[DeTomaso] Header Questions

[Paul - Home]

They make a little device that you place between the header tubes to 
spread them apart while you bolt them to your head.  After the headers 
are bolted in you removed the header spreader.

Here's a link to one...

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/lis13000.html

Paul
#9270

Rob Dumoulin wrote:
> That is what they look like.  Thanks for the confirmation.  Is it reasonable
> to think I can stretch them to fit the bolt holes?
> 
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:51 PM, <detomasoregistry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://provamo.com/Members/TechInfo/Exhaust.asp
>>
>> I think you are referring to Hall Big Bore.  About 2/3 way down the page.
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>>
>> My Beloved Gurus,
>>
>> I bought a pair of used Hall Pantera headers that have no flange connecting
>> the tubes at the ports.  The headers have not been on a Pantera in years.
>>  Trouble is, the gaskets and port plates do not line up to these headers.
>>  The front two tubes line up perfectly.  The back two are off by at least
>> 1/4 inch.  Is it common for unflanged tubes to be off by that much?
>>
>> Even if I could easily put them on, they won't line up to the rest of my
>> exhaust. I went to a local muffler shop to see if they could install/mount
>> them so I wouldn't have to tee off half the island running straight pipes
>> to
>> the muffler shop.  He says they won't fit.  A race shop guy said they would
>> over the phone, but he never saw them.
>>
>> What say you guys?
>>
>> --
>> Island Rob
>> #1488
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