header clearance on GT40P head question- pics inside- please help!

Ok, dont laugh, I bought these headers 2 years ago when the part number ended in C50 so I call FMS hotline and they tell me that part number are the old headers and will not work on the P heads so I was bull-****. But before I bought new headers I thought I would take one off my E7 to see if they are the P headers (I think I bought one of the first P headers from Ford when the part # was still the old C50)- so I spent an hour carefully taking the stage 8 bolts off the driver side header and pulled it off (in 25 degree weather mind you!) and bolted it up to my new P heads- the results you see below-

Now I am rather paranoid about this and anal so can somone please confirm that as you can see the spark plug fits fine on the #5 cynlider shown so that would mean that the headers I already have will work for all 8 cylinders.. correct?

AND, just because the driver side will fit does that guarantee that the passenger side will as well? I assume so because on the pass side the spark plugs are to the right of the header tube so if the driver side works (where the spark plug is on the inside of the exhaust tube) then I WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY EXISTING HEADERS...


correct?








last but not least!

thanks - I think that kind of fit is what you get when you match Ford parts to Ford parts

88GTMustang said:

Where did you get those headers and how much???? does FMS have a webpage or anything i tried searching but i couldnt find anything?

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I got them from Buyfordmotorsport back in April of 2002 for 269.00- they are about 300.00 now though- they are the FMS P51 headers -

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