a-body headers

I don't know why they are so complicated, but they are. Does anyone know any tricks on header inst. Got a 71 duster 318 3spd manual and the driver side header is hitting the steering box and rubbing the torsion bar. They are suppose to drop in. Apparently NOT. :evil:

I bet your using Hooker headers!
My Scamp hits in the same places!

How bad is it hiting the box u just might hav to junk the box if its a P/S box i had to when i installed my Dynomax headers

they are hedman headers and it is manual steering. It is hitting the lower mount and bolt on the steering box/pitman arm. Someone has to know how to do this. aaaarrrrrrgggg

Do yur motor mounts sag?if so u could get some new one to lift the motor alittle,or ive heard of some people using some sims with the motor mounts to lift the motor up a little to help give u some room
MIKE

they are new mounts

Now when u look at how much more room u need,what do u think needs to be fixed?If u had a shim do u think it would work?just look an see what u think needs to happien an let us know

I took a sharpie and marked where it was rubbing. The took the damn thing out...AGAIN, and layed a rag over the #7 primary and smacked it with a ball peen and made it sunk in a little. Havent tried it yet. Going to see The Ring Two

I took a sharpie and marked where it was rubbing. The took the damn thing out...AGAIN, and layed a rag over the #7 primary and smacked it with a ball peen and made it sunk in a little. Havent tried it yet. Going to see The Ring TwoYA that works to LOL :lol: Good movie buy the way scard the crud out of me :pale: :evil5: :evil1:

Hope you like exhaust leaks. Hedman, and Hooker are the worst fitting headers out. I don't think there is one out right now that don't leak. Dose anyone out there has one of these headers on there car right now and don't have any leaks? :bom:

Leaks where???? I am running a set of headmans on my car and never have had problems with leaks.

I have a cheap set of headers on my car. They were given to me. I dont even know what brand they are. Never had a leak.

my headmans don't leak..

My Hedmans don't leak. Not yet anyway. They'll leak like a mutha when I take them off with a torch.

Never again will I buy hedman or hooker headers. Junk!!!

There's no doubt my Heddmans leak some but then they are the large tube version with slip fit pipes. I love these headers by the way, cut the flanges and they can be installed without jacking the car up. I did have to open up the port adapter plate though and that was a major pain in the rear.

I'm running Hooker super-comp no leaks!
But they don't fit worth a damn!

first headers i had where a set of hooker #5116 that was on the car when i bought the car and those were realy nice fitting! but i swaped those after a year or so becaus somone lowered the front of my car wish killed them att the first speedbump :roll:
then i bought a set of flowtech headers and they were perfekt! but those are also swaped now for a set of TTI headers and those are worth every $
and i have both powersteering and powerbrakes!

I have never had a leak although I customarily double gaskets. As far as the rubbing problem,...Instead of using the ball peen, take a short section of heavy guage steel pipe (like black pipe), lay down a rag or something similar and then give it a wack with a heavy hammer. This way you get a uniform indentation. I use a thin peice of rubber to lay down to avoid the pipe from moving when you whack it. It looks good too, almost as if they came that way. Its important to use a heavy hammer. Using the pipe also allows you to direct the angle of the crease that you may need.

another option is if your local mufflershop has the right size tools for bending the pipediameter your headers are construkted of then ask them to use blankplate tool and flaten the pipe a litle i have don it several times were i work!! remember its not possible if they dont have the proper size backshoes and if the pipe is to close to another pipe ( just a small tip from someone who has done it :wink: )

my HOOKER SUPER COMPS hit too....take the nut off, jack the motor up.

i took a 1/4" thick piece of steel plate,drilled a hole thru it and put it under the mount and it worked PERFECT!!!!

another option is if your local mufflershop has the right size tools for bending the pipediameter your headers are construkted of then ask them to use blankplate tool and flaten the pipe a litle i have don it several times were i work!! remember its not possible if they dont have the proper size backshoes and if the pipe is to close to another pipe ( just a small tip from someone who has done it :wink: )yup that works great done it here too :thumleft:

thanks for all the help guys. Still havent tried it yet due to my mono and inflammed spleen

^^^ :scratch: 93 Yota huh!do u wheel it?my buddy has a 94 pretty fun little things :thumrigh:

WHAT???? :scratch:

WHAT???? :scratch:Its a MUD thing u dont get it :roll:

WHAT???? :scratch:Its a MUD thing u dont get it :roll:

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Speaking of mud I like the new pic in your sig! :thumrigh: I wish there was places to off-road like that around here!

WHAT???? :scratch:Its a MUD thing u dont get it :roll:

:wink:

I owned her a week and beat her up, hehehe

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Nice! :thumrigh:

What a trip that one was,i had the death grip on my breaks that time :pale: sat there for like 10 min before my buddy could make it to me with his chevy :scratch: fun ride that was :thumrigh: we go almost every weekend!good times in the dodge

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What a trip that one was,i had the death grip on my breaks that time :pale: sat there for like 10 min before my buddy could make it to me with his chevy :scratch: fun ride that was :thumrigh: we go almost every weekend!good times in the dodge

What year is that ram? I had a 99 1500 quad cab just like that except green. I am still kicking myself for trading it in for a dakota.

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Its a 98' with my dads 2000 front end on it,but im taking mine back it makes the truck look to clean,i think,them tires arnt mine ether there my girlfriends bronthers he wasnt home so i jaked um to see what they could do(they suck) i since then put new sport decals new back window stickers an some stupid ass side steps for the girlfriend http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/451000-451999/451310_330_full.jpgafter X mas this one was takin,i just got 3" more lift an some new beadlock rims to put on her in the next few months what a project its worse then the Zombie

Yea my brother had some tires that were knobbier than those and they sucked also. They were good for throwing mud and showing off but when it came to getting traction they couldn't ever find any.

no...i was talking about the guy with MONO and a INFLAMED SPLEEN??? :scratch:

yea I wheel it but it's a 87 toyota

finally got the headers on except for one pescy bolt that wont line up. Thanks for all the help guys