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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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I am restoring a 78 Ford F150 I bought from a guy that cant tell me much other than he put a rebuilt 460 out of a thunderbird in it and I am trying to order some headers and I want them to fit!!!! under the motor I found DIVE -6015 does anybody know the year this might be and have advice on the best headers to go with for horsepower and fuel economy also I want to due a dual exhuast It has no cat exhuast in it the guy ran stright from the manifold to a motor home muffler on it it is not dual.....

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Any 429/460 header will fit. The best headers out there in my opinion for this swap are the L+L headers. They have extremely thick flanges and won't allow warping for gasket leaks.
 
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