[[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] 3 Attachment(s) Hey, so i just bought some cheap headers on ebay for my 82 firebird. Got them in the mail yesterday and i go down and do a quick bolt on fitment test and from the way it looks they are probably gunna hit every plug wire if not the plug itself. So my question is, is are these shorty headers meant to be run with shorty header plugs, 90 degree plug boots, and plug wire heat wrap? As I look at the headers bolted on my engine while its on the engine stand I am also questioning the clearance of the K member. What do i do, im a 17 year old kid that wants everything to turn out nicely but i dont really have the funds to blow on some SLPs or Hookers... I looked around and they look exactly the same as summit headers, flowtechs, and a couple other cheap ebay headers. How can they be selling these if they wont even fit!? :huh: The first pic is of the ebay headers that i bought, second pic is of summit headers, third pic is of passenger side installed. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] You need a set of Dyno Don's headers. The only shorty headers out there that are 1 3/4 with a ball-in-socket fitting. His headers will fit all types of heads(straight and angle plugs). Sell those off to somebody and get your money back. Dyno Don is on the southern cali board. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] i had a really cheap set of headers on mine but i didn't have any problems. you might need those header plugs for those. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] its normal for the plugs to be real close..you make sure plug wires are out of the way as much as you can and if you have to then put a couple of heat tubes on the wires |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] How close is too close then? |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] touching |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] well obviously touching is too close, but i want my plug wires to last if thats the route i go... So would it be like 1/8 of an inch or about a 1/4? Obviously the more the better but whats the closest I could get away with? |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] You could always put some heat wrap on the headers if you're concerned. It's cheap. By the way, what seller did you get those from, and how much were they? The store they seem to be from just has some generic block hugger headers listed for third gens (see, e.g., these). |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] Just going to add I installed a set of Flowtech shorty headers on my 84 Z today. Did have some issues with reinstalling my plugs. I figured out both headers dropped right in from the top of the car so before I installed the right side header I put my plugs back in. I did reuse my autolite plugs and 90 degree plug wires there is at least a quarter clearance between the boots and tubes. Also I didn't have to drop the starter either. Push those others off on someone and try to find a set of Flowtech's or something else specifically for you 3rd gen fire chicken. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by MarionCobretti
(Post 4471033)
You could always put some heat wrap on the headers if you're concerned. It's cheap. By the way, what seller did you get those from, and how much were they? The store they seem to be from just has some generic block hugger headers listed for third gens (see, e.g., these). |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by f-bodymikey
(Post 4471635)
Just going to add I installed a set of Flowtech shorty headers on my 84 Z today. Did have some issues with reinstalling my plugs. I figured out both headers dropped right in from the top of the car so before I installed the right side header I put my plugs back in. I did reuse my autolite plugs and 90 degree plug wires there is at least a quarter clearance between the boots and tubes. Also I didn't have to drop the starter either. Push those others off on someone and try to find a set of Flowtech's or something else specifically for you 3rd gen fire chicken. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by Verhagen82
(Post 4471755)
Hey i got the headers from speed daddy, just like the block huggers in your example link. I dont want to mess with heat wrap because i love the way the stainless looks and its kind of a show car. The quality of these things is amazing but im just having the fitment issues... |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by Verhagen82
(Post 4471765)
i think i am having an issue with the heads on my motor. Its not a stock block that came in a 3rd gen so the heads are different im guessing? I still dont know for sure tho. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by MarionCobretti
(Post 4471790)
Hmm...I wonder if the ones they have listed now are actually the ones you have and they're just using a generic pic, or if they don't have any more third gen specific headers and are just selling those generic ones. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by DemonYusuke
(Post 4471791)
well theres your problem, you got headers for a stock 3rd gen setup, when you dont have that setup. 9 times out out 10 if its not a stock block, there not stock heads. the best thing you can do would be to get rid of the ones you have find out what heads you have and get a pair of matching shorty's, try and find the ones closest the the ones you have now for clearance purposes. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] 2 Attachment(s) With a little visual now, what does everybody think? Will they work if i throw in some shorty plugs and get 90* boots? Attachment 416897 Attachment 416898 |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] Looks like no matter what, even the 90 deg boot will touch the header. Maybe you can get someone to make a 1 or 2 inch spacer to go in between the head and header. Beats trying to get others and try to sell them. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] Yeh but thats with long *** factory plugs, im talkin 90* boots with shorty plugs |
