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Cast Iron manifolds on Super Stock cars
I saw a 1964 Ford Galaxie FE 390 Super Stocker at my local classic car dealership and noticed it had factory cast-iron exhaust manifolds leading down to about a 2.25/2.5 inch full exhaust system. Were there no long tube headers around in 1964? Was it a Factory class rule back then? Also curious about the small exhaust diameter on a big block engine…
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The only cast header that came on a 390/330 hp was the short style. The long style was exclusive to the 427, including the high riser, which also required a different z bar. There were tube headers available by companies like Belanger. I have a set that has #3 and #7 cross over to the other side, and #4 and #8 wrap around the frame. Last edited by 427FE; 01-18-2022 at 07:53 AM. |
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Re: Cast Iron manifolds on Super Stock cars
Or fourth, it may have never been raced as a Super Stocker at all. I see so many "race cars" at shows, that have never seen a dragstrip. But I have seen plenty of poser cars , belonging to guys that think a few stickers are all it takes to have a "race car". Seen way too many 64 Fairlanes with a bubble hood, and "Thunderbolt" and "427" stickers on the sides, with a small block under the hood. Kinda like the hundreds of 67-69 Camaro "Z/28s" with automatic transmissions, and a 10 bolt sitting on mono leaf springs.
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Re: Cast Iron manifolds on Super Stock cars
Those factory cast iron header/manifolds are not to shabby. A few years ago when I was doing Tech at Engine Masters Challenge one of the participants made some respectable pulls with a 406. He changed from his tube headers to a set of the shorty 427 Ford cast iron manifolds/headers. His power didn't fall off that much (6500 RPM limit) and the Tq actually went up at a lower RPM. Pretty good design for back in the day...
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Re: Cast Iron manifolds on Super Stock cars
Seems to me that cast iron header type manifolds were around back then. I remember seeing some 390 Ford Galaxies,around '62-64 thaathad a good looking set of manifolds on them. The regular rectangular exhausts like a 352 or a standard 390 had weren't too much to talk about, but the cast iron headers were pretty interesting. '63-64 400 horse and 425 horse 409's had a good exhaust manifold, so did 421 Pontiacs. There were others as well, but none of the cast headers could compete with a good set of four tube headers.
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Re: Cast Iron manifolds on Super Stock cars
Some those early Pontiac manifolds were aluminum as well
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