1970 f100
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1970 f100
I just put in headers but it seem like i need some more clearance on the cross member. the collector of my headman headers is touching there. I was thinking about raising my motor and tranny up? whats the best option for me?
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Thanks.
Are the headers new and What make & PN are the headers? Or were they purchased used? It's sometimes a box of chocolates with the latter...
Long tubes will typically point directly at the crossmember and require that the exhaust tubing go up and over a short distance.
How about posting a pic and showing us what yer working with.....?
Are the headers new and What make & PN are the headers? Or were they purchased used? It's sometimes a box of chocolates with the latter...
Long tubes will typically point directly at the crossmember and require that the exhaust tubing go up and over a short distance.
How about posting a pic and showing us what yer working with.....?
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Thanks.
Are the headers new and What make & PN are the headers? Or were they purchased used? It's sometimes a box of chocolates with the latter...
Long tubes will typically point directly at the crossmember and require that the exhaust tubing go up and over a short distance.
How about posting a pic and showing us what yer working with.....?
Are the headers new and What make & PN are the headers? Or were they purchased used? It's sometimes a box of chocolates with the latter...
Long tubes will typically point directly at the crossmember and require that the exhaust tubing go up and over a short distance.
How about posting a pic and showing us what yer working with.....?
it only needs about .5-1 inch of vertical clearance to make it over the cross-member.
So im kinda in a bind....I was thinking spacers under the trans/engine mounts to get the clearance i need. (i wont be able to get a picture up tonight though)
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Shimming/spacing the engine and trans is not the right way. .. that'll likely cause other problems.
Just have a section of tube bent to go over the x-member... I don't suppose you have or know anyone that can weld and help you out....
Just have a section of tube bent to go over the x-member... I don't suppose you have or know anyone that can weld and help you out....
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Now how would I go about doing that I need the collector of the headers to go up about an inch and a slightly to the center of the engine this is for the passenger side and the driver side needs to go up about a half an inch. I'm not real sure why the headers are like that they were made for this engine I just need to fix the problem
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Do you think it's possible that my trans mount could be so worn out that it's dropping the trans down a little bit which makes the headers hit on the crossmember?
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