Headers for a 76 360 4X4?
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What ever you do, DO NOT BUY THE HOOKER SUPER COMP HEADERS FROM SUMMIT OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER!!!!!! My 76 F250 4x4 has them and they were a little more then the two sets of Headmans that were available. I didn't listen to all my buddies who run highboys with the Fe engines and I bought the Hookers to be different and now after a year, I have replaced 4 starters. The headers are really poorly designed, they sit about an eigth of an inch off your starter and will cook your stock style starter. Even if you wrapp your Headers and your starter you might get 4 months from your starter. I upgraded my stock style starter for a mean green starter that was $300 and it has held up so far. There are 3 companies that I know who make a header for the 67 to 76.6 Highboys with a Fe engine. 1.) Headman(there are two available, a cheap one, and a more expensive one) 2.) Hooker (JUNK!!!!) and 3.) FPA-Ford performance application. The FPA headers are super nice and 6 or 7 hundred bucks. I am pulling the junk Hookers and replacing them with the higher end Headmans.
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The Hedman Hedders part number is 89120. My FE really woke up with the headers and dual 2.5-inch exhaust system. I took some finagling to get the starter back in but the OEM eventually fit.... flip, turn, rotate....
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[QUOTE= I am pulling the junk Hookers and replacing them with the higher end Headmans.[/QUOTE]
Warning...I put the Headman elites and a Rob mini starter on my 76 4x4 FE last September. The truck may have 50 start's (It sit's alot) and the starter died last week. Took the starter apart, cleaned it up, and it lasted about two day's. One header tube was about 1/8" from the rear of the mini starter.
I Purchased a stock starter last weekend with a heat wrap. Unbolting the header, removing the passenger motor mount nut and lifting the engine would not allow enough clearance to install the stock starter. We had to remove both motor mount nuts and use an engine hoist to lift the engine as high as it would go, remove the header, install starter, then install header. One tube was touching the starter, we put it in a vice and squeezed it to give me an air gap between the tube and starter. TOTAL PAIN in the A%%!!
I also installed a 00 gage battery cable. Spins like a top and I hope I get years out of this starter.
I hope you do not have these issues with your truck.
Warning...I put the Headman elites and a Rob mini starter on my 76 4x4 FE last September. The truck may have 50 start's (It sit's alot) and the starter died last week. Took the starter apart, cleaned it up, and it lasted about two day's. One header tube was about 1/8" from the rear of the mini starter.
I Purchased a stock starter last weekend with a heat wrap. Unbolting the header, removing the passenger motor mount nut and lifting the engine would not allow enough clearance to install the stock starter. We had to remove both motor mount nuts and use an engine hoist to lift the engine as high as it would go, remove the header, install starter, then install header. One tube was touching the starter, we put it in a vice and squeezed it to give me an air gap between the tube and starter. TOTAL PAIN in the A%%!!
I also installed a 00 gage battery cable. Spins like a top and I hope I get years out of this starter.
I hope you do not have these issues with your truck.
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From: Waterloo IL
Out of curiosity, does anyone make fenderwell exit headers for an FE? I love them on my 460. If I were to put headers on my 360 I'd prefer fenderwell exit but I dont think I've ever seen them.
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