Ford vs Chevy Build-up

[JHeath]

I have one of these, made a flat plate on the hex end, and went up thru the bottom of the control arm,hooking the upper hooks on the spring.

[FireSale]

Originally Posted by JHeath

I have one of these, made a flat plate on the hex end, and went up thru the bottom of the control arm,hooking the upper hooks on the spring.

Yep, that's mine. I removed two of the hooks to make it fit in the spring and reconnected them inside it to finish the job. Lots of painful short radius wrench work.

Dale

[HandOverFist]

Thanks guys - Our spring compressor consists of flat plates and has been used on all springs installed in Chevrolets...I suspect it will work just as well on the Ford. I have never installed an uncut Moroso spring in any car myself. Hope these springs work out the first go round.

[HandOverFist]

Car is at a friends machine shop for the roll bar finish welding. I'll tackle the front-end when he is finished.

Let's talk headers - While I'm not at that point yet I ran across a good deal...if they will work on this combo. A used set of long tube stainless Kooks, 1-7/8" primaries, 3.5" collectors, $550...to large for this engine?

What are you fellows using on similar cars?

[FireSale]

I can't speak to the clearances in your car, but I have Hooker Super Comp long tube headers on the 302 in my 68 coupe and getting at the header bolts is beyond painful. I have looked up header bolt solutions on the Net and I keep coming up with "Header Clearance Issue on Vintage Camaro" in the Ford searches so maybe it's not badge specific. The bolts to the lead side of the pipe aren't too bad but the ones on the back of each bend are super tuff to get to. I have a mix of bolts depending on what I could get to fit.

Power or manual steering? Better clearance on manual boxes.

Mine are 1 5/8 by 3 1/2 and I can't imagine larger ones on that engine. People do it but they cut the shock towers out, too.

Dale

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by FireSale

People do it but they cut the shock towers out, too.
Dale

Been a while since I've been involved, but I'm pretty sure there's no cutting shock towers in Stock Eliminator.

[HandOverFist]

Well, with no part number disclosed I did a little deeper research on Kooks. It appears those headers would not fit with a stock K-member and likely would not even bolt-up to standard port heads. I was also advised that overall those headers were way too large for this combo.