440 Demon Almost Ready

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Very close on mine also, same covers and headers. I have maybe 1/8 inch, I can get the valve covers off, but it’s close. I like the orange between the fins. 72 demon440 your car is a thing of beauty. Good luck with it.
 
View attachment 1715515492 Very close on mine also, same covers and headers. I have maybe 1/8 inch, I can get the valve covers off, but it’s close. I like the orange between the fins. 72 demon440 your car is a thing of beauty. Good luck with it.

I remember when I had fenderwells my brake fluid would practically boil. I see you have a heat shield.
 
I was having problems with brake fluid leaking from the master lid. I checked it with a heat gun and it was 300 degrees. I made up the shield and it is now about 150. I moved all the brake lines out of the corner and had the headers coated. They now run across the front of the k frame. Seems better now.
 
I was having problems with brake fluid leaking from the master lid. I checked it with a heat gun and it was 300 degrees. I made up the shield and it is now about 150. I moved all the brake lines out of the corner and had the headers coated. They now run across the front of the k frame. Seems better now.

Here is an old picture of mine. Picture of a picture.

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Very nice! I also have a 72 with a 440.... what headers did you go with and your steering box? are those headers ceramic coated?
 
Very nice! I also have a 72 with a 440.... what headers did you go with and your steering box? are those headers ceramic coated?
I have tti ceramic coated headers and stock steering box. I used an ididit tilt column that fits tightly. Hopefjlly going to fire it up this weekend depending on the weather. First time it will have ran since probably 2006
 
I have tti ceramic coated headers and stock steering box. I used an ididit tilt column that fits tightly. Hopefjlly going to fire it up this weekend depending on the weather. First time it will have ran since probably 2006
 
Not sure on the paint color. It was already painted when I bought it. It is a 60 over 440 with stealth heads, i converted it to a 4 speed, centerforce clutch, wilwood hyd clutch setup, 8 3/4 489 wit 355 gears.. Idditit tilt column also. The car used tohave fenderwell headers when i got it. Had to replace the inner fenders and had the engine bay painted.

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I have a Indy headed 440 in my 71 Demon with TTI 2 inch headers and I'm having issues with the steering coupler hitting the header tube..The coupler is the 3 inch piece ..Did you run into the same issue and if so what did you do to fix the problem?.. I've seen where some have used the flaming river universal joint but I really hate to cut a factory original manual steering shaft..

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I have a Indy headed 440 in my 71 Demon with TTI 2 inch headers and I'm having issues with the steering coupler hitting the header tube..The coupler is the 3 inch piece ..Did you run into the same issue and if so what did you do to fix the problem?.. I've seen where some have used the flaming river universal joint but I really hate to cut a factory original manual steering shaft..

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Mine is a little different. It is still really close though. I am using an ididit column.
 
I have a Indy headed 440 in my 71 Demon with TTI 2 inch headers and I'm having issues with the steering coupler hitting the header tube..The coupler is the 3 inch piece ..Did you run into the same issue and if so what did you do to fix the problem?.. I've seen where some have used the flaming river universal joint but I really hate to cut a factory original manual steering shaft..

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are you using the new borgenson steering box? If so they have a coupler to use but yeah have to mod the steering ... wouldn’t that be a better route than header dimples? Also I have a question for you...got 2” header... what power is your 440 putting out? I am debating on 1.75” or 2” fire mine
 
are you using the new borgenson steering box? If so they have a coupler to use but yeah have to mod the steering ... wouldn’t that be a better route than header dimples? Also I have a question for you...got 2” header... what power is your 440 putting out? I am debating on 1.75” or 2” fire mine
My car has manual steering I've looked at the flaming river steering box which is a bit smaller but don't know if it would change the positioning of the coupler..I've not had my 440 put on the dyno or ran it yet but it should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 630HP..I wanted 1 7/8 but TTI didn't make those and went with 2 inch as I didn't want to run the 1 3/4 because my Indy heads have a tall intake runner and didn't want to restrict the engine on the upper end...This engine will probably be shifted at about 6,600 rpm's...Between 1 3/4 and 2 inch on your build depends on how your building your engine..Type of heads?..Cam size?..Intake?..Compression?
 
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