Im putting headers on my 318 in a 74 duster. Whats the best way to do it, they look identical to headman brand as far as routing goes. Is it easy enough to put them on from under the car or can I put them on the engine before I drop it in?
Thanks for the info im going to try again this weekend when ill have more time. My dad has a 72 Duster Twister with similar headers the link doesnt look to feed through them. It almost looked like they go outside the torsion bar. They are cheap headers. cheep cheep!
I have the hedman style headers on my 74 Duster. Much easier if they are already in car before putting motor in. Plus the fact that you have to snake the steering center link through the driver side header. Headrers are nice but changing the starter went from a 45 min job to a 2 hour job. Mainly because you have to disconnect the inner tie rod and the steering box arm from the center drag link, then push the drag link out of the way and turn the steering wheel all the way to the left, and then turn the left front tire to the right. Thats just to be able to get the starter snaked out of that hole. Oh- def get a starter heat shield!!! Not really needed, but there is alot of heat going around that starter with headers. They are cheap enough and can prob make one yourself.
Mine is a 74 Duster 360/904 with power steering and front sway bar.
Really, I have a full size starter and I can snake it out without taking anything apart. I will agree though, it does take a little longer.
hopefully i wont be finding that out anytime soon lol, i put a brand new starter in when i put the headers on. BUT, when i put my starter in, the header was already in position but not tight, and i had room to feed it up there with the centerlink through the header.
I would suggest getting some heat wrap and put it around the motor part. I know the heat killed my other one.
One of these days I'm going with a mini starter.
i will say one thing in defense of cheap headers. my hooker super competition long tube cheap *** headers, dont leak, dont burn wires, i have easy access to all my plugs, they dont scrape, and the paint has yet to burn off in over a year of daily use. i have slant six torsion bars with 10 year old shocks. the summit headers are almost an exact copy of these, and in fact i have set of summits on the way to my house. patience is the key with long tube headers. make sure you get the car high enough in the air, i always feed the right side in first.
I just ripped off my hookers because they scraped, leaked,(even with percy gaskets) had to beat the hell out of them to clear anything in the engine bay. They were near impossible to put the bolts in the flanges due to the tubes. I've heard hooker had a bad batch make it through their quality department and it appeared I go a set of them.