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TwoToneHatch

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Hey All,

A buddy of mine has a nice set of bbk shorty headers on his '85 mustang and is going buy some long tubes. So i can get his bbk's for almost nothing. But i heard that headers with individual flanges can warp which can cause them to not fit right. Should I avoid these and save up for new one's or will i be ok?
 

wythors

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Depending upon what "almost nothing" is, if you're willing to fight them on, they'll be fine once they're installed.
 

allballsmustang

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TwoToneHatch said:
Hey All,

A buddy of mine has a nice set of bbk shorty headers on his '85 mustang and is going buy some long tubes. So i can get his bbk's for almost nothing. But i heard that headers with individual flanges can warp which can cause them to not fit right. Should I avoid these and save up for new one's or will i be ok?
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this is true about the individual flanged headers but if you happen to get a good set youll be fine...i have my old set sitting in the garage...i had a problem with one tube on the passenger side when i first got em and i just retorqued and it was fine...the only reason i took them off was because i went to gt40p heads...
 
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