FE Shorty Headers
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From: Creedmoor, North Carolina
FE Shorty Headers
Why can't header manufacturers make something like these for our trucks?
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John
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John
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From: Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Yep I have to agree with Dino....Sanderson makes alot of cool stuff.. and damn good craftsmanship to boot.....But you pay the price like he said....
And anyone that has a set of Long tube headers....that wants rid of them..Didnt take the prep time either with the header or the heads for leakage.... I have been running a cheap set of Headman Headers on my 395"er since 72 and NEVER leak one!! They originally came with welding slag all over the port flange...with a couple of passes on my surface grinder....and making sure the heads were square... and bolted them up...
The motor has been pulled down 2 times over the year for misc..upgrades...a new set of cheap Mr. Gasket... Gaskets and back on the road again....and the truck is driven hard.....LOL.. and I meen hard.. JMO..
And Dino..you change confuser's more than a guy with a bad case of the runs changes shorts!! Good to see you in the room again Bud!!
RJ
And anyone that has a set of Long tube headers....that wants rid of them..Didnt take the prep time either with the header or the heads for leakage.... I have been running a cheap set of Headman Headers on my 395"er since 72 and NEVER leak one!! They originally came with welding slag all over the port flange...with a couple of passes on my surface grinder....and making sure the heads were square... and bolted them up...
The motor has been pulled down 2 times over the year for misc..upgrades...a new set of cheap Mr. Gasket... Gaskets and back on the road again....and the truck is driven hard.....LOL.. and I meen hard.. JMO..
And Dino..you change confuser's more than a guy with a bad case of the runs changes shorts!! Good to see you in the room again Bud!!
RJ
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From: Union, Washington
Originally Posted by RapidRuss
Yep I have to agree with Dino....Sanderson makes alot of cool stuff.. and damn good craftsmanship to boot.....But you pay the price like he said....
And anyone that has a set of Long tube headers....that wants rid of them..Didnt take the prep time either with the header or the heads for leakage.... I have been running a cheap set of Headman Headers on my 395"er since 72 and NEVER leak one!! They originally came with welding slag all over the port flange...with a couple of passes on my surface grinder....and making sure the heads were square... and bolted them up...
The motor has been pulled down 2 times over the year for misc..upgrades...a new set of cheap Mr. Gasket... Gaskets and back on the road again....and the truck is driven hard.....LOL.. and I meen hard.. JMO..
And Dino..you change confuser's more than a guy with a bad case of the runs changes shorts!! Good to see you in the room again Bud!!
RJ
And anyone that has a set of Long tube headers....that wants rid of them..Didnt take the prep time either with the header or the heads for leakage.... I have been running a cheap set of Headman Headers on my 395"er since 72 and NEVER leak one!! They originally came with welding slag all over the port flange...with a couple of passes on my surface grinder....and making sure the heads were square... and bolted them up...
The motor has been pulled down 2 times over the year for misc..upgrades...a new set of cheap Mr. Gasket... Gaskets and back on the road again....and the truck is driven hard.....LOL.. and I meen hard.. JMO..
And Dino..you change confuser's more than a guy with a bad case of the runs changes shorts!! Good to see you in the room again Bud!!
RJ
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From: Creedmoor, North Carolina
Originally Posted by royalchoppers
What is the advantage of the shorties other than more RPM oriented and extra room?
I would just like a manifold improvement, at the time I thought headers was the answer.
I would attempt two driver side 360 manifolds to see if I could make them work.
360 drivers side http://home.alltel.net/bsprowl/Exhau...haustLeft.html
The ugly gummed up rt side http://home.alltel.net/bsprowl/Exhau...austRight.html
John
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From: Texas Hill Country
Originally Posted by jowilker
Personally, I could give a hoot about rpms, it is simplicity and getting away from the stock log manifold. I have not been as fortunate as some of the others here have been, I have had to replace several starters. The long tube Hooker Super comps make a 15 minute job drag into hours of removing the header to be able to change the starter then rehanging it. The bottom row of bolts require you to use this tiny wrench moving it about 1/4" at a time.
John, couldn't agree more... I'll go one step further, I think the long tube headers, and their proximity to the starter is what's causing the starter to go out.
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From: south louisiana
And worth every penny. The FPA's are far and away better made than the Sandersons. 