cobra427302

I have had trouble finding headers for my 73 cleveland, whgich is in my 67 coupe. now i have found some from Hooker that say they are for a 67-70 mustang with a 351 cleveland. I knwo they only made the cleveland from 70 on. I have recently bought Aussie Heads for it as well. my question is will the Hooker headers work with the aussie heads, and will they fit in the limited space of the 67 engine bay holding a 351 cleveland?

69mach1377

Good question...just looking at the cleveland would scare you into thinking not. Fortuneately, the exhaust ports point more downward than 302/351 ports, so that may help with the fit. As for Aussie heads, I thought that they are basically closed chamber versions 2V heads, which were open chambers. Get hold of some header gaskets and compare them to both the heads and headers...
Good luck.

cobra427302

since i was looking at the engine i knwo that it is considerably bigger then the windsor, my friends has one in his 67. I was wondering the porst on teh 2v are oval in shape, and i cant say about the aussies, because i have not gotten them yet just paid for. but if any one has ever seena cleveland in a 67 mustang it is very limited espectially around the sides. I also havea 4spd toploader with the original 67 linkage type clutch rods if that make a difference any advice woud help. thanks for what you said 69 mach1377 it help raise a couple questions i had.

dodgestang

www.fordpowertrain.com makes very nice headers for your application. I run them in my 65.

Here is an image showing the 2v and 4v gasket comparison. The bolt holes are all the same but if you bolt a 4v header to a 2v head you will need the 4v gaskets because of the post size difference. I beleive the Aussie heads use the oval port like the 2v. Just make sure you didn't get the ones with the raised ports...if you did, I think you will have even more fun getting it in the car than I did in my 65

69mach1377

That is a huge difference. Good thing you have 408 cubes to utilize those ports. Unless of course you have port plates all around also...
What does D.T. signify in your signature, Nick?

dodgestang

DT - Death Trap.

I believe all cars name themselves. The day the car arrived (I bought it sight unseen from Indiana) it was supposed to by in Driver condition. So I gave it a quick visual inspection...yup 4 tires....there's the motor...etc...and fired it up to take it for a spin.

Got up the stop sign at the end of the street....applied the brakes....and there went the stop sign. No brakes.....after alot of pumping...finally got a pedal, so continued the 1.5 miles to gas station. When I left the gas station the car was now finally warmed up and running a little better so I gave it some gas when I left...then the clown in front of my short stopped to turn left (with traffic so he couldn't make the turn) with no signal...so I went to start pumping the brakes to stop...and the throlle was stuck open...didn't have an accident mostly because I was able to use the lawn next to his car to go around him.

It was a fun first trip.

And no I don't run port plates. I don't really see any benefit in them. Some people claim improvements on stock stroke 351s...but I've never been convinced With the 408 I ported out the exhaust side and left the intake side alone. Makes just shy of 400 RWHP (through an AOD and 9 inch rear) with a pretty mellow flat tappet cam under .6 lift.

69FECoupe

Hooker makes both 2V and 4V versions for 67-70 Mustangs. If you want to see something really scary, take a look at the space in an FE powered Mustang. I hope that I never have to do anything that would require removal of the headers on my 69.

69mach1377

Like a starter failure?

dodgestang

That is a good reason to upgrade to a mini starter. I had a terrible time getting the motor out of my car the first time because of the way the starter and the headers laid together. When I put it all back together with better headers and a mini starter it was a cake walk in comparison. I can easily drop the starter in and out with the headers in place now.

69FECoupe

Yea, like a starter failure!!