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I recently purchased a 1989 F-250 4x4 with the EFI 5.0. The driver's side exhaust manifold is cracked and I've got the opportunity to pick up some 87-93 mustang shorty headers for virtually nothing. (1) Are they a direct bolt on to the factory heads and (2) if they are, what are the advantages/disadvantages to using them. Thanks.
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They may or not be a direct swap; depends on the engines heads it came from. For instance the HO /GT engines used better heads than the stock 5.o's and those headers wouldn't work, you'd need the intake and the heads too.
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Originally Posted by Rambo2
I recently purchased a 1989 F-250 4x4 with the EFI 5.0. The driver's side exhaust manifold is cracked and I've got the opportunity to pick up some 87-93 mustang shorty headers for virtually nothing. (1) Are they a direct bolt on to the factory heads and (2) if they are, what are the advantages/disadvantages to using them. Thanks.
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MSM is right, there are usually clearance isssues and flange connection differences from the Mustang to the truck headers. The exhaust port location and configuration is the same on all 5.0, HO and 351 heads, so there is no difference on the way the headers are made where they connect to the heads. The differences are only flange locatiions on the collector end and the bends needed for clearance in regards to other components thast may cause interference under the hood.
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Originally Posted by 94F150-408
The exhaust port location and configuration is the same on all 5.0, HO and 351 heads, so there is no difference on the way the headers are made where they connect to the heads.
They'd need a new intake too.
I'd be really interested in what you find.
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A nice set of AFR heads and a Edelbrock truck intake to go with those headers would be nice, humm, maybe a different cam too.......
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