'69 F-100 HEADERS

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Jan 16, 2000 | 06:59 PM

R.BECK

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'69 F-100 HEADERS

I HAVE A '69 F-100 2WD THAT I AM IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING.I AM REPLACING THE VERY WORN OUT 360 WITH A 351W WITH ABOUT 375 HP & A MODIFIED C6 TRANS. I HAVE THE WINDSOR BUILT AND READY TO PUT IT IN, BUT I HAVE RAN ACROSS A PROBLEM.I HAVE NOT FOUND A HEADER COMPANY THAT CARRIES HEADERS FOR THE '69 F-100 WITH A 351W. I HAVE FOUND A SET FOR A '69 F-100 WITH THE 302 ENGINE,WITH THE WINDSOR BEING TALLER AND WIDER,DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THE 302 HEADERS WILL FIT (CLEAR FRAME RAILS,STEERING BOX & CROSS MEMBERS)?
CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE PLEASE HELP ME, I'M DESERATE TO HEAR THIS THING PURR (OR GROWL).
THANKS
R.K.BECK

Jan 16, 2000 | 07:43 PM

jowilker

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RB, The reason you can't find your request is that the 351w wasn't available for the truck in 69. Find the earliest model that it was available, and I'm gonna guess that as long as it it before 1980 it will work.

John

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Jan 17, 2000 | 02:21 AM

BigBrownTruck

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I was considering replacing the 302 in my 76 with a 351W and I couldn't find any 351W headers listed nor could the speed shop I've been patronizing. I have been trying to figure out where and when 351W were used in 70's era trucks and the only answer I've come up with was a wrecking yard telling me that ford used the 351W for emmisions motors in states like California. I'm thinking that there have been shorty headers made for more recent 351W (5.8L) that are meant to replace cast manifolds. Yeah they got an O2 sensor hole. Why not plug it with an O2 sensor. You'll have a head start on converting to fuel injection. Yeah I know, that is a lot more complicated (fuel injection conversion) but if you can plug the holes, I bet that you could have an exhaust shop hook up pipe to them.

Mar 31, 2000 | 11:14 AM

Eric_B

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Apr 5, 2002 | 11:44 AM

Brian

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Has anybody tried the 86-95 shorty headers on the 67-72 trucks? I have the same perdicament. I hate to have a good breathing engine and be forced to use factory cast manifolds.

Brian