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Old May 23, 2013 | 01:58 AM
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headers installation

I have a 1978 F-100 302 Custom longbed.
I found some Flowtech headers on eBay that are listed to fit my truck.
My question is what sort of problems will I face on installation?
Any tips will be appreciated.

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Old May 23, 2013 | 09:18 AM
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is your truck 2 wheel of 4 wheel drive?
If it is 2 wheel you should not have any problems installing them. You will have to modify up the collector pipes to go over the trans crossmember but not a big deal.
4 wheel drive you may have some clearance issues but I have a 2 wheel drive truck with headers so I do not know exactly what you will run into with a 4 wheel drive.
 
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Old May 23, 2013 | 11:49 AM
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My truck is a 2wd also, I have a C4 transmission. I had issues with my transmission cooler lines (hard lines) I ended up cutting them and using transmission pressure rated rubber line to get them out of the way. For the the collector outputs I used hedman header collector extenders to get the exhaust up and over the transmission crossmember.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hed-18804/overview/
 
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Old May 23, 2013 | 11:55 AM
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headers installation

Thanks Poison Oil & jsutton,

The truck is a 2-wheel drive. I like the idea of the extensions.

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Old May 23, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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yep, those are the things to use. I went to my local muffler shop and had him run new pipes and mufflers and he basically made the same bend as those.
 
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