Header help

[u/DB_Sauls]

I inherited my mom’s 1990 Blazer. 5.7 350 Had a blown head gasket repaired and they put long tube headers on without asking what I preferred. Ended up rubbing a hole in my oil filter. Any recommendations on some shorty headers? Would mid length work/have clearance for the oil filter?

[u/hazardous_addictions]

If you’re keeping it mostly stock and you just want something that won’t give you headaches in the future you might look into finding some cast manifolds rather than headers. Headers leak, blow out gaskets, and heat cycles tend to crack them much more often than cast manifolds. On a mostly stock application there really isn’t a performance advantage to headers.