New Small Block Headers
Quaker State makes one that is really small in diameter. I got one once out of necessity and honestly thought it was wrong when I got it out of the box it's so skinny. Sorry no part # if I find it I'll post it up.
51348 WIX ended up working. It’s SMALL. Dont want to have to use a 90 degree adapter.
can’t believe how “ lopsided” these headers are.
Driver side has adequate room, except very, very tight around starter.
Passenger side…wow. All 4 tubes are wrapped around the torsion bar on that side. #8 practically touches, and the collector comes over so far it nearly hit’s the rocker. Tons of room around oil pan.
gonna have to really “ cut over” with a 45 I think to get the mufflers/ and short 3 inch pipe through the cutout on that side.
Interestingly, on the driver side, what I had behind the Doug‘s will work, just don’t have the 3 bolt flange to bolt to is all.
I suspect the guy with the 70 4 speed Duster they used to build these headers is the only car they worked the headers up on.
And it wouldn’t surprise me if he had a 90 degree adapter on his car, otherwise they would have been out and out negligent with the room they left to screw a filter straight in.
and my motor is sitting perfectly where it’s supposed to be, that isn’t/ wasn’t the issue.
passenger tubes were so close to the torsion bar it was nearly impossible to get the collector on, loosen this tube, tighten that tube, yada, yada.
Hopefully they work better than they fit, they have zero over Doug’s regards fit….. and two over and two under the link on both sides, not all four over.
so the guy with the Duster who posted up thread about how they had more clearance than anything he had seen…. Hasn’t seen much..lol
i will post pictures at some point soon when I get it on a lift, which admittedly would have made pounding the collectors on good bit easier, not an hour of cussing each..lol