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stock engine lifts with ford racing headers?

  • Thread starter Thread starter bcmbcmbcm
  • Start date Start date Feb 17, 2010
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bcmbcmbcm

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  • Feb 17, 2010
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Hey folks,
can I use the stock engine lift tabs with aftermarket ford racing headers?
 

stang&2Birds

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Nope.
That was simple!
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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  • Feb 18, 2010
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Umm...why not?

Why can't you just get longer bolts and run the plates on the outside of the headers? I'm assuming maybe they won't clear the thickness of the tube but that's nothing a grinder can't fix.
 
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