mountaineer chop top.

[Pollarican]

Damn - when I opened this thread and saw you relocated the hatch all the way forward to just behind the front doors I gritted my teeth a little bit. I thought it would be pretty hard to get the truck to look clean with the remnants of the rear doors. Then I saw the next few pictures where you filled in those body lines and my initial "Uh oh" turned into a "Hell yeah!" Great looking and unique build!

 

[Turdle]

Actually certain years did have factory headers and some cast manifolds.

Actually, if you want to call that manifold a "header" you just go right ahead. But it isn't

 

[Thompstomper]

Damn - when I opened this thread and saw you relocated the hatch all the way forward to just behind the front doors I gritted my teeth a little bit. I thought it would be pretty hard to get the truck to look clean with the remnants of the rear doors. Then I saw the next few pictures where you filled in those body lines and my initial "Uh oh" turned into a "Hell yeah!" Great looking and unique build!

Thank you, Lots of work put in this thing.
Still a long ways off....but will be a bad boy when its all said and done.

 

[Thompstomper]

Actually, if you want to call that manifold a "header" you just go right ahead. But it isn't

Call it what you want...Note they are a ****ty design.
But none the less NOT a cast manifold....compare it to the BBK shorty headers for a Mustang.....That's a header with ****ty performance, but still a header.
We will call it a fabricated MANIFOLD for sake of argument!




Fabricated Tubing= Header......PERIOD
Cast Iron= MANIFOLD

 

[Turdle]

Well, that belly part to the left in my picture is cast, lol

I think that is why they crack, tubing welded to cast-

 

[Thompstomper]

This is a 1998 5.0 Explorer exhaust manifold!!!!

Just Sayin'

 

[Thompstomper]

Damn you..... just let me WIN would ya!!!


Just bustin your ball brother...

There is a difference tho`Admit that much.

 

[Thompstomper]

Well, that belly part to the left in my picture is cast, lol

I think that is why they crack, tubing welded to cast-

Agreed!
More fused than welded.
They are so kinked and crimped Id rather have the casted manifolds.

 

[Turdle]

I agree.

 

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Day star urethane body mounts and pa883 lift shackles and keys.

Looks mighty fine !

 

[Turdle]

It looks killer. In some ways it reminds me of the old Chevy Luv-

 

[Thompstomper]

Little update.
What do yall think?

 

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