Full Width Axle problems

[freeride376]

K im new at this web site. I have so many questions. Where to start. So i just put full width axles under my bronco. Dana 44 in the front and Ford 9 in the back. They came off a 1977 Ford Pick up. Every thing works great. The only problem is now my headers block my front drive line. Anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions??

 

[freeride376]

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[Tito]

What radius arms did you use? Did you move your wedges in? Might be time for some shorties.

 

[freeride376]

I made my own long arms. I duplicated some that my dad bought from wild horses. What do you mean by shorties?

 

[Tito]

Shorty headers
The FWs and long arms can be a real headache for the long tube headers.

 

[barnsbronco]

When I swapped to fullwidths I had the same problem with my cage arms. I ended up buying a set of stock manifolds to fix the problem. I had saved my stock manifolds up until about 6 months before I did the swap and had scrapped them. Thats what I get for trashing good parts I guess.

 

[trailbound]

yup your gonna need shorties or the B.C broncos efi style which are a mid length I believe. WH shorties work, I know that for sure because we had to use those on my old man's FW swap with cage arms.

 

[freeride376]

Those wild horses shorties aren't cheap are they. Shorty's and college students don't mix. Maybe I'll try some stock manifolds. Thanks for the info guys. I didn't know they made the shorty headers. That will be a great option down the road.