headers

i'm about down to the headers and need opinions.i can use the old broke up pos i have for now but i thought about raising the motor 1" and the trans tailshaft 1.5-2" to get the drive shaft where it should be. i have a short set of headers i could use if i do,i think they'd fit. i realy want to build a new set and run them out the side at the bottom of the fender,so............ i think this motor should have something like 30"tube,2 1/4-2 3/8 step with 4"collector. would a shorter header hurt tq? i realy dont see get'n a very long tube on this thing without going under the car like i have now.

The shorter tube will hurt torque a little, but there comes a point where packaging leaves you no choice.

Barney wrote:The shorter tube will hurt torque a little, but there comes a point where packaging leaves you no choice.

i'm thinking i'll have problems with the torque,even with a short header. i've looked all over the bullet at headers and most are short but they dont have a lack of torque with all the juice...

big and short wont be a bad thing on a big inch alky injected deal IMO

richter69 wrote:big and short wont be a bad thing on a big inch alky injected deal IMO

your headers looked nice! what'd you make them out of,kit or bends?

flanges from Jon Thee, I bought J bends from the Fab Shop.

Mine aint bad for limited room and some hillbilly fab work.

richter69 wrote:flanges from Jon Thee, I bought J bends from the Fab Shop.

Mine aint bad for limited room and some hillbilly fab work.

they look nice to this hillbilly that may be the way i go,thanks.

Short is fine. Torque won't be an issue.

Pic of mine during mock up before they were sent to Nitroplate.

Mine have flanges from Jon Thee, 2 1/4" no steps and use a 4.5" collector.

thats about what i need! the short set may work for now but i may go ahead and make some.

ok,new issues. i put this bbc gasket on and it looks to fit but the ID of that gasket is 2.4" so........2 3/8 tubes for the new set? i realy did'nt think they'd be that big.

mine are 2 3/8

the spacing with that gasket looks ok but it could stand to come down a little.i had'nt realy noticed how much more port these heads have than my A's do.the 2 1/4's worked fine with them.

Jon Thee might be able to move the port around a bit to get a better fit.....

I use the rectangle port BBC gasket on my A460's from Mr. Gasket and the fit the port nicely had to cut them into individual gaskets but no biggie.

bigblok2000ranger wrote:I use the rectangle port BBC gasket on my A460's from Mr. Gasket and the fit the port nicely had to cut them into individual gaskets but no biggie.

Those don't work very well for the Eliminator head.

RTV is the best gasket, it fits them all just fine.

schmitty wrote:RTV is the best gasket, it fits them all just fine.

But looks hokey, I unfortunately had to break down and use some on my rear tubes...

schmitty wrote:RTV is the best gasket, it fits them all just fine.

thats what i use,lol. i only used the gasket to see how the header flange was gona work out. if i had some "good" headers i may try some gaskets.....

dont use so much.......

you can use the grey ta31, holds like mother and wont contrast as bad as the high heat stuff.

got the car back today! 2 3/8-2 1/2 out the fender

nice.......

richter69 wrote:nice.......

thnks,now i want to hear it!

Looks great Lee. This thread actually comes at a good time,because i've been lookin around and doin some measureing the last couple weeks to do the same thing that you are doin. I've gotta get these methonal fumes away from me,that shit stinks. I'm hoping it'll make it a little quieter inside the car also. Where did you get your tubes and collectors at?

bbf-falcon wrote:Looks great Lee. This thread actually comes at a good time,because i've been lookin around and doin some measureing the last couple weeks to do the same thing that you are doin. I've gotta get these methonal fumes away from me,that shit stinks. I'm hoping it'll make it a little quieter inside the car also. Where did you get your tubes and collectors at?

Rick i had a local guy build these for me.all the stuff is hooker but i dont know where he got it.the m5 fumes made my mind up about the fender exit.

Lee,I can't see for the bar,but is the #7 plug gonna be hard to get too?