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Old Apr 26, 2019 | 03:42 PM
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cheap ebay stainless headers (302).......

I have a set of the cheap tri-y's on my mustang and they fit great, so I took another chance with these. mounted them up to the engine, they fit nice and are pretty well built, except for the ugly welds. I had to ding one tube about 1/16th of an inch to get the bolt in. think I paid like $65 shipped for them. I have a 4r70w and looks like they will clear just fine.


 
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Old Apr 26, 2019 | 06:48 PM
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You might have been able to get that bolt in if you stuck it in the hole before mounting the headers to the head.
 
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The header to flange isn't even welded all the way? The rest of the welds look okay.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2019 | 06:55 AM
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ford390gashog they may have fully welded the header on the inside and ground it flush. when i worked for an aftermarket header company years ago , we did that on some of the headers we built.
 
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You might have been able to get that bolt in if you stuck it in the hole before mounting the headers to the head.
Nope, tried
 
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The header to flange isn't even welded all the way? The rest of the welds look okay.
Fully welded on the inside
 
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Old Apr 27, 2019 | 09:49 PM
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Looks good, but don't get your hopes up. I tried an oem Mustang shorty set like that, and looked like they'd clear no problem. The driver's side front cylinder tube interfered with the engine mount perch. Please keep us posted though!
 
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