I have been putting my car together for a few years now. The project is moving at a snails pace because I work out of country. Lately I've been thinking about exhaust and headers etc..
The car is a '69 Mach I with 351w, 4sp. I built a good, mild performance, tough-as-nails engine using an original block and high end components including Edelbrock RPM performer heads and intake.
The issue is with the exhaust, and particularly the headers. I'll likely go with FPA headers. We have tried a few different (cheaper) brands already and none have fit correctly. Part of this may be the car, part the Edelbrock heads that I used. Although I'm sure the FPA heads will work, the thought has poped into my head that I could build a spacer that would act as a port alignment from the Edelbrock heads to the original FACTORY exhaust manifolds. The question, What would be the power/performance implications? Has anyone else attempted this? If so, what results? If not, what reason?
Much thanks,
Fantastic!
The car is a '69 Mach I with 351w, 4sp. I built a good, mild performance, tough-as-nails engine using an original block and high end components including Edelbrock RPM performer heads and intake.
The issue is with the exhaust, and particularly the headers. I'll likely go with FPA headers. We have tried a few different (cheaper) brands already and none have fit correctly. Part of this may be the car, part the Edelbrock heads that I used. Although I'm sure the FPA heads will work, the thought has poped into my head that I could build a spacer that would act as a port alignment from the Edelbrock heads to the original FACTORY exhaust manifolds. The question, What would be the power/performance implications? Has anyone else attempted this? If so, what results? If not, what reason?
Much thanks,
Fantastic!
