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I'm sure Headman/hooker/flowteck/BBK etc. will work as long as you don't have 4x4.. just my experience is that anything with 4x4 is a C . . . to find headers that fit well. Try Jeggs or summit or your local parts store.
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I am looking for a set to fit a '79 4x4 with a 460 BB here in Australia, and have found 1 set local that the guy wants $1600 aud for. lol
That's not going to happen.
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You may want to look at the shorty headers for the 5.0 trucks. They have them at Summit for less than $150 bucks, and if you check around on some of the Ford Lightning boards, you can find the stock lightning shorty headers for $50 to $75. You then have the flexiblity in fabricating your connector pipes from the headers to the muffler(s).
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Thanks for all the info. I forgot to mention that the truck is a manual and it is a two wheel drive. The headers from Hedman say they are only for automatics. I tried Jegs but not Summit.
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hmm not 100% sure but i would tend to think that having an auto would hinder you and that anything would fit a stander transmission. usually anyway. auto's have the wider body's an such.. guess there's the clutch rod/pivot. Just thinking out loud.
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Yes, and as much as they get dogged on here....I prefer to go with the 5.0 due to that fact. I love the support and parts availability. I am willing to run my stroked 302 against any 351. I knocked down 8.1 sec at 83mph in my last 1/8 run, 4.84 0-60 time, and 1.83 60' time.... according to my datalogger.
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I checked Summit and the exact same Hedman Headers didn't say that they were auto only, but three other sites say that they are.
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From: spotsy va
put u a set of big tube shortys on it i had a 75 302 auto w a side mount tank it had duals on it i found a set of bbk shortys at a local pic n pay bolted them on. the exhaust ran from driver side under the bellhousing to the pass side then after the rear crossed back over n came out the driverside so if u can find a good exhaust shop u could even run long tubes but the shortys will do the same thing as long tubes
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put u a set of big tube shortys on it i had a 75 302 auto w a side mount tank it had duals on it i found a set of bbk shortys at a local pic n pay bolted them on. the exhaust ran from driver side under the bellhousing to the pass side then after the rear crossed back over n came out the driverside so if u can find a good exhaust shop u could even run long tubes but the shortys will do the same thing as long tubes
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...st-y-pipe.html
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$1,600 Australian Dollars....that's even worse....that is $1,747.20 USD. I guess these are like gold in Australia.
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put u a set of big tube shortys on it i had a 75 302 auto w a side mount tank it had duals on it i found a set of bbk shortys at a local pic n pay bolted them on. the exhaust ran from driver side under the bellhousing to the pass side then after the rear crossed back over n came out the driverside so if u can find a good exhaust shop u could even run long tubes but the shortys will do the same thing as long tubes