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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
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A good day and a bad day!
The day started good...picked up drive shaft, new u-joints and balanced...last thing I needed to do before test drive, after finishing all new front end suspension and ECE drop kit. Waited for the neighbor to come home to help heave the bed back on...got a look at the stance and was pretty friickin happy with it. Took it for spin, and everything felt good and tight.
THEN..... ![]() Loaded up the family, and like a dumb a$$ back out of the drive too fast, bottomed out the temporary exhaust and cracked a manifold. O'Reilly's wants $120 for a new one...sucks!!! Might as well get headers for tha price. Anybody have an extra exhaust manifold (drivers side) laying around?? Anyway heres some pics of the LOUD ride!
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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doh! not a good day for many of us... sorry man!
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Hard to feel sorry for you...that wicked stance makes that truck look damn cool. I wish it was mine, broken mani and all!
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Thanks, man!!
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My other Love
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada
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was it a rams horn manifold? those things are next to impossible to find, i do have a couple of the 73-80 style small block manfolds kickin around, but the shipping to kansas would be rediculous
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Huron/Brookings, SD
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I just saw a rams horn at the junkyard auction I went to this weekend. I'm going back there this weekend to probably get some more parts. I'll see if I can get if for cheap. BTW, I really like the stance of your truck and would like to mimic it on my 72. Give me the details. What size wheels and tires? What kind and how much of a drop. Thanks.
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MEMBER OF THE DISCS UP FRONT CLUB '72 C-10 LWB Highlander, A/C, tilt TH350 w/ B&M shift kit, 327LJ bored .040", cast flattops, forged crank, L31 Vortecs, 9.25:1 CR, Comp conical valvesprings, Crane Energizer single pattern 216/.454", Professional Products Power Plus Crosswind intake, Edelbrock #1406 600cfm, HEI, dual exhaust, open 3.08 12bolt '68 C-10 4spd (not running) '79 C-10 LWB Mild 350 '80 Caprice Classic, 2-dr '97 GMC K-1500, SWB, Reg. Cab, Z-71, 5.7, Auto |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oklahoma
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Welcome to the lowered with rake club!
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
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How do I know if it is a Rams Horm manifold...I assume it is shapped like Rams horns... ![]() Does anyone have a picture that I can compare?? ![]() Anyway, the drop is 3.5" front, with 2.5" spindles, and 1" springs. The rear is supposed to be 5" drop springs, but I sure thought it would an inch or so lower in the rear...but I'm liking it the way it is. The tires, right now are 235/70/15, I will probably go a little wider, but about the same height with a 60 I got everything from Early Classic Enterprises: Complete Moog front end re-build kit, Springs, Spindles, Shocks, Shock re-locator kit, Super Track bar, plus some sway bar bushings, trailing arm bushings etc.. Super Company to deal with. I worked with Stan, very nice guy, and he made me a real good deal on everything. Split the shipping with me etc... Here's there web address: www.earlyclassic.com
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I'm in South Dakota, not NC. The shipping to Kansas might not be to bad, but first I'll have to see if I can find those manifolds again and get them cheap. I'll let you know what I come up with, but it won't be until after this weekend. I don't have a picture of a rams horn, but I'm sure someone else does, or you could try a search for it. Basically, they are shaped like a rams horn like you said. They are a center dump manifold with two arch shaped pipes going to the exhaust ports. Kind of hard to explain.
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MEMBER OF THE DISCS UP FRONT CLUB '72 C-10 LWB Highlander, A/C, tilt TH350 w/ B&M shift kit, 327LJ bored .040", cast flattops, forged crank, L31 Vortecs, 9.25:1 CR, Comp conical valvesprings, Crane Energizer single pattern 216/.454", Professional Products Power Plus Crosswind intake, Edelbrock #1406 600cfm, HEI, dual exhaust, open 3.08 12bolt '68 C-10 4spd (not running) '79 C-10 LWB Mild 350 '80 Caprice Classic, 2-dr '97 GMC K-1500, SWB, Reg. Cab, Z-71, 5.7, Auto |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Thanks Jeffbo, I''l let you know if I find one local.
I don't know why I thought you were in NC???
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Austin, TX
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Looks nice!!
Don't give O'Reill's $120 for a manifold.....$120 and you can get a pair of headers!! Ramshorns aren't to hard to find...most junkyards should have some. I sold a pair for $40 to a board member about a year ago. Good luck ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
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Local yard is telling me first off that a used one will run $100...
Of course he can get me a new one for $125... Then he tells me he is surprised that I have a 350 in a 72 chevy truck, that the 307 was the most common engine in that truck... Help!!!
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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lookin good!
i think your yard man is one of those ppl who think 67-72 3 door burbs are rare, if he is surprised at a 350 ![]()
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...threadid=72821
here is a set a board member is selling for $70 in Washington state.
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Thanks everyone... I found one at a used truck lot, that I have dealt with quite a bit. The owner rebuilds these trucks, so I stoped by and asked if he had one for sale. He rummaged through the bathroom (parts storage room) and pulled out a very nice, drivers side Rams Horn.
Got lucky I guess. Thanks, again to all.
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