Schumacher headers 440 in 71 Duster

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Muswagon

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Should I be bolting on the headers first and installing engine that way, or putting on the headers after engine is in? I have a manual box.

Watched roadkill garage latest on the Dart they bought with the 440. They re did a whole bunch of stuff and added Schumacher headers.

They had trouble mounting while engine was in car but that was with a factory PS box.
 
My Schumacher's for my 440 in my manual steering 69 Barracuda slipped in with the engine in the stock location, piece of cake.
 
This is an old thread but on my car with power steering and a B engine I pulled the steering column and turned the wheels full lock one way or the other to get the driver side in. The passenger side fell right in.
 
yeah at low rpm I'm sure they rip, but top end-= negative ghostrider
Sometimes, it isn't all about making horsepower... I had them on my 440+6 that made respectable power and I loved them.
 
Sometimes, it isn't all about making horsepower... I had them on my 440+6 that made respectable power and I loved them.
If thats the case then you should have stuck with a stock small block if you're just going to the grocery store and back
 
Sometimes, it isn't all about making horsepower... I had them on my 440+6 that made respectable power and I loved them.
This is the dumbest response. The entire reason you put headers on is to make more horsepower, duh. If your not concerned with horsepower then why are you putting headers on? SMH
 
This is the dumbest response. The entire reason you put headers on is to make more horsepower, duh. If your not concerned with horsepower then why are you putting headers on? SMH
And I guarantee Schumachers make more power than the big block a-body manifolds I could have used. But the tri-y headers were easier to install than the 2” CPPA headers I had on, maintenance was much easier, don’t hang down and catch speed bumps, stock z bar worked, and performance was great on the street. Much better than a full header, OVERALL, in my opinion. Like I said, power is not the only consideration.
 
And I guarantee Schumachers make more power than the big block a-body manifolds I could have used. But the tri-y headers were easier to install than the 2” CPPA headers I had on, maintenance was much easier, don’t hang down and catch speed bumps, stock z bar worked, and performance was great on the street. Much better than a full header, OVERALL, in my opinion. Like I said, power is not the only consideration.
Should have put a small block in yours- much easier.
 
You don’t know **** about me. I was the 11th person in the country to purchase 2” CPPA headers in my 69 383-s. And when Roland Osborne told me he was unaware of anyone using them with a four speed as they were made for automatic trans only, I may have been the first in the country to make them work with a homemade z bar. So I know a little about this stuff. Everything done on a car is a compromise and it is up to each builder to determine how to best build a car that works for what they intend to do with it. Full length headers are not always best.
 
You don’t know **** about me. I was the 11th person in the country to purchase 2” CPPA headers in my 69 383-s. And when Roland Osborne told me he was unaware of anyone using them with a four speed as they were made for automatic trans only, I may have been the first in the country to make them work with a homemade z bar. So I know a little about this stuff. Everything done on a car is a compromise and it is up to each builder to determine how to best build a car that works for what they intend to do with it. Full length headers are not always best.
If your not concerned with horsepower/torque, than you shouldn't have bought a big block so don't say its not always about horsepower. Just from your description it looks like you have a very low horsepower big block, especially if you were putting manifolds on it so the Shumauchers should be right up your low horsepower alley. If I was concerned with fitment issues, I would have bought a stroked small block. Fits easier and I guarantee its making more than your big block. Any header less than 1 7/8" is for motors under 500hp. If you put smaller headers on a big block that is built for 500+ hp then your losing a lot of power. If your ok with that, then fine. I just dont get why people go through all the work in building a motor for X amount of power and then put parts on that choke it up.
 
Oh this thread is funny… I don’t usually chime in, but…

Come one, everyone knows all big block A’s should be on tube chassis, tubbed, lexan’d out dragsters with a roots blower… anything else-might as well have a small block!:rolleyes: (Sarcasm)
 
If your not concerned with horsepower/torque, than you shouldn't have bought a big block so don't say its not always about horsepower. Just from your description it looks like you have a very low horsepower big block, especially if you were putting manifolds on it so the Shumauchers should be right up your low horsepower alley. If I was concerned with fitment issues, I would have bought a stroked small block. Fits easier and I guarantee its making more than your big block. Any header less than 1 7/8" is for motors under 500hp. If you put smaller headers on a big block that is built for 500+ hp then your losing a lot of power. If your ok with that, then fine. I just dont get why people go through all the work in building a motor for X amount of power and then put parts on that choke it up.
BYE!!!
 
Maybe we all should be running nitro on the street, because as we all know, it is only about the horsepower!
 
If your not concerned with horsepower/torque, than you shouldn't have bought a big block so don't say its not always about horsepower. Just from your description it looks like you have a very low horsepower big block, especially if you were putting manifolds on it so the Shumauchers should be right up your low horsepower alley. If I was concerned with fitment issues, I would have bought a stroked small block. Fits easier and I guarantee its making more than your big block. Any header less than 1 7/8" is for motors under 500hp. If you put smaller headers on a big block that is built for 500+ hp then your losing a lot of power. If your ok with that, then fine. I just dont get why people go through all the work in building a motor for X amount of power and then put parts on that choke it up.

Back to you don't know squat. I never said I ran the stock manifolds, just that the Schumachers are better than the stock manifolds.

I will repeat, it is always not about horsepower with a street car, which most of us have.
 
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