318 exhaust manifolds on a 360
Sooo...hook me up with a set that will fit an early A.....please!!! Geof
Well I can but you must realize that the early a bodies have small engine bays. I know that Rusty Rat Rod used this set up in one of his early a bodies (if I remember correctly). Also you
can't do it (magnum on driver's side) if you have P/S (Unless you use the 340 manifold), also a manual trans (Z-bar issues, unless you use the 340 manifold) might also be a problem.
If anybody on FABO has any other info on this please chime in!! So it depends on what you have in your a- body??? What do you have in your car????
BELOW..."Svensson" used left and right magnum manifolds and so did "Musclecar". The last guy, ("684mulas") used the 340 on the driver's side.
Treblig
Oct 2011....Svensson wrote, "I put the 2-1/8
magnum manifolds in a 1964 dart.
No power nothing and a pushbutton 904. I had to cut the steering collumn, work and weld on my flaming river conversion kit and also had to do a little grinding at the driverside manifold. It took me two days to build the tubings, but now it fits all nice and tight."
Musclecar 4/11, wrote, "Ok, sorry I haven't responded sooner. Working on this exhaust is so exhausting. Pardon the pun. I have some pics of the
manifolds installed. The manifold numbers are 53010187. and 53010188. They are supposed to be from a 2002 Dakota RT
magnum engine with rear dump, but I think they were available for a few more years. They WILL fit in a 1965 A body with mods to the passenger side. The drivers side will require the Flaming River Mopar conversion shaft, and a manual steering gear box. The flow is comparable to headers. I actually fired it up, and power braked it in my garage. I put it in drive, and let it shift automatically. It went through 1, 2, 3, clear up to 6000 rpm and it wouldn't stop until I let off the throttle!! Everything is very tight, but it is possible.
684mulas wrote, "I had them on a 64 Barracuda with a 340. Its tight but it fit fine with manual steering and brakes"