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Topic: Fox headers on at 302 Pinto ?
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PintoPower
Journeyman Posts: 1
From: Sulphur Springs,Texas,USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 06-10-2002 04:26 AM
   
HOWDY !!! I'm new to this board,but it looks like a good bunch of Ford Folks with a lot of good info! A friend of mine just gave me a '79 Pinto Cruzin' Wagon with a 302-C-4 in it(we all need more friends like him !!!)I was wondering if the shorty headers off of a 5.0 "Fox" Mustang would fit.It has stock manafolds right now and its a pretty tight fit.
I also need a radiator (he rear ended a 4x4 and the hitch took out the rad.and grille)He had a Toyota truck rad. in it but there has got to be something else that will fit.
Anybody on here have a 302 Pinto that has already been through this? Thanks !
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cpmaverick
Moderator Posts: 1353
From: Auburn, AL.
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-10-2002 05:28 PM
Welcome to M&M!I'm not sure if the Fox headers will fit the Pinto, but I always thought that the Pintos had plenty of engine bay room?  You might ask this question in the Mustang II forum, they are your cousins even if they won't admit it!  ------------------
-Charlie Ping
1970 Maverick Grabber
[email protected] with AC and overdrive.
http://www.maverickgrabber.com
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richard bohm
Gearhead Posts: 370
From: tucson,az-luray,va
Registered: May 2001
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posted 07-13-2002 03:56 AM
it has been a while since i considered a V8 swap into a pinto(15 years at least), but as i recall the swap headers had some unusual bends in them. i also recall the stock manifolds would not fit mostly because of where the exit was.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 24286
From: Saco, Maine Toys: '70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-13-2002 06:39 PM
Yeah, the ones I've seen have the front pipes come out in front of the crossmember, IIRC.Very unique headers. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1, '72 Mustang Sprint, '94 F-150
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 24286
From: Saco, Maine Toys: '70 Mustang Mach 1 - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150
Registered: May 99
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posted 07-13-2002 06:40 PM
Oh, also, welcome to M&M!  ------------------
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 4055
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 07-25-2002 02:36 PM
I had a V8 Pinto years ago.... loved it.The Fox body stuff won't even come close to fitting and those things aren't going to be any improvement anyways. I had old Herbert&Meek headers on mine, they swept forward like a rams horns and dumped in front of the steering rack. Hooker still makes theirs i think. Most MustangII headers ought to fit 74-80 Pinto's. The rad for 79 has lots more room than the 72 i had, what i'd do is use a crossflow rad mounted beneath the rad support, you'd need to trim the sheetmetal away beside it if this isn't already done.
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