Header fitment rant, Doug's

Mopar87 said

After reading this entire thread,I am glad that I will be putting the front suspension and crossmember from a 90's dakota under my 73 scamp.The rack and pinion steering is way out of the way and I ditch the torsion bars.Granted I will be using a set of 1.75 longtube headers off a ram pickup so that will probably have its own set of challenges but nothing like this. Anything more than minor dimpling and I would start cutting and welding tubes so they fit better.

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So, you’re doing 10x the amount of work to make your scamp handle like a truck so you don’t have to dimple some headers? Except you’ll probably have to custom make your headers. Thinking truck headers will bolt right up in your scamp with a Dakota crossmember is beyond wishful thinking.

There’s a dozen people in this thread that posted they had no issues at all with their headers. And one that had a terrible time for a still undetermined reason. Seems like you’re cherry picking the answer you want to hear to justify a decision you’ve already made.