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By easyissy - 14 Years Ago
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Does anyone know of a good pair of headers that will fit on a 1958 Ford Fairlane with a 292 Y-Block engine??? I've seen many Y-Block headers but mainly for trucks. Can anyone suggest where I could find these? I'm trying to avoid making my own. Thanks in advance for your help.
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By Timbo from Mempho - 14 Years Ago
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Check these out. http://reds-headers.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=138&zenid=feea6166a2333fe155f29c067aa4cd57
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By easyissy - 14 Years Ago
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Thanks for your help.
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By MoonShadow - 14 Years Ago
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Are you looking for the "look" of headers or a performance boost? Also depends on how much money you want to spend. Ted just did a test of all sorts of headers. Maybe a search on this site would bring it up. Or its in Y-Block magazine. Jerry Christensen makes a really nice set of free flowing headers for the Y-Block cars. Unfortunately there are not too many options because of our motor mount locations. Chuck in NH
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By charliemccraney - 14 Years Ago
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Has Ted completed the header test? I haven't seen anything about it yet. I'm anxious to see the results.
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By easyissy - 14 Years Ago
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Looking for a performance boost. I'm switching out my 2v carb for a dual quad setup. I'm using the Factory Ford 2x4 with the Transdapt adapters and (2) Edelbrock 500cfm carbs. I figured my stock exhaust manifold would restrict my flow. I've seen Jerry's header on John Mummert's site but there a bit expensive for my budget. I've searched this forum but did'nt come up with anything on those tests. What do you guys think of the Red's Headers??? There more in my budget. 
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By charliemccraney - 14 Years Ago
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easyissy (8/31/2010)
Looking for a performance boost. What do you guys think of the Red's Headers??? There more in my budget.
We should know more about the Reds with the test. If I'm not mistaken, Ted had a bottleneck with the reds headers when performing the intake testing. If it's performance you want, it's performance you're going to have to pay for.
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By MoonShadow - 14 Years Ago
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I believe Jerry was also working on a new header similar to the Hedman design but with better flow design. I'll check with him at Columbus. Chuck in NH
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By Ted - 14 Years Ago
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charliemccraney (8/30/2010)
Has Ted completed the header test? I haven't seen anything about it yet. I'm anxious to see the results.The header test is not yet complete. Have quite a bit of random data where I’ve tried two or three sets on different Y engines but the big test where all the exhaust systems are tried in a back to back test on the same engine is yet to be performed. Was hoping to have that done before going to Columbus but just hasn’t taken place yet. The engine for that test is on a docking cart now and is just one set of heads away from being ready.
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By yalincoln - 14 Years Ago
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hi ted, if i bring a set of spread port sbc headers to col. can you make adaptors and test them with the rest of your headers? thanks, wayne.
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By easyissy - 14 Years Ago
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Do you guys know if Ram Horn headers would work on a '58 Fairlane??? Are they better than stock headers???
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 14 Years Ago
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Rams horns won't work in a passenger car. The exhaust dumps on the crossmember under the engine mounts.
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By easyissy - 14 Years Ago
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Thanks John. Has anyone used the headers from Obsolete & Classic Auto Parts? Part #B5A-9430/1-YBLK. They have 'Big Tubed Y-Block Headers' listed but no pic. I contacted them & they said they did'nt have any laying around that they can take a photo of to send me. Just curious.
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By Barry L - 14 Years Ago
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In a recent Y-Block issue, Jerry Christenson was planning on making a set of headers available....kinda like the Red's style, but better....don't know how that project is going....might be worth checking out. Barry L
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By Larry D - 14 Years Ago
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I know you can still pick up a set of fenderwell headers, but it seems there would be a market for some long tube headers that fit within the chassis for '54 to '62 street drivers. I have both a set of Rodworks and a set of Red's that I don't think are much better performance-wise than the stock '57 manifolds, except for the weight savings.
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By easyissy - 14 Years Ago
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What about the Red's fenderwell headers? Do they have a performance advantage over the stock manifolds? & Do they fit a '58 Fairlane?
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