i have a set of headers from a buddies mustang. theyre short tubes and i just was wondering if the would line up with my stock exhaust on my 92 f150 302

 

No they will not.

 

so theyre basically useless for me

 

i wouldnt even bother installing shortys on anything thats not turbo'd. long tubes or nothin.

 

You'll likely have clearance problems. Plus shorties don't do much for these trucks

 

Whats with people hating on shortys

Lightnings come stock with shortys and they arnt just for looks. Ive had longtubes and shortys. Both have pros and cons.

But like everyone else said the mustang headers wont bolt up to the stock Y pipe.

 

JBA shortys on my FSB.

 

I have a set of mustang shortys on my truck. (Because the lame brain at summit didn't know the difference between a truck and mustang was. And because the numb skull at the muffler shop didn't think to ask if when he realized that they just weren't going to bolt up)

The difference between the mustang and the truck is not where they header ends but what size of pipe is there. On the mustang the exhaust flange is bigger. A good muffler shop can cut off your old flanges and weld up some mustang sized ones within an hour if you already have the shortys installed and you <B>TOW</B> the truck there. (Most shops will not work on hot pipe. Call and ask)

 

The angle of the flange is also different. I run lightning shorties and their flange is much bigger than stock y will bolt up. I welded up a custom 2.5 mandrel y and i am pleased with the performance.

 

so its best to go with long tubes for 302? or i was thinking of installing shortys and then taking to a guy that will do my full exhaust from the headers for real cheap but he does good work