I’ve been contemplating the idea of fabbing my own headers with individual flange primaries and a collector that sinches on with bolts. This is how they are done on continuation Shelby Cobras and it’s the only way I can figure that will make header installation not a complete pain.
That is one serious looking combination, what do you think it will run?
Don't sell it, you will be sorely disappointed later on. If you get frustrated, take a break from it & just relax. After my race car partner retired, I was on my own to finish my bracket car. I talked about selling it or trading for a street car, but talked myself out of it. I finally got it going, made a few passes in it & now I gathering up parts to duplicate a 416 stroker that had a cracked main web in the block. It's slow going doing it by myself, but when I see forward progress I get excited all over again.
Tell the son what I told my grandson, "if you want to drive, you have to help work on & maintain the cars". My grandson let his grades fall & started acting up in school & that put a stop to his extracurricular activities for a while. He finally figured it out & got back in line. Time will tell how long he stays on track.
Not trying to be a wise *** but could you have pulled the motor, laid in the headers and slid the motor back in between them ???
Shew, I like multiple projects too much myself, lolol! Everything I own turns out to be one! That’s some good looking workmanship, definitely not your first rodeo...