commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Having a hard time choosing between the LIKE, AGREE, and THANK YOU icons so I'll go with...
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Shorter piston would make it less stable and therefore may make it wear harder, negligible I would say.
In the end....it's still a 5,000 lb Formal. LOL
monaco75
Senior Member
Hooker Super Competition Headers 5113HKR
I know these fit formal Monaco's, should have no problem going into the NYB.
I'm digging this Bob!
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
No enabling!
Formals don't need no stinkin headers...
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Everything needs headers, but practicalities and laziness prevail to use manifolds.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Headers?
Did I mention that it is still a 5,000 lb Formal?
All of my performance cars that I had in the 70's had headers. What a pain in the *** when you use the car as a daily driver! Collector gaskets continuously burning out, manifold gaskets burning out, header bolts always coming loose, burning up plug wires. But the worst part especially driving on the street and there is no way to avoid it....sooner or later you are going to bottom out the headers! Flattened headers are worthless!
What is the gain from headers on a street engine?
Minimal......at best.
Did I mention that it is still a 5,000 lb Formal?
All of my performance cars that I had in the 70's had headers. What a pain in the *** when you use the car as a daily driver! Collector gaskets continuously burning out, manifold gaskets burning out, header bolts always coming loose, burning up plug wires. But the worst part especially driving on the street and there is no way to avoid it....sooner or later you are going to bottom out the headers! Flattened headers are worthless!
What is the gain from headers on a street engine?
Minimal......at best.
Landyacht
Active Member
And the war between headers vs cast iron manifolds begins.
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Yeah we need a fan the flame Smiley's
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Nope. No war here. There will not be headers in Combat Bob's Formal stroker. He has spoken. END OF ISSUE. Wise choice, Bob.
So.... It's now a moot point. We will move onto the next component to get into a fight over
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Couldn't resist
65Fury440
Senior Member
This thread made me chuckle. Thanks guys.
LOL.
I guess cams can be up next.....
I guess cams can be up next.....
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
What's the best oil...
Landyacht
Active Member
If you have the big $$$$ roller is the way to go. Whatever cam you decide to go with you need to make sure that its matched with whatever torque convertor and rear axle ratio you plan on using.
That's easy, everybody knows it's...........wait is this a trick question?
Landyacht
Active Member
I use non synthetic 10w30 and whatever brand happens to be on sale at the time. The only important thing is to run a zinc additive with it. The zinc will help reduce cylinder scuffing which might be an issue in a sroker motor with shorter piston skirts and it will greatly reduce cam wear.
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