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Im on a budget putting my 350 in for now so imma go with the shorty block huggers, my ? is what brand or size fit properly if yal can help me it could save me a few trips to the hot rod shop. thank you

from what i have heard alot of people use the old style ram horn manifolds.
if you are working with a budget then you could probably find a decent set of these at a junkyard

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75 luv stepside... Work in progress
76 fleetside 350hp 1968 327cu
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You need to do some serious measuring. The shorty headers can come out right above the cross member. You might need to do a engine test install first... Camaro style exhaust members might be better, they face toward the rear of the engine. That is one reason Hooker made the engine mounts too. It would work together. Factory exhaust manifolds should be cheep at your local salvage yards.

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

I used Hooker block huggers , but as stated you need to measure and test fit . I fabbed all my mounts from scratch .

I ordered the motor mounts and tranny mount from old rob on here those are the mounts imma have in there. so it looks like imma be test fitting and measureing when they come in. thanks everyone for all your help.

Doesnt hooker make a kit for a v8 conversion?

yeah but the headers are a lil outta my price range for know im lookin for some under $150.

www.powerbyace.com has under chassis headers available, however they are a little pricey also, approx $ 370.00, they do include the exhaust reducers though.

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Old Rob that is not bad a bad price. 1 piece all under one chassis?

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

with those under chassis headers do i gotta take out my torsion bars and run coilovers?

Hooker has quit making those. They sold the last 5 sets to Summit I think, maybe Jegs. Used ones can be found sometimes. The kit info is off the main site.
http://www.luvtruck.com/Information.htm

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

My shorties came out over the crossmember also I used to have but they did get the exhaust pipe bent and bolted right up. still have the brand new pipe that is bent to fit mine. if you use shorties and the pattern is the same you can have the pipe just for the shipping.

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Im going to order the summit brand block huggers and hope they fit/make em fit. Do you remember what brand you used?

I'm not sure what they are but I still have them here and they are ceramic coated if you might be interested in them. Just PM me if you might be. I also have a set of almost new flowmaster mufllers.

I went to the hooker long tubes and 3 inch exhaust.

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

The headers from ACE are designed for use with the stock front suspension. The front header tube comes apart so the they can be installed without removing the torsion bars. They do not interfer with the stock oil filters or E brake cable either. These are 3/8" flanges at the head and collector, 1 5/8" tubes with three inch collectors. Better for the street than the 1 3/4" tubes.

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i was curious if people could add some pictures of their block huggers or stock style manifolds please. ive been looking into block huggers myself.

im just wanting to see clearances and such

I still have my ceramic ones. I got them back from my son when he sold his truck. PM me and I will send you my pics. I still have the bent pipes that hook to them. Clearance is a little tight but don't rub anywere. I had them on mine when I still had the torsion bars on.

I am in JC. I was just in KC this weekend and will be going back soon I think.

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

See ya got a good pic of them up. Glad you got them and hope they serve you well.
Thanks, Rick

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

hey old rob im buying my headers from ya on friday i was wondering if those fenderwell exit headers fit on a 76 2wd luv.