I had the use of a set of these, but they were new, and the ceramic coated ones. I left the
bubble rap on them so I would not scratch them. If they would of cleared my AOD, I would
of unraped them and kept them. These are some very nice headers. I wish I had decided
on a C-4 now. If you have a 5 speed or C-4, you may want to look into these. They will fit
both of them.
Lots of room around the headers
The headers tuck up REAL nice.
The headers clear the steering shaft fine, but come very close to the U joint
This show the headers a little, but would be less showing with the
trans hooked up, and the rear of the engine raised to nornal position.
The collectors run parellel to the floor with the engine level
I decided to see if I could use a set of 3/8 header flange adapters, used to connect some larger tube headers to the heads, to move the headers out 3/8 on each side to clear the AOD. I inserted a 3/8 inch thick nut between the header and the head at each end to simulate adding the flanges. This did allow the headers to clear the AOD, but put the front tube too close to the steering U joint with my engine set at it lowest position possible. A set of off set bushings may be able to solve this.
If BBK could be convinced to make these same headers for a Mustang with an
AOD, we would be in good shape. These may work on a 5.0 with a 5 speed. They
are tucked up very nice on the 351 based engine, so being 1 inch lower would
not be a big problem. Since the 5.0 is 1 inch narrower at the heads, these would
most likely have more room at the steering U joint. Worth a try I would think if some
one is in the middle of a swap, and has a 5 speed.
I am using the BBK 351 Shorty Swap headers for now, but will put 1 3/4 Lpng Tubes on it in the Spring.
