Gladys.....

[1987cp]

by the way...

LONG TUBE HEADERS WILL NOT FIT.

They'll fit great if you build 'em yourself specifically to fit the chassis. I'd really like to try that someday if I ever acquire the proper skills .... surprised no one else has tried it yet.

[351wcrayz]

Sorry about the confusion guys, I am wanting SHORTY headers, with the tubes arranged as the LONG tubes are in the pic....Less heat that way.......

[1987cp]

I guess I'm not following what you mean by shorty headers with the tubes arranged like long tubes. There are "bundle of snakes" equal-length shorties you can buy, if you like burned spark plug boots and scraped knuckles ... :p

Flowtech's 12106 is the only 1.5"-primary shorty for 5.0 Mustangs I'm seeing on Summitracing.com at the moment. Dynomax 85048 is a mid-length header similar to what DuceAnAHalf (I think) has on his 351 car, not sure how they'd fit with a 302. Summit G9074 and BBK 1515 are 1-5/8" shorties for 302 what would be a bolt-on with a 302 and Mustang H-pipe or require a little fabricating with a 351. BBK's 1511 is a 1-5/8" primary shorty designed for 351W swaps into Fox Mustangs; mysteriously, torquelover reports that he couldn't get them to work right on his 351 car with a Mustang H-pipe and still had to piece together the front of his exhaust to match up.

[torquelover]

That's very true. And confirmed by another 351 box driver over on CVN .

[1987cp]

Makes a person curious how they actually fit on Mustangs.

[351wcrayz]

'Cause Mustangs are Fords' Bastard son....j/k

I might even get the ball to get a couple o kits an just fab some up the way I want.......Its a plan so stupid it just might work....

[1987cp]

hehe. Actually, my future plans for the stock Mustang headers on my LTD is to remove the aftermarket H-pipe, get some 2.25" female ball flanges from NAPA, and try my hand at making my own 2.25" H or X pipe specifically to fit the chassis. Too many annoying issues with the mid pipes not being *quite* long enough. :p

[85crownHPP]

not long enough cuase its a waggin??

[1987cp]

don't think so ... isn't a wagon the same wheelbase as the Vic/MGM sedans, with the Town Car being the one that's a little longer?

And yeah, I'm running stock-size mufflers with 19" cases.

[85crownHPP]

hhmm I wonder what the length issue is then... that sucks

[351wcrayz]

*UPDATE*

Cleaned the Alternator bracket, the fan shroud, the crankshaft pulley and the belt tensioner, primered and painted them a nice satin finish Black.

Got the camshaft and lifters back in, replaced the head, and the valve pan covers.

Only thing left is to replace the timing chain cover after dialing the cam in, and re-installing the intake manifold along with the rest of the re-assembley, pics soon....

The re-painted parts look AWESOME, never really thought that the smaller parts would make an impact, but they do.....