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Ranger6202 · 01-31-2012, 01:46 PM

my heads are like 1/4-1/2" off the firewall. Originally i guess this truck had a diesel in it some # of owners ago. Somebody put a 350 in it which was still in it when i bought it. The distributor used to be right against the firewall, so i'm guessing the 350 itself was set a little further back than normal. The adapter plates i bought have the 3 choices for placement, and i had to use the 1" back to get it to mount up with the stock mounts. I'm pretty sure i could go 1" forward over stock and these manifolds would still fit in the gap perfectly. The clever idea i had with the mounts having three options was for when i get a 4l80 put in it, i won't have to change my drive line and can just move the motor forward with the mounts.

01-31-2012, 01:46 PM	#19
Ranger6202 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lyman Wyoming Posts: 109	Re: Shorty Headers my heads are like 1/4-1/2" off the firewall. Originally i guess this truck had a diesel in it some # of owners ago. Somebody put a 350 in it which was still in it when i bought it. The distributor used to be right against the firewall, so i'm guessing the 350 itself was set a little further back than normal. The adapter plates i bought have the 3 choices for placement, and i had to use the 1" back to get it to mount up with the stock mounts. I'm pretty sure i could go 1" forward over stock and these manifolds would still fit in the gap perfectly. The clever idea i had with the mounts having three options was for when i get a 4l80 put in it, i won't have to change my drive line and can just move the motor forward with the mounts.