Early A V8 Headers/Exhaust
Same as above but my engine/transmission on K frame with headers installed and driver's side wouldn't fit.
What I've discovered is that every Early A is a bit different. What works on one car won't on another. There is very little room on the driver's side for the pipes to fit around the steering column, steering box, torsion bar, starter and fender!
Note the photos above to see how tight the driver side header is to the fender, the torsion bar and the starter. See how the header just touches the Mopar Performance mini starter?
The photo below is a starter recommended by /6 Dan, and it hugs the block and gives the header plenty of room. Problem is, the Remy starter hugs the block too tightly, and to get it to fit I'm going to have to remove some of the block with a die grinder.
Pishta, thanks for the advice, but I don't believe there is enough room between the header pipe, torsion bar and starter that shimming the notor mount is going to solve my fitment problem with the starter.
Motorpirate, I learned the hard way the Z bar needs to be in place prior to fitting the headers. Maybe that's obvious to everyone else, which would be par for the course.
Same as above but my engine/transmission on K frame with headers installed and driver's side wouldn't fit.
What I've discovered is that every Early A is a bit different. What works on one car won't on another. There is very little room on the driver's side for the pipes to fit around the steering column, steering box, torsion bar, starter and fender!
Note the photos above to see how tight the driver side header is to the fender, the torsion bar and the starter. See how the header just touches the Mopar Performance mini starter?
The photo below is a starter recommended by /6 Dan, and it hugs the block and gives the header plenty of room. Problem is, the Remy starter hugs the block too tightly, and to get it to fit I'm going to have to remove some of the block with a die grinder.
Pishta, thanks for the advice, but I don't believe there is enough room between the header pipe, torsion bar and starter that shimming the notor mount is going to solve my fitment problem with the starter.
Motorpirate, I learned the hard way the Z bar needs to be in place prior to fitting the headers. Maybe that's obvious to everyone else, which would be par for the course.
