[DeTomaso] Hall Headers

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This past weekend I was asking about intake port stuffers, not exhaust 
port stuffers.  So no, different things.

Paul
#9270

Rob Dumoulin wrote:
> One of the many things on my restoration list is to fix the header leak from
> my stock headers.  I just bought this pair of Hall Pantera headers off of
> ebay.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=170465306464&view=all&tid=0
> 
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=170465306464&view=all&tid=0>The
> seller says the following:
> 
> ...if you are running 4V ..the exhaust ports should be dremeled on the top
> of the header so the escaping gasses won't crash into a wall....this is
> easily done even with a hand file .  Only the top of the port on the header
> needs this fix....I'm suprised that Hall hasn't done this at manufacture.
> This will help for extra mid range power......another Huge improvement is to
> invest $89. with Holstrom for their port plates.....these are the
> individual stainless inserts that raise the floor of the exhaust port
> inserted into the head....I've run them for years and when we dynoed the
> thing back in 1988...the difference was another 20hp...
> 
> Any thoughts on the filing mod to the Hall headers and for Holstrom port
> plates?  Are these the same as the Port Stuffers that have being discussed
> the past few days?
>