Early A V8 Headers/Exhaust
I put TTI's in my 65 Barracuda, 340, 10.5 bellhousing, 4 speed, 8 3/4 rear and manual steering, after putting a set in my 67 Barracuda that were the easiest to install, best fitting headers I ever tried. The 65 wasn't so easy, but after moving fuel lines, brake lines and starter wiring, they fit very well except: had to dink one passenger side tube to clear the idler arm; had to dink one driver's side tube to clear the Z bar, even after limiting travel (have a diaphragm clutch) and switching to Brewer's clutch linkage they make for early A's with 10.5 clutch; replaced the driver's side motor mount (just the rubber) with one from a second gen A to drop the motor on that side just enough that the torsion bar no longer touched the two header tubes it ran between; and shortened the steering column jacket so the rubber cap on the end wouldn't rest against a header tube.
Still impressed at how well everything fit into this small engine compartment. Even the 340 manifolds I ran for many years took several mods to make them fit.
One reason I went with TTI's is that at the time Doug's said their headers wouldn't fit with a 10.5 inch bellhousing. I've heard since that isn't true, so can't speak to them.
Exhaust after the headers is TTI 2.5 inch X-pipe. No real problems there.
Took me quite a while to do all this, but then I also re-wired the entire car, brand new fuel and brake lines, replaced the K frame (old one was cracked), rebuilt the front suspension, and removed, cleaned and painted all the removable stuff from the motor. Plus I'm old and slow. :rolleyes:
I put TTI's in my 65 Barracuda, 340, 10.5 bellhousing, 4 speed, 8 3/4 rear and manual steering, after putting a set in my 67 Barracuda that were the easiest to install, best fitting headers I ever tried. The 65 wasn't so easy, but after moving fuel lines, brake lines and starter wiring, they fit very well except: had to dink one passenger side tube to clear the idler arm; had to dink one driver's side tube to clear the Z bar, even after limiting travel (have a diaphragm clutch) and switching to Brewer's clutch linkage they make for early A's with 10.5 clutch; replaced the driver's side motor mount (just the rubber) with one from a second gen A to drop the motor on that side just enough that the torsion bar no longer touched the two header tubes it ran between; and shortened the steering column jacket so the rubber cap on the end wouldn't rest against a header tube.
Still impressed at how well everything fit into this small engine compartment. Even the 340 manifolds I ran for many years took several mods to make them fit.
One reason I went with TTI's is that at the time Doug's said their headers wouldn't fit with a 10.5 inch bellhousing. I've heard since that isn't true, so can't speak to them.
Exhaust after the headers is TTI 2.5 inch X-pipe. No real problems there.
Took me quite a while to do all this, but then I also re-wired the entire car, brand new fuel and brake lines, replaced the K frame (old one was cracked), rebuilt the front suspension, and removed, cleaned and painted all the removable stuff from the motor. Plus I'm old and slow. :rolleyes:
