rjcardinal Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I am wondering what headers I can try to fit my car. Its a 1977 280Z. The 350 Chevy and 700r4 were installed years ago. The motor mounts were custom made. Not sure what position you would call it but it was moved forward to clear an HEI distributor and the stock hood latch. Everything was up and running but the car was never completed. It had cast iron manifolds on it that cleared fine. Recently I added Edelbrock aluminum heads and bought the Speedway Motors polished cast stainless rams horn manifolds. On the drivers side the outlet is right on top of the steering column. It couldn't be more perfectly in the way! Anyway I'd like to get some headers that will clear the steering column. Pictures are of the motor mounts, steering interference, and distributor clearance. I know that the JTR placement is further back from stock. Is the Scarab further forward like my set up? It seems like any of the block hugger headers will exit in the same place as the manifolds I have now. Any help or advice is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7one Z Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I'm running the Jtr mounts with S 10 fender well headers only downside is that you would have to cut out your fender wells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miles Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Yes you have the engine in the so called Scarab forward position. You could try Hooker Block Hugger manifolds available at Summit, Speedway etc. See picture below. Edited February 2, 2016 by Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarab 155 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hooker made a set of long tube headers for the Scarab position. I have a used set -- PM me if interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 This book may be of interest to you: http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Datsun_Z_V-8.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcardinal Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Thanks for the replies guys. Bought the used set of long tubes from Scarab155. Also ordered a set of block huggers. I'll use whatever fits and looks better. We'll see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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