-64 Dart steering coupling

RustyRatRod said
No, not at all. I know for a fact and back, that the Magnum manifolds do work but not on all cars without some clearancing, because not all these cars are the same. I have a friend in north Georgia who put some on a Duster, which as we know is a lot wider than a 64 in the engine bay. They hit the steering coupler. He had to grind that driver's side down pretty good before it cleared. So no, I wasn't "jumpy" at all. I just a part of my post out. My bad.

They absolutely do require some work in most of not all cases. Most people seem to need to shave the driver's side down about 0.100 or the abouts. I have a 64 valiant and we are planning on doing the same thing. It's been done, no trails being blazed. Direct bolt in? No but it can work. As you said the steering coupler is the problem so either people shave the manifold, shim the motor mount, or even swap the coupler altogether and sometimes all three. Still way less cost than TTI headers.. I wouldn't even suggest it if this was a hot 408 or some such thing but for tooling around it will do quite nicely. Btw the engine bay is roughly an inch narrower per side on the early A vs the 67 and up. I'd probably never buy one again. That said it's a fun car for sure.

The magnum manifolds that are the best ones are very comparable to the early 340 manifold with a huge opening (2.125) opening and can easily be opened up to 2.25. that on and of itself makes the 273 manifolds look stupid.