BBK is worthless for information

HemiRick · Nov 12, 2020

I ordered a set of BBK equal length ceramic coated headers months ago. BBK has told me they would ship on Oct 6th and Nov 8th and now in a week or two.....They don't really know and are just guessing......this is crazy !

Potomus Pete · Nov 12, 2020

Yeh, you paid enough for them. They claim 15-20 horsepower increase. I didnt feel it when mine went in.

Adieu · Nov 12, 2020

Potomus Pete said:
I didnt feel it when mine went in.

@Noobz347

revhead347 · Nov 12, 2020

Equal length shorties are 1" of HP, 50' of pain in the ass. We have all been struggling with this. Covid has disrupted distribution centers, production lines, all sorts of stuff. You can not get Ford or Denso AC compressors for certain vehicles right now. You can't even get an expected shipping date, flat out not available.

Kurt

Mustang5L5 · Nov 12, 2020

Yup, many vendors are like this now. If you order anything from MM direct, expect to wait.

Steel1 · Nov 12, 2020

Wait until the online holiday shopping starts, oh boy.

Mustang5L5 · Nov 12, 2020

I'm experiencing this on the business side as well. I build...stuff. I get materials from all over the world and use vendors from all over the world to do...stuff... to my other...stuff.

I can't get parts. Not only is supply down, but demand is up.

Monkeybutt2000 · Nov 12, 2020

Curious why you ordered direct from them? All kinds of vendors have these in stock.

HemiRick · Nov 13, 2020

Monkeybutt2000 said:
Curious why you ordered direct from them? All kinds of vendors have these in stock.

I ordered them from a comp that ordered them, because of their low price on them. Saving that $40 may not be worth it. May have to cancel the original order and pay the extra to get ASAP. I'll give them the extra week or 2.

Mstng93SSP · Nov 13, 2020

I ordered a catted h pipe for my coupe from Amazon and it was "in stock". Took nearly 7 weeks for that in stock pipe to show up.

Monkeybutt2000 · Nov 13, 2020

HemiRick said:
I ordered them from a comp that ordered them, because of their low price on them. Saving that $40 may not be worth it. May have to cancel the original order and pay the extra to get ASAP. I'll give them the extra week or 2.

I'm assuming this is holding up your build. Man,I wouldn't do equal lengths they are a PITA!

HemiRick · Nov 13, 2020

They only have to be installed once.....I've seen pics of them they really dont look that hard to deal with. I've installed many sets of headers.

revhead347 · Nov 13, 2020

That's the nefarious part of all this right now. Websites are not updated. Things that show in stock, actually aren't, and it takes just as long no matter where you get them from.

Kurt

Willybill32 · Nov 14, 2020

revhead347 said:
Equal length shorties are 1" of HP, 50' of pain in the ass. We have all been struggling with this. Covid has disrupted distribution centers, production lines, all sorts of stuff. You can not get Ford or Denso AC compressors for certain vehicles right now. You can't even get an expected shipping date, flat out not available.

Kurt

I have a set of equal-length Bassani shorties with the ceramic coating on my ‘86. They weren’t difficult to install.

Potomus Pete · Nov 14, 2020

Mine were not that hard , but I did jack up the motor a bit. My bolts need to be tightened occasionally

Willybill32 · Nov 14, 2020

Potomus Pete said:
Mine were not that hard , but I did jack up the motor a bit. My bolts need to be tightened occasionally

Yes, I had to jack up the passenger side of the engine, but that’s not difficult. I’ve also noticed the bolts need to be checked for tightness regularly.

Mstng93SSP · Nov 14, 2020

I also had issues with header bolts backing out and it drove me crazy. I finally got the Stage 8 locking bolts and problem solved. Before that bolts would literally disappear.

General karthief · Nov 14, 2020

I may just be lucky (if true, it's a first) but an old trick was to tighten them down cold then run them through a couple heat cycles re-tighten each time.
Just get some stage 8 bolts and be done with it.

revhead347 · Nov 16, 2020

Willybill32 said:
I have a set of equal-length Bassani shorties with the ceramic coating on my ‘86. They weren’t difficult to install.

It's not getting them in that's the hassle, it's changing plugs and stuff once they are in. I'm going out on a limb and guessing your 86' doesn't have a sea of smog and AC lines on the passenger side.

Kurt

Willybill32 · Nov 16, 2020

revhead347 said:
It's not getting them in that's the hassle, it's changing plugs and stuff once they are in. I'm going out on a limb and guessing your 86' doesn't have a sea of smog and AC lines on the passenger side.

Kurt

Yeah, the air pump and associated lines are gone. I do have A/C installed. I insta fresh plugs before the headers and hope not to have to change them very often.

BBK is worthless for information

I'd be looking at jacking under the house

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

Easy there, this ain't a dating site.

Apparently my ex-husband made that mistake.

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Mustang Master

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Mustang Master

I'd be looking at jacking under the house

You have a nice rear end there Dave.

Mustang Master

I'd be looking at jacking under the house

Apparently my ex-husband made that mistake.

But at least it's tight!

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

But at least it's tight!

You have a nice rear end there Dave.

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Apparently my ex-husband made that mistake.

But at least it's tight!

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