i got a 74 comet with a 302. trying to find headers that fit it. i tried the ones from summit that works for 70 - 77 maverick but there is not anuff clearence. does anybody have this car and put headers in it, so they know what i am working with? misfitruss
I put hooker competition headers on my 71 mavrick and they fit perfect. Hooker also makes a super competition header for a mavrick but they are expensive. The competition headers are around $150.00 dollars from summit.
Usually need to have floor shift to open the area around the steering box. There are shorty steel headers that will fit but custom head pipes to mufflers have to be made and fitted.
The headers follow a basic design no matter the maker, unless you get bigger tubes... Do you have a column shifter? Do you have a manual or auto tranny? Did you use the required P/S drop braket? No header fits a column shift without serious mods. Most P/S cars need the drop bracket. I have heard of 1 or 2 people getting away without using it... but it is rare. Hedman's newer tubes do not fit stock manual tranny linkage. They revised the long standing universal design for some reason. It only works on floor shift autos. You could have those even if you bought a 'house' brand header, Hedman could have made them for Summit. I guess the short answer is that you will have problems with any header if you don't have these key issues sorted out. If you have them sorted out, then the headers you have will fit as well as the others. Dave
i just put the hooker 6901 super comp headers on my 71 and you MUST use a floor shift not column and the hooker p.s. drop bracket. other than that they fit perfectly. the only other glitch i had was that hooker accidently sent me the ceramic coated headers instead of the black like i ordered. i think i will let that little oversight slide and not make a big deal about it. what would you do? huh??????
Had The Hooker Comp Headers Went To The Super Comp They Fit Fine The Super Comp Only Helped On Mph Only No Et Gain. The Man At Hooker Told Me That Before I Got Them. But Tried Them Anyway
yeah scott, the bill was the same. i did make out like a bandit. what they don't know will benefit me. ha ha ha
You probably already know, but I will put it out for general knowledge... Hooker's S/C line of headers is made from thin steel for weight savings. I say this because someone interested in street use headers may be more interested in durability than a fraction of an HP. Dave
Greetings to all you Mav. Heads out there.. Just rebuilt the oraginal 302 in my 71...Head job, bored 30 over new flat tops, rings bearings the whole 9yards.....having trouble with the hedman 88300...power steering slave touching the header tube, could the drop bracket be to short?? In the process or adding a metal strip to the bracket to move the hole down and forward....has anyone had these troubles......Help!!!!!!!!!!!
had to add about a inch to mine...it hurts the left turns and with the add of the inch it kills the left turn that much more ....only way to fix it is convert to Man- steering that was the best thing i did
Manual steering????? :confused: thanks for the reply.... how did you change manual did you just take the slave out and the power valve or did you get a whole new center link???? and does your clutch z-bar touch the header also??? This thing is killing me
got a center link and pit arm from a buddy of mine Neal AkA Squeal1 :bananaman ...he changed his over to power steering long time ago and had the old parts still fast and easy swap .. well all but getting the old pit off
Thanks!!!!! Thanks for all your Help I got the rebuild done and in..... just need to do some tweeking here and there and figure out where this rattling is comming from, but she feels like she has some serious BALLS!!! If you make it to Hawaii look me up... Thanks again!!!:bananaman
