Andrew Bayley Posted July 13, 2000 Share Posted July 13, 2000 Well, Last night I finally got around to installing my S&S long tube headers. I looked at the block huggers and said that since I could get those suckers out of there in a few minutes, the long tubes shouldn’t take much longer. Man, was I ever wrong. Five hours later, I tightened the last bolt on the header install. The following is a list of what needed to be wrenched in order to shoe horn these things in: removal of motor mounts and adapter plates disconnect steering rod drop starter remove oil filter drop OIL PAN!!! remove all accessories from fender wall (a few relays and a fuel regulator) drop engine/steering-rack/cradle/whatever crossmember remove battery remove spark plugs remove H20 temp sender along with about ½ a gallon of coolant (I just had to go mechanical) After I removed/moved these “few†items I was finally able to muscle these bad boys in. Once I got the motor mounts back on and lowered back onto the cradle, I checked for any clearance problems that some people have said to have. To my delight, everything fit fine. I actually have about ½ an inch more clearance than I did with my old block hugger setup (wasn’t a very good design, the curve coming off the collector could have been tighter). However, the collector dumps right into the floorboard. With a 2 ¼ reducer, the pipe would rub against the floor board. I modified the floor (hammer!) to gain a little extra clearance. I don’t think this will present any problems. I’d like to run dual 2 ½ to a single 4 inch, but I’m probably going to adapt the single 3 inch I’ve got to the long tubes for now…. after I drive it around the block a few times with open headers, of course. I’ll let everyone know how it performs at the track next weekend. We are having an unofficial “Borg Warner Day At The Trackâ€. So far there are only five of us going. The much talked about street car grudge is between myself and a friendly coworker with a twin turbo Mustang. Both of us have run mid to low 11’s, but are expecting high 10’s next weekend. It should be exciting. -Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 13, 2000 Share Posted July 13, 2000 Andrew This is Jack, what were the cost on those headers, I will need a new set of header, and I have been wanting a set of long tube headers for a long time. I look to see a picture of those headers. What are the spec on them. quote: Originally posted by Andrew Bayley: Well, Last night I finally got around to installing my S&S long tube headers. I looked at the block huggers and said that since I could get those suckers out of there in a few minutes, the long tubes shouldn’t take much longer. Man, was I ever wrong. Five hours later, I tightened the last bolt on the header install. The following is a list of what needed to be wrenched in order to shoe horn these things in: removal of motor mounts and adapter plates disconnect steering rod drop starter remove oil filter drop OIL PAN!!! remove all accessories from fender wall (a few relays and a fuel regulator) drop engine/steering-rack/cradle/whatever crossmember remove battery remove spark plugs remove H20 temp sender along with about ½ a gallon of coolant (I just had to go mechanical) After I removed/moved these “few†items I was finally able to muscle these bad boys in. Once I got the motor mounts back on and lowered back onto the cradle, I checked for any clearance problems that some people have said to have. To my delight, everything fit fine. I actually have about ½ an inch more clearance than I did with my old block hugger setup (wasn’t a very good design, the curve coming off the collector could have been tighter). However, the collector dumps right into the floorboard. With a 2 ¼ reducer, the pipe would rub against the floor board. I modified the floor (hammer!) to gain a little extra clearance. I don’t think this will present any problems. I’d like to run dual 2 ½ to a single 4 inch, but I’m probably going to adapt the single 3 inch I’ve got to the long tubes for now…. after I drive it around the block a few times with open headers, of course. I’ll let everyone know how it performs at the track next weekend. We are having an unofficial “Borg Warner Day At The Trackâ€. So far there are only five of us going. The much talked about street car grudge is between myself and a friendly coworker with a twin turbo Mustang. Both of us have run mid to low 11’s, but are expecting high 10’s next weekend. It should be exciting. -Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted July 13, 2000 Share Posted July 13, 2000 Allright! Please post some pics - particularly with regards to ground clearance etc. Hope your floorpan is insulated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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