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[quote=TUTS 59]I'm sure they will clear the cab but I'll bet the toe board will get plenty warm. quote]
May have to wrap them? It is a ceramic coating. but I doubt it will keep it cool enough.
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I hate headers. But doing a cost and time analysis between all options this was the best option due to Blue Print head design. These are supposedly no gasket headers? We will see, but I plan on using gaskets. I have headers and opted to use copper gaskets, a little more money but much better sealing. Don't forget to use good header bolts and enough exhaust mounts to spread the load out over the system.
Craig
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Come, Bleed or Blister something has got to give!!!
'59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
'58 Viking 4400, 235, 4 Speed (Thor)
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I just got a e-mail about another delivery from Sanders? Maybe they sent me the wrong ones? Won't break my heart to have a second set to sell?
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Did Blueprint tell you ahead of time that your stock manifolds would not work? That seems like an odd design choice that you should have been made aware of up front.
I couldn't tell from your original post if you knew or not.
From the Rocky Mountains?Check in with the RM Bolters!HiPo Forum Moderator1958 Apache, long bed Fleetside, V8 w/SM420 Driveable but the rear axle needs work. 1959 Apache, long bed Fleetside that has been in the family for 25 years but in desperate need of love.
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I don't remember having that conversation with them. It was an assumption on my part that all sb stuff fit other small blocks. I asked dang near every other question there was but that one.
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I just got a e-mail about another delivery from Sanders? Maybe they sent me the wrong ones? Won't break my heart to have a second set to sell? Did you end up with another (or different) set? The more I look at your pictures, the more it seems like those collectors are really high and pointed more back than down.
From the Rocky Mountains?Check in with the RM Bolters!HiPo Forum Moderator1958 Apache, long bed Fleetside, V8 w/SM420 Driveable but the rear axle needs work. 1959 Apache, long bed Fleetside that has been in the family for 25 years but in desperate need of love.
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[quote=Ferris Bueller]I The more I look at your pictures, the more it seems like those collectors are really high and pointed more back than down. I received an identical set. I have everything set in place, and have used a tape measure and eyeball. I am going to have to set the cab down to make sure.
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Other than being outrageously expensive eye candy, does all that stuff, heads included, have any practical purpose? I've done several dyno runs that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that aluminum heads produce measurably less torque at the flywheel than similarly equipped engines with cast iron heads, due to excessive thermal transfer to the cooling system instead of energy transfer to the pistons. They do make the heater work well, though!
Jerry
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Lord help me-
I have headers AND fiberglass body repair in my truck!!!
(What is “Blueprint“?)
Age 68 is not too late to start hot rodding , right?
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I asked the same thing in another thread.
It's the brand name of a custom engine builder.
Previous owner repaired my floor with fiberglass, too. Doesn't look like the problem was too bad, though. It's all hidden by the mat.
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