Dear Team Buick members,
I'm continuing to try to figure out how to stuff my recently acquired Buick 430 in my 1965 Buick Special wagon. The puzzlement for today is how to get the exhaust out.
Option-1 is to use the cast iron exhaust manifolds that came with the engine. I have evidence that this can be made to work thanks to Ted Nagel.
However, I just got off the phone with TA-Performance since they offer exhaust headers that they claim can work specially with their custom TA 1820C Frame Pad and Motor Mount kit. Tim at TA-Performance proposes two options:
Option-2: Use the TA 2012CH headers and tell the car to "inhale hard" as it will be a tight squeeze. Tim mentioned (as did Ted) getting around the steering column is a challenge.
Option-3: Spend tons of dough, get the TA-Performance Stage-2 aluminum heads, then go with the TA 2014CHC exhaust headers. Going aluminum heads would be an outrageous expense just to get exhaust headers, but there are other considerations pushing me toward aluminum heads. According to Tim at TA-Performance, this would make getting headers into the car much less of a struggle.
So my question is for the Team Buick brotherhood: has anyone successfully managed to use TA Performance exhaust headers either using option 2 or 3? If so, what was your experience with it? Was the experience a curse a minute or ultimately was either scheme really workable?
Thanks in advance to the Team Buick gurus!
Cheers, Edouard
I'm continuing to try to figure out how to stuff my recently acquired Buick 430 in my 1965 Buick Special wagon. The puzzlement for today is how to get the exhaust out.
Option-1 is to use the cast iron exhaust manifolds that came with the engine. I have evidence that this can be made to work thanks to Ted Nagel.
However, I just got off the phone with TA-Performance since they offer exhaust headers that they claim can work specially with their custom TA 1820C Frame Pad and Motor Mount kit. Tim at TA-Performance proposes two options:
Option-2: Use the TA 2012CH headers and tell the car to "inhale hard" as it will be a tight squeeze. Tim mentioned (as did Ted) getting around the steering column is a challenge.
Option-3: Spend tons of dough, get the TA-Performance Stage-2 aluminum heads, then go with the TA 2014CHC exhaust headers. Going aluminum heads would be an outrageous expense just to get exhaust headers, but there are other considerations pushing me toward aluminum heads. According to Tim at TA-Performance, this would make getting headers into the car much less of a struggle.
So my question is for the Team Buick brotherhood: has anyone successfully managed to use TA Performance exhaust headers either using option 2 or 3? If so, what was your experience with it? Was the experience a curse a minute or ultimately was either scheme really workable?
Thanks in advance to the Team Buick gurus!
Cheers, Edouard