I just got these headers off Ebay. The SBC is just a mule, to modify the car to and to drive for a while untill I switch over to the nice one. ( a short stroke SBC Racefab is building for me ) I've wanted a nice, high reving V8 on Webers, with a 180deg exhaust system for a long time... The car will be a Street/Trackday kind of car ( but O/T for the HAMB...)
'Shapes, Those are some wild headers. You might have some work on your hands trying to fit them in the Capri.
Awesome score!!!! Bet those will sound great too! I'd suggest having them cleaned and then coated (white if ya wanna stay traditional). Making sure they will last forever would be my priority, unless you're able to recreate them when they do what headers do (disintegrate).
I dont think its going to be that bad... I'm going to cut most of the firewall away, and I'll have to re-route the flywheelside/driverside pipe. Cause it will be in the way of the pedals i want to use. Other than that, it looks like most of the collectors, etc, will sit where the heater used to be. The tunnel will get a lot wider on the pass side, to get the pipes ( 3.5 or 3" ) down and under the car... ( but yeah, you guessed right... Its going in the Capri. )
Circle track headers. Did they give you the heat sheild for the mag with them? The best part about those headers is if the cam is right, at night you will get a show.
Those might be a set on 180's that Howe Racing sells. I did roll cage and suspension fabrication out of my shop when they put those on the market. After that a few other manufacturers followed suit and offered them also. They were the first for short track oval racing but then BBC was the first application followed shortly by the small blocks. At full song they have a sound like nothing short of an Indy car.
I gotta agree on the sound! Down here in GA, back in the 60's there was a '57 Chev. running the asphalt ovals in NASCAR sportsman class with 180* headers. At full song on a half mile track that damn thing sounded like it was turning 12 grand. Dave
Seller didn't know the brand, which was fine by me. I knew I had to modify them anyway... No, I didnt get a heatshield. I'll search for one, or make one. Does anybody have a pic, so I can see what they look like? I bet the sound is going to be pretty nice... And the Webers probably wont hurt either... ( I love the induction roar they give off )
They are Weber Carbs that I made fit on a early Vette Rochester FI lower intake. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112619&highlight=billet+cool+webers
Reminds me of some of the old Gurney-Westlake stuff they made for Fords. Hhhmmmmm, Gurrnnnneeeeyyyyy.......
DCNFs too - now that is a different take on Webers. They were mainly used on Early Ferrari 308s, Dinos, Lancias and Maseratis of the 1960s/70s - also used on the Lamborghini Uracco. Inglese used to make an intake for a SBC which mounted four of these sideways across the engine.
Yeah, Ive seen those. The reason I wanted to mount them lengthwise, is that the bores are really close together. So That way the ports line up with the carbs, and the mixture doesn't have a lot of extra bends to take. ( that can be a problem... fuel is heavyer than air and forcing it through corners can make the mixture less even ) I did hear there is a problem with the DCNF's when cornering, if they are mounted like this. But I think I've figured out why that is. The float bowl vent exits right over the emulsion tubes. So when hard cornering would slosh some gas out of the vents, it will drown the air jets on top of the tubes. I think I can fix it by moving the vent...
THOSE ARE BILLET CARB ADAPTERS......BAN!!!!!!!! HeHeHeHeHe Those headers are gonna sound SOOOOOO BITCH'IN.... Cant wait to hear that engine run!!!! EnFo
I love the pipes. I have always had the feeling that the most artful pieces on true racecars (F1,can-am,lemans) is the exhaust. Countless hours building a true piece of art.
not traditional, but one of the best sounding street 180 headers I've heard. Of course racecars are a different story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZTbR6C6Lw&feature=related
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