360gremlin
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I find no mention of what headers fit a doba body with big block with p/s.my high altitude doba breathes like it has emphysema
I believe they were 78030 if my memory is working. 1500 miles so far and one gasket leak on driver side flange. Knew i should have went with the dead aluminum gaskets from the start!
I believe they were 78030 if my memory is working. 1500 miles so far and one gasket leak on driver side flange. Knew i should have went with the dead aluminum gaskets from the start!
well , we are going to find out. i have a pair of those and a 440. they WILL go in , we will just have to see how much convincing its going to take.i know this is a old posting but is there anyway u can double check and see if those were 78030 headers?
those seem to be one of the best price headers for the money but all there ads always list the application to fit up to 74 b-bodys and i always wonder if there was a reason why they would not fit up to 79? i see jegs has them right now for 159.99 with 13.00 s/h! if u say they drop right in, thats good enough 4 me!
THANKS!
are you using factory engine mountsI used the 78030 Hedman headers and they didn't work !
Needed to bang the hell out of the left side headers since it was touching the pwr steering on my 75 RR with 440.
So after a couple of years living with knocking noise and leaky exhaust I put the Tri-Y ceramic from Schumacker a little expensive but they work!!!
I wish Schumacker was around 20yrs ago I wouldn't have to replace headers every few yrs!!
yes , im aware the 73 and up cars are spool mounts. was your car originally a small block or 400 car? i had no trouble with small block long tubes , they fit like a glove in both my A body and my 77 charger. it seems to me the headers would fit better on a 440 than they would a low deck, but i dont know from experience, but is irrelevant to what im doing . the 73-79 B bodies use the same K member , although im hearing the small block engine mount pedestals are in a different spot from SB to BB.I use oem engine mount
The issue I found over a few years of research trial and error
that the 73 and up B body engine bay/K frame design is different from the pre-72 B body
And most if not all the headers would fit the pre-72 body perfectly but not the 73up body
The way the engine sits and the pwr steering is mounted differently
The only time I didn't encounter too many issue it's when i had a 383 under the hood
That's why some supplier will mention Cordoba with 400 ( who as a shorter deck like the 383)
But with the 440 (taller engine) and the left headers is getting way too lose to the pwr steering and
the headers doesn't clear the starter if you need to remove it.
Schumacker design those headers specifically design for the 73up B,F,M,J body with big block
you can use the oem starter or the mini/newer design one.
Schumacher. Dammit some of yall just wanna spend money.
Why Not Something That Is Built To Fit? TTI's!
Schumacher. Dammit some of yall just wanna spend money.
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thanks for the pics, it looks like i can cut 3 of the tubes and rework them and then weld them back up to get around the steering box.The car came with a small block.
The K-frame is a little different between a small block car and a big block (mostly 400) car
The position of the pedestals/bracket on a K frame with a small block is about 3/4" to 1 inch forward (closer to the radiator) compare to the k-frame with big block.
You can remedied the problem with Schumacker engine mount spool conversion bracket small block to big block
But this isn't the problem the problem is with the height/width of the engine who interfere too close to the pwr steering.
Believe me this is tight!!
With a small block you have way more space for headers
and with a 383/400 it's not bad.