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Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: smokinwoody] #191097
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Looks like you made quite a bit of progress yesterday Dave! It is looking Great!

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: MR_P_BODY] #191098
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Looks real good.. how close are they to being equal,
of course packageing comes first





First, I hope your doing/feeling alot better!
Packaging came first. They are better then the Proparts headers, but not equal length. There is about 6 inches difference between the longest and the shortest. #'s 1 and 2 are the longest, and #'s 5 and 6 are the shortest. More or less in the mid 30 inch range.

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: jughed] #191099
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very nice job on the headers!!! where did you get those flanges??
i had headers made that are very similar to yours, they're also 2 1/4, 4" collectors. i have a NA 540, with future plans (pipe dream) for an F2.



Thanks, but yours look better! I got the flanges from a member here, Jim/TS3303. I don't even know who made them? I think they were for B1 heads, but fit the port pretty good, and are 3/8's thick, and were cheap!

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: 4404dart] #191100
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About 400 with the collectors, and some tabs to bolt the collectors to the seperate tubes. They are still 6 seperate pieces like the ProParts, plus the collectors.




Any idea how many L's and J's you ordered. I would love to have enough on hand to do it all at one time without having to re-order.

-Dave


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Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: GTSDave] #191101
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Any idea how many L's and J's you ordered. I would love to have enough on hand to do it all at one time without having to re-order.

-Dave




It sortta depends on what you have to clear but on
most headers that I build I figure 3 J bends per tube
but you also need to know what radius's you will need,
on some pipes you may have a couple of different
radius on one pipe(for clearance).. try to use the
largest radius that clears(they flow better) and
the fewest bends possible... again they flow better

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: MR_P_BODY] #191102
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Any idea how many L's and J's you ordered. I would love to have enough on hand to do it all at one time without having to re-order.

-Dave




It sortta depends on what you have to clear but on
most headers that I build I figure 3 J bends per tube
but you also need to know what radius's you will need,
on some pipes you may have a couple of different
radius on one pipe(for clearance).. try to use the
largest radius that clears(they flow better) and
the fewest bends possible... again they flow better





I'll look at my receipt, and count them up. I agree with what's mentioned above. Some 45 degree bends would have been nice, instead of using 90's, or cutting and welding to make a slight bend.

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: 4404dart] #191103
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As others have said, sweet look and work. This Dart I've had the prevlige to see in person. It's well done and thought out. Plus it's a nasty ride and is still "streetable". Might see low 9's at this altitude or better?

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: BELVEDERE67] #191104
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Thanks Lyle! We'll see you at Sonic in a couple months. Get that beautiful Plymouth down the track this year!

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: 4404dart] #191105
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Are there any problems with the removable collectors leaking?

Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: mopowers] #191106
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I guess that is how you define "problems" ? They are going to leak, and on a full exhaust system it would be annoying/noisey. I have 4 inch magnaflows just past the collector, so I don't really notice it. In my opinion it doesn't hurt performance that they leak a little?

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Re: Building headers and getting ready for the season. [Re: 4404dart] #191107
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Thats kind of what I figured. I'm just looking for ideas for when I build my headers. It would make it a lot easier if I could use a collector like the one you used. But for my street/strip car, it would be annoying like you said.

Thanks for such a good thread and for the ideas.

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