I am building a 56 with an IFS suspension and a 347 Windsor based stroker Motor. Does anyone know what long tube exhaust headers will fit?

 

Jerry, Welcome to FTE! We would love to see pictures of your truck.
I'm no expert, but I would say, a lot depends on what type of IFS you have and how your steering is set up. Room tends to be tight on the drivers side.

Pictures would help that's for sure. (I'm not saying that just because I love pictures, although I do love pictures.)

 

I will post a few pictures as soon as I figure out how to do it.

 

Welcome Jerry. I'll proly get some disagreement on this but....first off if you are set on long tubes because they look cool or you just like them, then by all means use em. Otherwise, I've spent a lot of time on the dyno with my mustangs. My last time I was at Panhandle Performance in Panama City tuning the car. The guys there are brilliant. Mark had me use 1 3/4" shorties. Long tubes are such a pain to me. Anyway, they were only worth 6-8 hp over the shorties which absolutely sealed the deal for me. Mark showed me why you have to get to serious levels before you really need long tubes. Something that surprised me was after making a bunch of pulls with the factory fan on I swapped on an electric fan and put down 10hp more to the tires. My point is it all depends on your reasoning for using long tubes. I like the Hooker Super Comps but have never used them in the setup you are building. And I know you didn't ask IF but WHICH. Just thought I'd throw my thoughts out....I'm bored...lol.

 

Could we see some pictures? Here is how.


But I got ta say becoming a supporter is the fastest and easiest way to post pics right from
your whatever pad/cell thing or home computer.
Few of us look in the users Gallery or album as you can see by your recent visitors.


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Originally Posted by 76f350spercamprspeal

Welcome to FTE, Best Damn Forum EVER!
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Here's How to Post Pictures:
1. Login to FTE.
2.Click User CP (In the Top Left Hand Corner)
3.(On the Left, There will be a list, The 5th Option Down, will say "Pictures & Albums) Click That.
4.Then, Click Add Album, Enter a title, and description, if ya want to.
5. Click Upload Pictures, Then click Browse, Locate the Files of your truck. (You can add 3 files at a time)
5. Click Upload.
6. Add a description to the individual pictures, then click save.
7. Add more files if ya want.
8. Click The Picture you want to post, it will give you two codes at the bottom, Right Click The Second one (It say's BB Code, Then Say's [IMG]http:blahblahblah...[/IMG])
Then, Once that is highlighted, Right Click, Then Copy, Then Paste it into your post.
You can add up to 30 Images in one FTE Post.
If, Ya need any help, Don't hesitate to ask.


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Originally Posted by old_dan

You can also go to the "Garage" tab and start an album right here on FTE. After you post pictures to an album, we can look in your album, but you'll also be able to "insert a picture" by pasting in a link to the picture in your album.

It seems awkward, but whenever you "insert a picture" to one of these threads, the forum is looking for the picture somewhere on the web (which is always available) rather than from somewhere on your hard drive (which isn't always available).

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Originally Posted By Jolly Roger Joe

Welcome to FTE!

Go to Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket and sign up for a free account. Then create an album for your truck. Upload any pics you want to post on FTE to that album. Have this album open on your computer when you want to post pics on FTE.

While you're making a post on FTE, select the pic you want to post from your Photobucket album. When the large version of the pic is open, right mouse click on it and select "View Image Info". The image info will be highlighted and will look something like this:
The best photos and videos | Photobucket

Copy that highlighted info (right click / copy).

When you have the spot in your post where you want the pic to be placed, select the "Insert Image" icon at the top of the post (looks like a mountain) and paste (right click / paste) the image info you copied in the highlighted box (just shows "http://" when it opens).

Your pic will be placed in the post.

Hope that helps.

Here's a tutorial Bob put together: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/67...-pictures.html Bob's link is not working. Can someone in the know tell me why?

How to upload pictures to the FTE Forums. - YouTube. Thanks Sam Rusty_Old_F250. Best we can find is that this video was done by Gundown64

 

Charlie I'm with Wayne on this...Shorties are the way to go unless you "just have to have them"! I have had several 347 Mustangs with short and long tubes...my Prochared F1R car is the only one that saw SERIOUS gains with long tubes and it was 900 + hp...Just a thought.. I have BBK Ceramic shorties from a Fox mustang on mine and no clearance issues..

 

Don, I also use the BBK Ceramics. I've had the FRPP Ceramics and while they were made good the ceramic wasn't so good. I also have been a MAC dealer since almost day one with them....ummm...I'm not so fond of MAC headers.

 

Thank you for the info.

 

To help you realize the difference between the LTH and STH, it has to do with Cam overlap and Header Pulse rate. A LTH will have a better pulse rate which is designed to not only scavenge the exhaust but also create a pulse rate to help draw fuel on the intake stroke. The LTH will give you better Mid to High range power at high rev which is why most racers prefer the long tube design.
A STH does scavenge the exhaust but has very little pulse rate to work with there and is a better exhaust for low end to mid range driving.
Realize also that exhaust design needs to match not only the engine design ( stroke, pistons, Cam and Fuel delivery) but also your driving style ( Road or Strip )
I've had LTH's on my modified Ford Small Block in my 53' but had to modify the long tube's to fit the stock suspension and original stock trans cross member. I enjoyed the performance ( considering the engine build ) of the LTH as to where the cam kicked in but since I'm rebuilding to a daily driver my choice will be the STH.Most here on the forum go with the Sanders Shorty and have good results which will be my choice.
Hope this helps with your decision.

 

Another vote for Sanderson headers and shorties for the street. Sanderson makes a heavy duty header that won't leak at the flanges and will outlast 2 sets of the toilet paper thin tube "bargain" headers. Sanderson offers excellent support, if they tell you a header will fit, and for some reason it doesn't, they'll take it back and/or build you a custom modified set that will fit. ALWAYS get them HT powder coated, it makes them less "ringy" and dramatically reduces under hood temperatures.