Help! Doug's headers in 67 barracuda
On a ‘67 the steering column jacket is longer than on later cars, it usually has to be shortened to clear any of the headers for these cars. You can try loosening the bolts on the lower column mount and shifting it over, but you may not get enough clearance that way.
this is my ‘74
This is another members ‘67
The borgeson box I can’t help you with, but the headers were not designed for use with the borgeson box. It’s smaller, but it’s not the same shape so you may have to add some dents/dimples to make those headers work. You might try contacting @BergmanAutoCraft, he sells the borgeson boxes and may have an idea of the clearance issues.
Same for the torsion bars. I have the D453’s on my ‘74 Duster with the spool mount K, I dimpled the tubes on both sides of the engine to clear the torsion bars. Even with the 1.12” torsion bars I run the dimples were relatively small.
These cars have body tolerances of a 1/4” or more, even the expensive headers (Dougs, TTI’s) are a “one size fits most” affair. Which means, a few small dimples and dents are frequently necessary. The earlier biscuit mount K’s are easier to shim and move the engine around on to adjust the header clearance. With the spool K’s the engine pretty much sits where it sits.
On a ‘67 the steering column jacket is longer than on later cars, it usually has to be shortened to clear any of the headers for these cars. You can try loosening the bolts on the lower column mount and shifting it over, but you may not get enough clearance that way.
this is my ‘74
This is another members ‘67
The borgeson box I can’t help you with, but the headers were not designed for use with the borgeson box. It’s smaller, but it’s not the same shape so you may have to add some dents/dimples to make those headers work. You might try contacting @BergmanAutoCraft, he sells the borgeson boxes and may have an idea of the clearance issues.
Same for the torsion bars. I have the D453’s on my ‘74 Duster with the spool mount K, I dimpled the tubes on both sides of the engine to clear the torsion bars. Even with the 1.12” torsion bars I run the dimples were relatively small.
These cars have body tolerances of a 1/4” or more, even the expensive headers (Dougs, TTI’s) are a “one size fits most” affair. Which means, a few small dimples and dents are frequently necessary. The earlier biscuit mount K’s are easier to shim and move the engine around on to adjust the header clearance. With the spool K’s the engine pretty much sits where it sits.
