a bit of this and a bit of that.

today we started on ashley's headers. we have a couple of pairs of small block ones at 1 5/8" and a couple of pairs at 1 3/4" which as it's a big block we thought were better suited. especially as one pair were stainless fe ford ones. so we didn't need the new flanges ash had bought so they'll go 'in stock' for later. with the flanges cut from the fe set leaving about an inch stub of tube at each port we got them bolted to the heads. the driver's side had to have the divider cut out between the rear 2 cylinders as the steering column will pass through the header there making removal and fitment easier. we cut the collector away too giving us a set of tubes to play with. we also cut the flanges from the other larger set (big block mopar) as well as their collectors. more tubification next, lol.
neil.
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we're getting there on the worst (steering) side :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.
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I think i recognise some of that. Nice work.
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I think i recognise some of that. Nice work.
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not yet gary, your's will appear when i do the headers for the 318 going in my nash as they're 1 5/8" tube, both sets cut up for this are 1 3/4" tube. one set's stainless and the other's mild steel but ppffftt, who cares. as i've said many times this ford fe motor's only temporary, lol. :whistle:
neil.

that's one side made. we cut the centre pipe of the joined 3 free so we could fully weld round them all then with as much ground neat as possible we final welded them together as a set of 4. we used the mild steel collector as it's longer giving room for a 2.5" outlet to the exhaust system. we'll cut some blanking plates for the bottom of the outlets that ash' can remove at the track (or all the time, lol).
neil.
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Tidy job that [emoji1303]

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thanks :D.
the 3rd pipe back looks to have a 'swelling' near the head flange, it's the built in 'kink' to clear the steering column :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.

Saw how tight that was on the other pic. As long as it's 'flat' it'll be fine [emoji1303]

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yes there's a good 1/4" clearance from the column there.
neil.

Nice job, as usual Neil. [emoji106]

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thanks Tim :thumbs_up_smiley:
i'd forgot to mention when fully welding the header it's (now) 2 piece flange was bolted to one of the new header flanges we didn't use so it wasn't a complete waste, lol. once cooled down it was unbolted and had kept it's alignment.
neil.

we bolted the header back in place after cutting a 2.5" hole to the inside of the collector. then using a short bend from said hole pointing back and up (slightly) we could re-use the 2.5" 2 bolt flanges from the last setup to join the header back to the exhaust system. with the bits all tacked together it was removed for the last time to be fully welded and painted. some cans of vht in white are on the way from amazon, they will be here either wednesday or thursday which'll give us time to make the passenger's side header.
it'll soon be time for a fire up and cam bed in. :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.

the oil pump, pickup tube and piston rings arrived for my 318 the other day. can't wait for some time to get going now.
neil.

that was a good day, we got probably 3/4 of the n/s header tacked together. :thumbs_up_smiley:
neil.
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we got the last pipe sections tacked in place and removed the header to be fully welded. as with the other one we removed two pipes at the flange so we could weld all round them and have decent access to do the same on the other two. we then ground the welds and refitted the last two tubes. lastly before a second mock up was to add the collector. then we fitted it back onto the engine so the side exit running to the exhaust system could be made up again using the flanges from the last setup. that's now tacked in place ready to come off 'again' to be fully welded and painted. oh, the white vht paint arrived today so we should be able to get them both painted and baked tomorrow. i hang the headers collector down and jam my heat gun in there so the pipes get preheated before applying the paint. it seems to give a longer lasting finish, i've not had any flaky paint since doing them this way.
neil.

Good tip that. I used to warm mine in work on the big gas heaters we had ...on a night shift of course [emoji1303]

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that's them both done then. next job's fitting them with clean gloves on, lol.
neil.
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Its alright greasy finger marks burn off. Looking good.

They look well tidy Neil, another bit ticked off the list mate. [emoji106]

Cheers Tim W

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