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Offline Mr. 6pak2go

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a body header question
« on: August 09, 2011 - 09:06:05 PM »
hey guys any body here got any experience with a-body headers im trying tring to install some on my dart its a 75 with a 318 the engine is out of the car im trying to set the headers down in there then drop the motor in the right side goes fine but the left side sit right on top of the center link does the center link suppose to run through the header if any body here has an abody with headers please post some pics of the right side from the top and from the bottom here are the headers i have
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BIG-13100FLT/?rtype=1
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Offline femtnmax

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Re: a body header question
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011 - 09:33:34 PM »
My 340 duster the headers passed below the centerlink.  Your may need the same install.  Maybe do some internet searching.
The problem I had was the headers hung so low that every so often they would hit things.   Test results I found on the web suggested for street use some of the primary pipes could be smashed as much as 50% without much loss in performance.  I had the entire drivers side crushed 25-50% with no change in fuel economy.  The duster had highway gears, so 1/4 mile times were never anything to brag about with or without the crushed headers.
I pulled out to pass a slo-poke one day and there lay an unbroken cinder block right in front of me, I quickly steered to take the hit on the K-frame NOT the oil pan or poor old headers...that C-block exploded out from under the car, good size dent in the kframe but no damage to anything else.  Whew...another close one.
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Re: a body header question
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011 - 12:45:30 AM »
iv tried searching the web i can find any pics or detailed info about the centerlink placement to the headers il take some pics tomorrow there is no way that its gonna fit under it cause when i slide it under it it sets where the oil pan should be! im baffelled!
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Offline Matt70

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Re: a body header question
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011 - 07:44:31 AM »
Try "For A bodies only". It's a good site with some helpful folks. Good luck,  Matt
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