headers or not to headers

A very fine and relevant thread in deed..

I have a Dart with PB and PS, and got some secondhand headers cheapo of e-bay. Don't know what brand they were, but probably some relatively inexpensive ones..

And the whole installation was a right nightmare!!

In terms of fit, it wasn't all bad. Had to wack in a couple of dents here ands there to make them clear, one dent to clear the PS and one to clear the right torsion bar.

The real pain was actually getting the darn things in place. Even with the engine jacked up as far as it would go, I still had to add some dents to squeeze past the PS, and that was only just..

Having said that, the gains in performance and the sound was worth it, but next time i install a set of headers, it wil, be with the engine out!

If I had gone through the trouble of removing the engine, fitting and adjusting the headers would probably have been a rather simple job.

Bu that's the way it is with every thing isn't it? If you prepare a job properly with no short cut's it allways works out easiest!

And from a combustion engine theory point of view, Headers make all the sense in the world. A log style mainfold is a right turkey if you have anything other than a stock cam with allmost zero overlap!