Long-tube headers that fit with Hughes pan and dipstick?

[BajaBronco]

Anyone out there running longtube headers with a Hughes or similar deep pan and dipstick tube? All I have gotten to fit so far is shorties and I really want to run longtube, full length headers. TIA

 

[MY 4 BY]

My Duffs long tube headers clear my B&M deep pan. I had to "squeeze/flatten" the dipstick tube a little where it interfered with the passenger side header though.

 

[01Dudley]

Best way to solve the dipstick problem is to go to a LOKAR flexible dipstick. Makes routing and bending around headers a snap.

 

[Viperwolf1]

Pictures I've seen of the hughes dipstick tube indicate it may be slightly longer where it leaves the pan (before the 1st bend) than the stock tube.

 

[red hot71]

If the hughes dipstick tube is the one that jeff's sells I was able to get it to work, but it took a little work to do so. I will add that I have a bronco stock pan.

The bend were it connects to the pan is longer, I was able to bend it without kinking using what I had (my trailer hitch with 2 5/16's ball). Once I got the bend as I liked it, the mounting bracket that mounts it to bellhousing needed to be cut shorter and the hole redrilled.

From that point I don't think I had to do any more to it. It final resting place clears the back corner of the valve cover by a 1/4" and the handle finishes out about 2" above that corner. The dipstick tube comes to withend a 1/4" of the header tube, but doesn't touch.

The transmission lines if stock won't fit any more with long tube headers. But I didn't have the stock lines anyway. When I made mine one goes behind the tube and one is outside the tube, its a tight fit but if I had to remove the lines, once the dipstick tube is removed and the starter the line drop out the bottom with little or no problems.

When I did mine the whole assemble was sitting on the floor so it was easier to do.

 

[01Dudley]

All of this could be avoided w/a LOKAR dipstick

 

[Viperwolf1]

All of this could be avoided w/a LOKAR dipstick

I'm thinking a stock Bronco dipstick tube might work.