I am looking at headers and I am curious will Broncos headers fit our trucks?

If so what are the differences between a '70s Bronco and the '80s?

 

As far as headers go, Broncograveyard.com lists all kinds of headers for different motors for different years.

Broncograveyard.com

It looks like whatever fits a Bronco, will also fit the truck, so I think you'd be good to go. I think it comes down to whether or not you have smog equipment on your truck or not. Other than that, everything should work either way. You can always call them too to figure out what will and won't fit, they know better than I do.

 

67-77 broncos are the little ones
78-79 is the same as the 78-79 F150s
80-86 bronco are the same as the 80-86 F150s

 

Ah ok, I was curious cause I found some up to '77 Bronco headers that are midlength that I liked but was curious if the frames were the same so I could use them on my '82 F150. Really isn't much to choose for the these trucks other than full length headers. Shorty headers I could run anything for a mustang and should be fine but I really want midlength.



Thanks I completely forgot about Broncograveyard I will check them out to see what they have.

 

What engine do you have? and are your 2 or 4wd

 

302 and its a 2wd with a C6.

 

IIRC the mustang shorty headers will work in a 2wd Auto truck

 

I figured they would. Just wonder how much more torque I would make with midlength over shorty headers.


The ones I have been looking at are as follows.


Ford Racing Shorty M-9430-P50
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/fm...view/make/ford


I liked these cause they have the ball flange which seals better than conventional gaskets. Down side is they are ment for angled plug heads as well as the GT40P heads to give you more plug access. Not sure how well they would fit on other heads as I was looking at Edelbrock but I see for a hundred less per head I can get Ford Racing twisted wedge heads but need to check the flow data on them.


Hedman Street Headers 88380
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/he.../model/mustang


If the photo is correct on these I am looking at these as they appear to be considerably longer than the shorty headers in the first link. But they are still listed as shorty headers not midlength.


Thing is though I just am not sure how well they would work with the future engine I plan for this truck. I planned on building a 302 roller with aluminum aftermarket heads, headers, aluminum performer intake with a 4v carb. I can reuse most of the parts as I was reading and found out '82 was the first year for the 50oz imbalance motors so I can use a '82 302 balancer and retain all my OEM '82 brackets and pulleys.

 

76 and earlier Bronco is a completely different animal. Frames are tight on these, so you likely could use them in a full size truck, but it is completely unintentional.

 

It's '77 and down. '78 was the first year for the full size dentside(?) Bronco.