV2]

Ron De Niro yessir should be a direct bolt up

[@rondeniro]

Otis X TM Thanks for the quick replay! I just got my K&N intake system done & homebase also taken off, been lookin at those BBK’s the last two days but I think I’m getting those next/now. 💯🏁

[@otisV2]

Ron De Niro nice bro she’s gonna sound real good when your done!

[@Dondadano1]

Ummm 4.3 is L99 not Lt1. Stop whatever you’re attempting to do to a 4.3 and get you a 5.7 in there

[@rondeniro]

Peter Ogu Good lookin out will do 💯

[@mikeammargon6847]

When you delete the air pump did it cause any drivability issues ??

[@otisV2]

Mike Ammargon no drivability issues at all, car runs perfect

[@mikeammargon6847]

@@otisV2 good to know... thankSS

[@marioramos3363]

Do you know the part number for the headers

[@otisV2]

15950 I believe

[@kenwilbourn7246]

I have them on my caprice. It’s leaking from the flange. Does it take a gasket or is it metal to metal?

[@otisV2]

I had to use two graphite felpro gaskets to keep mine from leaking, the stock bbk gaskets that came with the headers are junk.

[@otisV2]

Takes a gasket, if it’s still leaking with one, try two on one side

[@kenwilbourn7246]

It’s leaking at the flange at the bottom where exhaust pipe bolt up. Did you use a gaskets for that?

[@otisV2]

@@kenwilbourn7246 nope, not sure how you can fix that tbh, maybe take it to an exhaust shop and see if they can tighten it up better

[@otisV2]

@@kenwilbourn7246 the part you described is metal on metal, no gasket there

[@mustangmunoz8]

stock cats? I'm installing myself and i see the kit came with 2 small extenders just not sure how they connect with the stock cats. Also instructions say something about cutting 5 inches off the passenger pipe. would appreciate some help

[@otisV2]

grindordie gonna do my best to remember everything but here’s what we did, yes it’s stock cats, we welded those two elbows to the existing catalytic assembly. You don’t need to cut anything at all, I had no figment issues whatsoever. I remember we took the cats off and welded those two extenders onto them, can’t remember if it was welded before or after the cats. Hope this helps a little

[@otisV2]

grindordie I could even climb under there and a snap a pic if it would help, I don’t know how much I’d be able to see.

[@mustangmunoz8]

oh ok i see what you mean. i am working on jack stands and currently taking off the cats but these 3 bolts per cats aren't the easiest haha. hmm would you know if you welded them onto the 3 bolt flange the stock cats have? trying to think how that would look with the elbows welded to the triangle flange of the cat.

[@mustangmunoz8]

yes please some pictures would definitly help out. i would greatly appreciate it. also the passenger side looks a lot harder than the driver side. all those cooling lines don't look fun to work around with. if you could snap some pics of that side id greatly benefit from that my email is vanny.munoz93 @ gmail.com thanks again

[@otisV2]

grindordie I can’t remember exactly man it’s been a few months and I was kinda in the shadows while that part was going down. I just remember my buddy taking the cats off, welding them elbows onto the assembly. I don’t have a lift or jack stands at this house or I would lift it up and check for u

[@formereverything4268]

I have a 94. going to remove cats altogether and get shorty headers. Are 1.6 rockers a good item to do at this point? Just want a fast daily driver, will never race my impala

[@otisV2]

Doug Finlayson i can’t say for sure man, that’s what my mechanic recommended I do as my next “big” internal upgrade. If I had the money and time that’s what I would do.

[@mikeammargon6847]

I have 1.6 roller rockers (scorpion).. with a mild comp cam.. love it

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

I’m weighing these or the edelbrock 66032s.

[@otisV2]

Wouldn’t recommend these to be honest

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

@@otisV2 Hey thanks. I was leaning towards Edelbrocks so I'll get em. Of course, the ones with the CARB sticker for Cali are more expensive than the 66033's even tho they are the same.

[@shawngordon8895]

We're there any other changes or mod's you had to do to install headers?

[@otisV2]

None!

[@shawngordon8895]

Great!

[@shawngordon8895]

Now I just have to find a trustworthy shop.

[@mitchellpendarvis4467]

How come you didn't go with long tube?

[@otisV2]

Shorties fit my budget at the time

[@FLAWDAJAY2003]

How hard were the headers to install?? What did u use to cap off the top hole on the headers.

[@otisV2]

Jay install went pretty easy overall, i ended using some oil drain plugs. Dorman 090-055 Oil Drain Plug - M22-1.50

[@FLAWDAJAY2003]

@@otisV2 thanks man

[@moneygang3593]

How much was it ?

[@otisV2]

Salomon Diaz for what exactly? Headers were about 560 after tax. Me and a friend did the labor ourselves so it didn’t cost that much.

[@moneygang3593]

Otis X TM Awh okay I got a impala ss 95 n I wanna add more horse power but also keep it stock I don’t wanna do nothing to crazy wanna have it up to 300 hp at least

[@otisV2]

Salomon Diaz oh okay well for starters man you could go with headers, gears and a stall. That’ll make the car feel 300lbs lighter. 3.73 gears and a 2800 stall converter would be a nice upgrade. Then if your looking for more power after that look into upgrading your valve springs and rockers, that’s an easy 30HP right there.

[@moneygang3593]

Thank u bro ✊

[@BornToBeFamed]

Salomon Diaz dont be fooled. I have a chart showing lt1’s real power. Lt1 went up in compression every year . 94-96 all made 10:1-10:4:1 compression gm lied about the lt1 they make 300hp crank stock . Just like the lt1 easily makes 350 crank hp. The dyno number prove gm was lying. Headers and cam and gear will make any lt1 or ls fly lol

[@da6thmane094]

Will these fit on 95 fleetwood

[@otisV2]

Long as it’s the lt1 yes they will fit

[@AlexisMartinez-vl2to]

What is that whiteness around the air pump caps?

[@otisV2]

Teflon tape, it’s to help prevent leaks

[@AlexisMartinez-vl2to]

Otis X TM where did you get the caps and what are the measurements. I cant find anything to use.

[@otisV2]

Alexis Martinez I actually got some different caps from summit racing, you can order and they fit great. I’ll get the part # one second

[@otisV2]

Alexis Martinez go to summit racing and search RNB-65223. It’s an oil drain plug that fits like a glove for these headers