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Topic: Header Installation
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Blt2Run
Journeyman Posts: 25
From: Utah
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 11-20-2005 02:40 PM
  
I'm getting ready to install new Hooker Super Comp headers (6116-1). What is the best way to install them? With our without gaskets? I've heard both ways. Its for a 1970 351W. Also what kind of silicon?Travis ------------------
'70 Fastback 351W/3.73 TractionLoc/FMX
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1748
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-20-2005 08:06 PM
I`ve always used header gaskets, and no silicone. I feel that most Ford engines have an adequate number of bolts to attatch the headers to the cylinder heads, unlike SOME manufacturers. ( SB Chevy, MoPar, Pontiac, Studebaker,Packard, and a few others)  ------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed [email protected] 1.32 60 foot
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA M/Stock 302 5speed. [email protected] 1.63 60 foot
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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Fastback1
Journeyman Posts: 85
From: Laplata, Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 11-20-2005 09:02 PM
I dont use either no gaskets or silicone and my headers are perfect just what I do
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Jake11
Gearhead Posts: 207
From: Banning,Ca,USA
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 11-20-2005 09:37 PM
I just tape mine on with duck tape
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Jake11
Gearhead Posts: 207
From: Banning,Ca,USA
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 11-20-2005 09:42 PM
Seriously use gaskets and keep snugging
all the bolts down for a whole week. Than
they take a "set" and will take longer till
they blow out. May go a a year or longer.
Keep an extra set of header gaskets in the
garage.
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