Shorty plugs should help. The 1-1/2" primary tubes aren't going to be very 383-friendly. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by five7kid
(Post 4475269)
Shorty plugs should help. The 1-1/2" primary tubes aren't going to be very 383-friendly. |
2.5" single, or duals? |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] I have used these on my setup for about 7 years now. http://www.heatshieldproducts.com/insul-boot.php You'll see 'em in my pic below Haven't had any issues since |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by five7kid
(Post 4475334)
2.5" single, or duals? |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] Gregzz4: What do those covers run for? and how close are your wires/boots to your headers? |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] if short plugs and 90* boots don't work I got a hammer you can barrow. Moroso also sells wire holders that keep the wires away from the headers. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] 3 Attachment(s)
Originally Posted by Verhagen82
(Post 4475472)
Gregzz4: What do those covers run for? and how close are your wires/boots to your headers? I haven't measured as some of the boots actually rest against the tubes but the ignition wires don't. They are slightly discolored from the heat and so on where they touch but they don't burn. I even wash my engine bay sometimes and they come back to life as if they were cotton. Look how close they are to my uncoated headers Attachment 195296Attachment 195297Attachment 195298 Third Pic shows how I recommend you stuff the boot against the head. It completely protects the plug from becoming brittle due to exhaust heat Yes that was an Edelbrock I have replaced, and yes, those are Air Horns, just in case someone 'upsets me' :D |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] By the way, if you do buy these boots, I leaned the hard way...... There's an expandable ring inside the top of them that you can spread open to slip 'em over your plug boots and then squish back after. Look at my pics and see how tight they are to the wires @ the top That's the ring Jeez, I gotta get some ceramic headers !!!!! |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] It looks like your plugs are really long. Just get some shorter plugs and use the 90 degree boots and youll be fine. I dont think you'll even have to get "header" plugs. Just try some plugs for a different year 350 and see if there are shorter. Or try cross referenceing the plugs you have with others and see if they are the same part #. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] those covers look like they are made of nomax or some other type of burn proof material |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]]
Originally Posted by rybread11
(Post 4475720)
It looks like your plugs are really long. Just get some shorter plugs and use the 90 degree boots and youll be fine. I dont think you'll even have to get "header" plugs. Just try some plugs for a different year 350 and see if there are shorter. Or try cross referenceing the plugs you have with others and see if they are the same part #. You dont think that that is too close? Im 17 and this is my first motor build so I dont really know what to think, id think that the headers would get cherry hot tho and I would think youd want to be at least an 1/8 of an inch away... But like I said, I truely do not know... :huh: |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] Well first of all, have you fully bolted the headers on with the gaskets then see how close the plugs are to the tubes? Try that first if you haven't done that yet. They will be closer when the headers are just hanging on there with a coulple of bolts and no gaskets. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] The picture is with the gasket in there; but its a cheapo gasket, im sure I could get a thicker better one that would hold it out a little bit but its not gunna make the difference of it working or not. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] I agree that is too close. My boots don't get that close, nevermind the plugs. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] i have a set of dynomax shorties that i have yet to install,anyone have any tips on em?ive done plenty of header jobs just on cars where space wasnt a issue. this is my daily driver so once i tear everything out & theres no goin back i gotta get it done relatively quick,even if its just running open headers for the time being.i have no exhaust or even a y-pipe on currently so a bit more noise isnt a big deal.i'm worried about where they are gonna dump though,dont need to cook my starter. murphys law always gets me so i'm trying to eliminate as many variables as i can prior so less chances of being without transportation.looking at a header install it always seems easy,esp on land arks,but once you start things just dont go so great.ive had rear end swaps & full brake replacements go much easier than headers. |
Re: [[SHORTY HEADER HELP]] I found that Bosch 7985 are about a half inch shorter than my stock ac delco r45ts and they are under $2 each. I just didn't feel like spending the extra on shorty accell. |
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