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frost0100

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Does anyone have any luck getting long tube headers to fit in a 68 stang 351 - and power steering? Just got a new intake and 750cfm carb, wanted to make sure I'd get the most out of them. I was told to stay away from shorties as I would gain nothing but looks over the stock manifolds. Any advise or help in this would be great.
 

brianj5600

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There is a bracket to move the ram slightly. That might clear it up for you. My problem is clearance at the collector. One set hit the floor hard enough that I could not even get it on.
 

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Did you get that link to Ford Powertrain Appications I sent you? That might be an option if you want longtube headers and P/S.......and a 351W. If not, shorties will definitely get you the clearance since the exhaust can be built around your power steering. Like was mentioned in the other thread; whoever says shorties wont gain you anything is a crackhead. Even '87+ 5.0 Mustangs see a gain and they came with factory tubular headers! They arent that far behind longtubes. Also, dont bother with equal-length shorties; the access and installation problems they make are not worth the tiny improvement over unequal-length.
 
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i have a 68 with a 351 heddman makes a decent header with 1 5/8th primaries and 3 inch collectors but for the power steering almost no matter what your gonna have to get5 a drop bracket for the ram. check summit for the parts.
 
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I bought the Ford Powertrain headers for my 351 with powersteering and a drop bracket. Go with shorty headers so that you dont have issues later down the road when you want to intall a power steering rack.
 
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Your right... I will go with the shorties... I think that is the one big problem with message boards.. There is a TON of mis-information. But then you got to take the good with the bad. "The Good" I would have never been able to do 1/2 of the things Im doing to my car with out the boards...
Thanks guys.
 
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