1982 Ford LTD-S 351W Police Car

[Brown_Muscle]

Trees FTW! I was considering a darker color for the valve covers...as i believe that is the original color based on the chips of paint left on the intake manifold. We shall see!.

I went with the chromies...will keep them WELL polished, as in, every time i wash or wax the car.

[1987cp]

I went with the chromies...will keep them WELL polished, as in, every time i wash or wax the car.

You'd better! Or else they'll end up looking like mine.

[Brown_Muscle]

uh-oh....dare i ask for a picture?? haha

[johnunit]

that looks nice.


Just curious, did your headers have weird sharp edges on the tubes, like a bender grabbed them wrong? Mine were chrome and were like that in a few places.

[Brown_Muscle]

YES! i was like what the heck happened? must be the way they manufacture it...

[1987cp]

uh-oh....dare i ask for a picture?? haha

Sure! I probably already have one posted somewhere, but as they're not currently installed on anything, I can easily take another, better one.

[86VickyLX]

You'd better! Or else they'll end up looking like mine.

I think you were my example when he said he had ordered chrome headers.

[Brown_Muscle]

PIX would be awesome

[gadget73]

Your coil and bracket were originally black? Odd. Most of those I've seen were dark blue.

[Brown_Muscle]

Your coil and bracket were originally black? Odd. Most of those I've seen were dark blue.

There were a few spots of paint left on the bottom of the coil, and it was gloss black. the bracket IDK, no paint left on that.

[Brown_Muscle]

Just out of curiosity what kind of number am i looking at in terms of performance gains from this exhaust setup? I have VV carb, D8OE heads, stock 82 351 cam. I know some people on here have some sort of awesome calculator they can use for this sort of thing.

[1987cp]

If the engine's still 100% stock, I doubt you should expect any huge gains. Still, logic dictates that any reduction in restriction is a good thing.

Desktop Dyno is a fun toy, but the descriptions for some of its options (expecially exhaust options) are extremely vague, and there's a lot of doubt as to its usefulness for predicting real-world power numbers anyway.

[gadget73]

I'd guesstimate 5-10 hp over stock dual exhaust but probably not much more.

[johnunit]

My engine analyser setup claimed i'd see 15ish over stock duals. That's assuming good tuning and unrestrictive cats

[Brown_Muscle]

Interesting that's around where i was thinking. I'm having a devil of a time finding exact HP and torque numbers for my year. some sources state 140/265 other 165/285. I'm not sure what to believe. the one source says these power figures are taken with all the accessories on and behind the transmission. Anyone have a reliable source for the real power output??