Thank you. It really wasn't the tubing i was concerned with,although that would have been somewhat of a solution. What i was concerned with was the header tube was very close to the valve above the steering box where the high pressure hose and return hose goes. There are seals in there and they will fail if too much heat is close,so i did not want it to fail.
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jazzandmoparguy wrote ...
If so, I would like to buy those ball flanges you cut off...
Walker has ball and socket stubs available, found some awhile back on Summit for reasonable prices, about $7-9 each. Same quality and much cheaper than the $99 Flowmaster set they sell.
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Yep, that would be a bad seal to have fail, depending on which way it leaks it would probably cause the car to steer 1 way or another. That valve requires a very exacting installation location on the gearbox, otherwise the steering 'pulls' to one side.
I saw a `72 Monaco/Polara wagon on ebay awhile back with some NICE looking near-clipster-length headers on it, with some digging I believe they are Sanderson DD8? Although as I look at their website it looks to have the same issue and for a lot more $$. Maybe I can find that ebay pic, maybe it's sitting right on the PS box and I didn't notice it?
Regardless, excellent documentation work, 'whattajerk'! I nominate this thread for the tech archives, there's not much SB-C-body header info out there, and those Maggie headers are pretty reasonably priced, and several mfg/vendors to choose from..
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Got pics of the Sanderson, looks like the #1 tube has a different bend from the Maggie header, and probably makes all the difference.
$365 raw, $535 for coated. Takes gaskets at collector vs the Maggie ball flange. I'd rather have the ballflange instead of a gasket, OTOH my Hedman shortys haven't blown a gasket ever at 8+ years, so maybe it's not a big deal either style.