If anyone is really interested in the jba shorty headers I can text Jay and ask him about them.
Roy
Ask him about "the best set of 67 GT500 headers ever made" while you are at it. Something like 40 years ago he was going to build them for his own car.
They are according to him, "big tube/long tube" headers. I've never seen them but that doesn't mean he never made them?
Jay made some for his car but I don't think he made many more . I don't think he was running PS on his car ether which effects what you can do with header design.I had him make me a set based on what he made for himself.
I had been dealing with JBA over issues with the SB set of headers I bought from them and while I was talking to them (a series of calls) I asked about the headers.
They got back to me and referred me to the set of shorties they had in the catalog at that point.
To me, there is a way of dealing with the power steering ram including not needing an extension so I feel blaming it all on the power steering is a cop out and a panic attack on the part of the header manufacturer?
The set on the Supersnake was built on the car and couldn't come off without hacking them off. Maybe that's just the real reality of the situation?
Is the finished result of J's likely to be a nightmare to install? Likely but that's not what I was asking Bittle about.
I would assume, since there are only so many alternatives on where to run the primaries, that they would likely look like the set that you had on your 67 500?
How do you bolt them to the heads? I think with some type of velcro?
There just is not a perfect solution to the FE/Mustang header dilemma. Anything will be better then an iron exhaust manifold.
Even in it's heyday, the 427 Ford was a 450hp/450ft-lb engine. RPM's were limited by valve spring technology. So tales of 800hp, 8,000rpm 427's to me are just fairy tales anyway.
I'm just using the Hookers and occasional grumble over the lack of perfection but "that's just the way it is?"