Help me with headers.
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Help me with headers.
So here's my dilemma. I have a 351C 2V engine in my 71 f-100. And that was never an option. So there are no bolt on headers for it. I have to get creative.
Option 1:
A 351M & 400 use the same style ports. So those headers would bolt on to the C motor. But they were taller engines, in a different generation truck. So modifications may be required.
Option 2:
I could get headers for a 302 in a 71. But the flanges would need to be cut off and 351C flanges would need to be fitted.
Option 3:
351C headers for a torino/ranchero, mustang/cougar, montego/cyclone, and bang them up to fit the truck.
I'm trying to figure out which option would work best. I'm asking here, because you dentside guys had the 351M and 400 motors, as well as 302s, and your trucks are basically the same shape as my 71.
What do you think would work best?
Option 1:
A 351M & 400 use the same style ports. So those headers would bolt on to the C motor. But they were taller engines, in a different generation truck. So modifications may be required.
Option 2:
I could get headers for a 302 in a 71. But the flanges would need to be cut off and 351C flanges would need to be fitted.
Option 3:
351C headers for a torino/ranchero, mustang/cougar, montego/cyclone, and bang them up to fit the truck.
I'm trying to figure out which option would work best. I'm asking here, because you dentside guys had the 351M and 400 motors, as well as 302s, and your trucks are basically the same shape as my 71.
What do you think would work best?
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So here's my dilemma. I have a 351C 2V engine in my 71 f-100. And that was never an option. So there are no bolt on headers for it. I have to get creative.
Option 1:
A 351M & 400 use the same style ports. So those headers would bolt on to the C motor. But they were taller engines, in a different generation truck. So modifications may be required.
Option 2:
I could get headers for a 302 in a 71. But the flanges would need to be cut off and 351C flanges would need to be fitted.
Option 3:
351C headers for a torino/ranchero, mustang/cougar, montego/cyclone, and bang them up to fit the truck.
I'm trying to figure out which option would work best. I'm asking here, because you dentside guys had the 351M and 400 motors, as well as 302s, and your trucks are basically the same shape as my 71.
What do you think would work best?
Option 1:
A 351M & 400 use the same style ports. So those headers would bolt on to the C motor. But they were taller engines, in a different generation truck. So modifications may be required.
Option 2:
I could get headers for a 302 in a 71. But the flanges would need to be cut off and 351C flanges would need to be fitted.
Option 3:
351C headers for a torino/ranchero, mustang/cougar, montego/cyclone, and bang them up to fit the truck.
I'm trying to figure out which option would work best. I'm asking here, because you dentside guys had the 351M and 400 motors, as well as 302s, and your trucks are basically the same shape as my 71.
What do you think would work best?
None of the above.
Sanderson has you covered: The Sanderson FC2 header set fits Ford Cleveland/Midland engines in 1953-71 Ford F100 pickups.
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Option 4:
The sandersons.
But I'd really like to have long tubes with no larger than 1-3/4 primary tubes. It's not really a race engine. Just a powerful truck motor. Torque and scavenging is what I'm after.
And shorties wouldn't really make too big a difference over the Manifolds.
The sandersons.
But I'd really like to have long tubes with no larger than 1-3/4 primary tubes. It's not really a race engine. Just a powerful truck motor. Torque and scavenging is what I'm after.
And shorties wouldn't really make too big a difference over the Manifolds.
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These would be alright, but they're for a different generation again.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=171565052109
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=171565052109
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LOL
Well then you don't want my advice.
But be prepared to make them fit.
Well then you don't want my advice.
But be prepared to make them fit.
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I'm completely capable of modifications. Machine shop at my disposal.
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