Chris,
No sweat, glad to help. I am sure there will be about a dozen e-mails
correcting me, but even I don't know everything.
About the headers. Both CAT and Sunbeam specialties have them. They
may even be the same source. There is always a problem with
headers, however. The steel plate warps and allows leaks, the bolts
sometimes back-out (buy the locking keepers), and they never quite clear
everything, some "hammer adjusting" is needed. They get hotter then
h-l, and radiate that heat to their surroundings (your engine
compartment and feet and slave cylinder. Many have resorted to thermal
wrap to keep the heat in the exhaust.
Removal of tranny and engine gets a lot more complicated as well. I
believe the headers will give you about 5-10% more at the high end of a
modified engine, over the cast iron ones. The originals, BTW, can be
"matched" to the new exhaust ports and get better efficiency.
In either even, I think you should seriously consider Jet-Hot on them
(after "fitting adjustments) to keep the heat in, protect the system
from
corrosion, and really look great. It's expensive, but really is a big
improvement.
Steve
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