Farm Truck W (how about activity and pics)

[boxerdog]

Looks like a plan after talking to ACP. Very good to work with. I'm going to "merge" an SBC kit with 409 flanges, or that's the plan.

https://acpheaders.com/sb-bb-truck--tractor-headers---kits.html

 

[63 dream'n]

They should look awesome.......I like your plan....!!!!

 

[boxerdog]

My header building skills are limited. I will get some help.

 

[4speedman]

I made a set of headers back in the summer and used a weld up small block kit from jegs mated to some 409 flanges.These were 1 7/8 inch tubes inside the frame on a 34 chevy coupe with an aftermarket frame and they were quite a job and very time comsuming but i finally got them finished.There might be a better way by taking something like a corvette header which should be shorter from top to bottom and mating them to the 409 flanges

 

[boxerdog]

did you go outside the frame rails or tuck them inside?

 

[4speedman]

did you go outside the frame rails or tuck them inside?

Inside the frame because i wanted to use the fenders and if i had went outside the frame that would have been a hole lot easier to do it would have have gotten in the way of that.I have looked at a lot of pictures of the old cars and many have stock manifolds if they have the front fenders on them i now see way that is.

 

[boxerdog]

The beginning of the end. I gotta tell you, the guy at ACP is great to work with for a non-header-maker like me. He did say something like the 409 flange setup is one of the more difficult, I guess because of the vastly different port shapes and locations and the down angle. More to follow in a week or so hopefully. I do have a"plan" here but I won't waste your time with it unless it works!

 

[La Hot Rods]

 

[boxerdog]

James, if you were here you wouldn't be eating popcorn right now!

 

[La Hot Rods]

I would hope to be making sparks.

 

[boxerdog]

That would be part of the plan!!

 

[4speedman]

The beginning of the end. I gotta tell you, the guy at ACP is great to work with for a non-header-maker like me. He did say something like the 409 flange setup is one of the more difficult, I guess because of the vastly different port shapes and locations and the down angle. More to follow in a week or so hopefully. I do have a"plan" here but I won't waste your time with it unless it works!

That is definely out side the frame

 

[boxerdog]

You know what the say..."outside the box". I would have been happy with block huggers but they didn't hug enough.

 

[boxerdog]

Probably too loud at this stage.

 

[IMBVSUR?]

That would be part of the plan!!

Let me know when he flies out, I have work for him also

 

[IMBVSUR?]

Probably too loud at this stage.

The work, not the too loud thingy.

 

[boxerdog]

Just the beginning of my stepped headers

 

[boxerdog]

So I got a little distracted today and started looking at the C-10 autocross/track trucks people are building. Absolutely nuts but very cool. I'm not going there but I can sure appreciate the effort and workmanship.

 

[IMBVSUR?]

So I got a little distracted today and started looking at the C-10 autocross/track trucks people are building. Absolutely nuts but very cool. I'm not going there but I can sure appreciate the effort and workmanship.

That's too bad, I was so looking forward to coming out to one of the events you were going to participate in

 

[boxerdog]

That's too bad, I was so looking forward to coming out to one of the events you were going to participate in

I'm not saying that unplanned events won't occur, maybe even frequently. But I won't be caging it or spending a ton on the suspension, at least for now.