LOOKING FOR VERY GOOD HEADERS. ONLY ONES I'VE SEEN ARE HOOKER AND HEADMAN. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS.
THANKS.
Headers For 78 Bronco
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, Apr 15 2004 02:00 PM
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Posted 15 April 2004 - 07:33 PM
I've heard good from both makers. Hooker's are more $$ then hedman. The hedman's i've used on my other trucks no complaints about them.
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Posted 17 April 2004 - 08:38 AM
Summit has a set that fits perfictly for $80.00. I have them on my 79,try them out they were very easy to install.(about 1.5 hours)
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Posted 30 April 2004 - 01:14 PM
with those summit headers does anyone recommend coating them with the heat shield spray. i know there are some that you have to "burn" for the coating to adhere and work, but others to simply spray on. does anyone have any thoughts or experiences with these? if they work, it would seem pointless to pay almost twice as much for a coated header.
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Posted 01 May 2004 - 11:35 AM
stay the hell away from any Flowtech headers (jc whitney specails) we had to notch the frame and undo the motor mounts to rock the engine, just to install them. i would reccomend the 2 that you already named....
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The Lawn Ornament:77 F250, broke 400m, HD D44F, D60R, np435, Divorced 205 and 36x12.5x16.5 TSL's
more pics and info here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/393604
The Beast: 79 F150,stout 400m, np435, NP203, HP D44F, 9"R, 35x14.5x15 boggers, no bed, slightly shortened frame, 4" lift with sky shackle mounts more info/pics here: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2145548
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Posted 10 May 2005 - 08:33 PM
Headers (I'm sorry to say) are F**king bad news-- unless you have a heat holding coating (like a jet-hot powder coat, etc.)or wrap on them you're gonna' spend money on warped valves (from the engine cooling down fast and unevenly) and possibly other valve train parts. That's why the factory uses cast iron (it cools slower and more even). Cast iron headers are cool, but cast iron is brittle and easier to crack when hot than steel. The best idea would be cast tubes to avoid warpage at the block into steel pipes-- Is this dream humanly possible? Super headers? (GO ahead patent my idea-- make a buck-- make me good headers!)
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