im looking into buying some jba shorty headers for my 65 mustang with a 302. on all the sites it says that for 65 and 66 model mustangs it requires "tall" engine mounts and minor shock tower modifications. i was just wondering if anyone know how much work this would be and if the jba's are really worth it. Thanks!

 

I looked a JBA until I looked at the price. Man they are just way too much. I was working on a T5 conversion in 67 and was going to run the stock linkage. I never got a warm fuzzy that the headers would work on my set up. I went with equal length MAC long tube. I like um.

 

ya they are a little bit pricey. and i am gonna swap the c4 for a t5 as well so i guess ill just wait it out for awhile. how did that t5 swap go for you??

 

No problems. Your C4 tranny yoke should work on that T5. You need a shorter drive shaft and you need to decide if you are going to run a stock bell housing with stock linkage or a T5 bell housing with a cable linkage. If you are going with the JBA headers go with the T5 housing and the cable linkage. Things will be much easier for you.

 

67t5ponycoupe is right, but I would recomend a hydraulic clutch. Its kind of a pain to install, but works well.

 

I have a set of JBA shorty headers on my '65 fastback... no mods to the shock towers or engine mounts. They are expensive (especially for ceramic) but worth the investment. Here's a pic of the JBA headers installed with the H-pipe.

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my car came with the cermaic shorty's but whats so much better about them than say....tri-y's or something?

 

I like the doug thorley tri-y's - 1 3/4" - They also have those stock 289 HIPO headers aftermarket for a few dollar bills that give you that stock look...

 

my car came with some tri ys on it but there cracked. ive done some research and so far eveything ive found seems that jba are the best performance wise.

 

yeah my jba's have the chrome peeling off a little so i was thinking of the tri-y's to replace them since someone told me chrome shops wont re-chrome headers. but if theres a big performance differnence then i probably wont.