SPITFIRE HEADERS Not angry....just dissapointed...

The biggest problems were . . .

#1 No room for the header bolts. I had to beat the crap out of the inside of a couple of the tubes on each side just to have enough room to insert the bolts (I ended up denting the OUTSIDE/FRONT of the front tube on the passenger side... GRRRR!)

#2 the flange on the passenger side wasn't drilled to match the heads. The inside groove on the rear tube was so far off we almost had to grind into the exhaust opening to get it to line up. We wallered out all of the holes, and added some weld to the rear tube just to get the gasket to seal.

#3 We had to saw off the front and rear manifold studs (They wouldn't come out, and I sure as heck didn't want' to break one, or both off) on the passenger side so we would have clearance to install the header.

NOTE: I have the 360 bowl ported heads 2.02 1.60 on my 318. Maybe different heads aren't as difficult. . . . .

I DO suggest you use hex head header bolts..... In order to have enough clearance, the allen wrench I used to tighten the allen head bolts was cut off so short it was all the way into the twist/bend, and didn't seat into the allen head very well. I ordered some hex head bolts, and will be changing the allen head bolts REAL SOON!

Believe it or not, the DRIVER'S side went on without much problem except for flattening the tubes for the header bolts. The PASSENGER side was the Biotch..... Whoda thunk it?

I was this [ ] close to putting the stock manifolds on the new engine..... The sawed off studs (NOW too short for stock manifolds) are what prompted (my mechanic) to NOT be defeated by the situation......I had LONG SINCE given up!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

P.S. I used the 1200 degree paint on the headers, and cured them in an oven (per the directions on the can) and after I drove the car 2 miles to the muffler shop, the headers (Which lookes BEAUTIFUL prior to installation) now LOOK LIKE CRAP.........Bubbles....dis-coloration.......

Gonna get me a can o Stove Black, and call it a day........