Fenderwell exit headers in progress

[Sirrotica]

64 to 67 GTO, I however don't remember what brand they were as it was back in the mid 70s. Our cars were 61 Catalina, and 61 Ventura same frame configuration as 61-64 full size bodies.

[Poison Heart]

Maybe try the Summit ones. They're like 105$ or somethin. A cheap way to find out what will fit.

[dcjredline]

Whats with all the jibber jabber!? Lets see some of those pics!!!!

[mrpontiac65]

You could always go extreme with your exhaust

[Poison Heart]

haha oh man. That looks cool and all but I'd rather not tie my headers into knots

[The Chief]

Thats a 180˚ system, you run the cylinders 1234 and 5678 so you need to cross 2 tubes from one side to the other, its done to pick up power as the exhaust pulses scavenge better. you can also do it by swapping the cam lobes over, i think comp do the reverse cams

[starchief1959]

I wonder if those are balanced.... Looks cool none the less.

[mrpontiac65]

I bet it was a nightmare to get it figured out and made

[Poison Heart]

Sure looks cool either way

[Poison Heart]

I got most of the driver side figured out. I pretty much ran out of tubing from the scrap headers I cut up. I got a crap load of bends coming from Speedway motors. 12 180* bends that have a 90* bend on the other end. That should be enough to finish both sides. I tried to cut as little of the inner fender as possible. These should clear the tires fine.

[Poison Heart]

Oh yeah, I'll post pics when I get home

And forgive me if my spelling is screwed up. I'm using my brothers computer with a wireless keyboard and the batteries are dying so i have to type everything like 5 times.

[mrpontiac65]

Hope they don't look like this

[Poison Heart]

haha no they won't look like those. I like gassers and all but that one is over the top.

[mrpontiac65]

Here's another the same guy built both. You can see the same tree in the bachground.

[Poison Heart]

That's more of what mine will be like. I really wish I had a tubing bender so I wouldn't have to weld all these pieces together. I'll get one someday and build a better set.

[Poison Heart]

Here are some pics.




I have it planned out which pipe is going to which pipe and I have a few pieces that I cant still weld but I didn't get to do it today. The rest of my tubing should be here wednesday. Hopefully I'll have one side fabbed up by the weekend.

[starchief1959]

Keep us updated Robert. I'm curious as to the finished product.

[mrpontiac65]

I think fenderwell headers look great, a friend of mine had a Hurst Olds with one tube on the outside of frame cause they wouldn't fit otherwise.

[poncho1961]

Originally Posted by Poison Heart

I got most of the driver side figured out. I pretty much ran out of tubing from the scrap headers I cut up. I got a crap load of bends coming from Speedway motors. 12 180* bends that have a 90* bend on the other end. That should be enough to finish both sides. I tried to cut as little of the inner fender as possible. These should clear the tires fine.

Just out of curiosity, what size tubing and what did speedway charge for the bends?

[Poison Heart]

The tubing is 1 5/8" and they're like 13$ a piece. I think I got 12 and it came out to like $180 with shipping.

The main reason I'm building these is to be on the other side of the frame so I don't have to go under it since the car is so low as it is. I think they look sweet too.