350 headers

[JAMES OWENS]

I plan on putting in a 70 350 4bbl engine in my 67 skylark over
the winter. What ( in the members opinion ) is the best overall header
for price---will fit nice--function well--and look good.
Thanks JIM

[BigRivy]

Literally, any that you can find.

[sean buick 76]

Sorry i am so late... there are no headers that will fit in your 67 without major mods to them. Go with manifolds and a good 2.5" dual exhaust mandrel bend btw...

[WildKitty]

while putting the exhaust manifolds back on my 300, the mechanic?? put a little too much torque on two of the bolt holes - unfortunately, one on each side.

even tho the engine is out of the car and on a trailer, it is going to be costly to take the manifolds to a shop, have them welded and milled, and hope all is well the first time around.

I've been checking on headers for the 300 - that goes back into my 64 LeSabre, without a lot of interferrence. course, there's a heck of a lot more room in the engine compartment of a 64 with only a 300 sitting in it.

my friend showed me a set of "shorties" that he has on the 283 he dropped in a 50s pickup. he said they run between $80 & $100.

I forgot to ask him where he got them.but I taake it, they're from a company that that's what they do; make headers.

[sean buick 76]

while putting the exhaust manifolds back on my 300, the mechanic?? put a little too much torque on two of the bolt holes - unfortunately, one on each side.

even tho the engine is out of the car and on a trailer, it is going to be costly to take the manifolds to a shop, have them welded and milled, and hope all is well the first time around.

I've been checking on headers for the 300 - that goes back into my 64 LeSabre, without a lot of interferrence. course, there's a heck of a lot more room in the engine compartment of a 64 with only a 300 sitting in it.

my friend showed me a set of "shorties" that he has on the 283 he dropped in a 50s pickup. he said they run between $80 & $100.

I forgot to ask him where he got them.but I taake it, they're from a company that that's what they do; make headers.

For a 300 engine what you want is a pair of 99 Rover headers that are factory instead of manifolds. Post 24 of this thread shows rover headers on a 300.
http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=213961


http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=213961

[WildKitty]

I just got my headers for the 300 from D&D Fabrications, Inc

phone 810-798-2491 (Mark)

said they can fit most GM cars.. the bolt ons for the 300 were on the shelf
I was happy to pay little over $250

comes with gaskets and header pipe flange kit.

gonna bolt em on tomorrow. should make a completely different sound

[elagache]

Dear small-block Buick fans,

I just got my headers for the 300 from D&D Fabrications, Inc

phone 810-798-2491 (Mark)

For those who like to "sneak a peak" at a companies product line before jumping on the phone, D&D has a website: http://www.aluminumv8.com/. They are also running a New Year's promotion, but you'll have to get on the phone to find out what the deal is (or so the website claims.)

Cheers, Edouard

[sean buick 76]

while putting the exhaust manifolds back on my 300, the mechanic?? put a little too much torque on two of the bolt holes - unfortunately, one on each side.

even tho the engine is out of the car and on a trailer, it is going to be costly to take the manifolds to a shop, have them welded and milled, and hope all is well the first time around.

I've been checking on headers for the 300 - that goes back into my 64 LeSabre, without a lot of interferrence. course, there's a heck of a lot more room in the engine compartment of a 64 with only a 300 sitting in it.

my friend showed me a set of "shorties" that he has on the 283 he dropped in a 50s pickup. he said they run between $80 & $100.

I forgot to ask him where he got them.but I taake it, they're from a company that that's what they do; make headers.

I would simply remove all of the other bolts and then the manifolds. if the bolts are not broken off flush then use a grinder to flatten two sides of the bolt a bit then heat it up with a propane torch and use vise grips to wiggle it in and out untill it frees up. Grinding the flat sides helps the vise grips hold without spinning.

[WildKitty]

Sean, he didn't twist off the bolts, he just cracked the cast iron manifold itself.
- both sides!!!!!

the expense to have them welded and milled would have been about as much
as the headers.