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Jim Caughlin · 03-24-2010, 10:36 AM

Rory,

I'm easily confused but are you talking about a tall deck or short deck motor? If you're talking about a low deck, as I had said the standard Hookers fit pretty good. If your talking about a tall deck, nothing fits worth a damn. I've seen or worked on most of these over the years and they all have their drawbacks, The Crites units aren't even close to equal length, the front tubes are well over 48" long and go under the A-arms, they will be smashed in no time, the back tubes are about 20" long. The Tubular Automotive units are 1 1/2" primaries so not really a good coice for anything other than a stone stock motor. Installation and sparkplug access suck in all of these. I have custom built headers of this application but even with tower modification, there is no room at all. Wish I had a good answer for you but it's really one of those 10 pounds in a 5 pound bag kind of things.

Jim

03-24-2010, 10:36 AM	#7
Jim Caughlin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Woodburn, Or Posts: 685 Likes: 83 Liked 805 Times in 245 Posts	Re: 1964 Comet headers Rory, I'm easily confused but are you talking about a tall deck or short deck motor? If you're talking about a low deck, as I had said the standard Hookers fit pretty good. If your talking about a tall deck, nothing fits worth a damn. I've seen or worked on most of these over the years and they all have their drawbacks, The Crites units aren't even close to equal length, the front tubes are well over 48" long and go under the A-arms, they will be smashed in no time, the back tubes are about 20" long. The Tubular Automotive units are 1 1/2" primaries so not really a good coice for anything other than a stone stock motor. Installation and sparkplug access suck in all of these. I have custom built headers of this application but even with tower modification, there is no room at all. Wish I had a good answer for you but it's really one of those 10 pounds in a 5 pound bag kind of things. Jim