65 Satellite with a 440 header question

[Furyous]

Will the headers from a 69 b body with a 440 work on the 65? I have a good set of Hooker Headers that came off of a 69 RR and I want to use them on the Sat and I do not want to stick the motor down in there to see that they will not...

I dont have any help and my health is not well so doing things over and over is a little hard on me..

Thanks for any help.... If it matters the car was originaly a 383 4 speed car and still uses the factory mounts..

 

[lewtot184]

pretty sure the hookers won't work.

 

[Furyous]

What would make them not work?

 

[moparmarkk]

in 66 there was a k-member change,engine is in a different location then in 62-65.i changed the k-member in my 65 to a 70,now oil pans,headers and disk breaks are much cheaper and easy to get,mark

 

[Furyous]

The car had a cheapo set of summit headers on it before.. i would have thought that the hookers would work..

 

[moparmarkk]

if you want some pics,send me your email.motor mounts are easy to get also.my 65 has 2in. hooker super comps on it,mark

 

[Furyous]

you have a PM...

 

[moparmarkk]

pm back

 

[lewtot184]

to my knowledge all hookers are chassis specific. tti's aren't with the exception of 1 7/8. there may be some dougs, doug thorley, hedmans that might interchange between chassis.

 

[Furyous]

So no one can saw what and where they would hit at? I guess I will find out..

 

[Outlaw525]

in 66 there was a k-member change,engine is in a different location then in 62-65.i changed the k-member in my 65 to a 70,now oil pans,headers and disk breaks are much cheaper and easy to get,mark

Do you need to do anything with the transmission crossmember?

 

[lewtot184]

Do you need to do anything with the transmission crossmember?

the transmission/engine combo will move back about 1 1/2" so the tranny mount will need some changing. there may be tranny floor tunnel interference. i think it would be cheaper and easier to just buy the correct headers for the car.

 

[moparmarkk]

hi,i turned the trany crossmember around and cut the front of the box out.everything lined up,no stress,finger tightened the bolts,then made then tight.some of the 62-65 headers and oil pans are costly,and moving the engine back 1 1/2 inches helps weight transfer on the street or track.car runs mid 7 sec.@93 mph in the 1/8 and drives straight .mark

 

[Furyous]

Header issue solved.. These came off of a 64 with a 440.... Yea...