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gt40p heads and headers

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DMacRacer

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Anyone running these heads? What headers? Any problems? I'm looking to upgrade to this set up.
 
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gt40p

i have this on my car you will have issues with non gt40p headers. you will have to use 90 degree angle plug wire and use a hammer and bend the left rear header tube. or you can buy pricer gt40p spicefic headers. i hope you got the head from tri state they have big valves
 

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Big valves doesn't necessarily mean big flow. They used a smaller exhaust valve in the GT40P over the standard GT40 and had increased flow over the larger valve. There's quite a few members running the P heads though, so I'll let them chime in with their experiences.
 

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i've got the heads (and the whole engine, for that matter) and spent the extra money on the P-spec headers--no troubles at all.
 

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****! I'm slowly realizing I may have made some mistakes here

Will my BBK shorties work with the GT40's I'm getting out of a mountaineer?
 
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xr8d302 said:
****! I'm slowly realizing I may have made some mistakes here

Will my BBK shorties work with the GT40's I'm getting out of a mountaineer?
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Regular GT40's or P's? Regular gt40s came in 5.0 explorers/mountaineers made prior to mid-97 i believe, anything afterwards would be a P head. You can use standard 5.0 shorties on regular gt40s with no issues.
 

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DMacRacer said:
Anyone running these heads? What headers? Any problems? I'm looking to upgrade to this set up.
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I have a set of GT40P heads with the factory headers for sale. I also have the GT40 intake out of the same truck. Both are out of a 98 explorer with 73,000 miles. Shoot me an offer.


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If you are on a budget get gt40p's. BBK shorties work fine. If you are not on a tight budget get something else like trick flow or afr's.
 

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yep regular 302 headers will bolt up to any aftermarket/ford head (afr, edel, tfs, gt40 ect)

the reason people run P specific headers is they have a different placement of the sparkplug and on the #7 primary it comes kinda close. but all you need is 90 degree plug boots and youll be fine
 
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