Will Fox Body Mustang Headers Fit ?

[gsmalley]

Like it says. I have a 69, 302, manual trans, with a cracked exhaust manifold. Can pick up a pair of stock fox body mustang headers cheap. Will they fit ?

 

[sykanr0ng]

The passenger side dumps out on top of the frame a few inches above it.

 

[DirtDonk]

Like said, nope.
But that doesn't mean that some have not tried and even succeeded. But the successes have all involved one of two things. A very able and willing exhaust shop able to totally kink the tube as it exits the header to avoid the frame rail, OR, a willingness to cut, bend, tweak or otherwise modify the header to fit.
Most don't find those viable options, so go for the more expensive Bronco-specific headers.

If you have a 351 instead of a 302, the kink is less tight because the headers sit a little higher.

There are actually some Mustang, or truck headers from the big manufacturers (I think Hooker has some) that can be fitted as-is, but I don't know which ones they are.

Good luck.
Cheap is good of course, but cheap ain't always cheap if you have to pay someone to do all the tweaking.

Paul

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Great line about "cheap", Paul! One of the biggest money pits I ever bought was a "cheap" boat!

 

[Timstrk]

I've been running the Fox body headers that don't fit for years. Yes, they fit. Yes, they have to massaged.

 

[suckerpunched]

I modified the right one by cutting the flange off and welding in a small pie shaped piece of a madrel bent 3" tube to make it exit abouve and roughly parallel to the frame rail. was pretty easy.

 

[Teal68]

All you have to do is use a couple sections of tubing donuts, and there will be no kinks at all.

 

[agboy91]

I am running them on my 5.0 with P heads. My exhaust guy did a good job fitting them up and I haven't burnt any plug wires yet. They are not ideal but they work. I have 4 flat washers between my engine and Mount for some extra room.

 

[fablife]

a few do fit with automatic tranny's, most driver side will hit the block and need grinding/ pass side will need some exhaust working. I haven't found any that work with manual trannys. good luck!

 

[Bitch'nBronco]

A lot of them exit very close to the frame rail so to run them you'd need to modify the passenger side header. These were a set of MAC equal length shorty headers.