Non turbo header and stack

[Colonel Smash]

Here is the finished header I talked about building a year ago. Some people said, "Why not put a turbo on it." Well, basically I wanted to do something outside the norm. So I built an entire header and stack from scratch. It is a 2" primary pipe into a 3" Y into a 4" down pipe to a 4" straight stack. No muffler. I had to cut the old manifold off because it was so corroded.

The first two pictures are of the collector and the custom 4" bend.The next ones are of the the mounting flange and the top view of the individual aluminum intake runners and the custom water pipe I had to fabricate when I ditched the old intake.The last pics are of the header right before paint and install and the truck how it sits now with the 4" stack and also custom fabbed front bumper.

 

[Colonel Smash]

Videos of how it sounds can be found on the website where videos are found. Type in Deuce and a Half with a Header.

 

[Clay James]

Pretty cool! Been looking into those for muscle cars. Never even thought about putting one on a deuce.

 

[ducer]

What about performance gains or losses? With individual runners for the intake I fear you maybe giving up some horsepower due to the loss of the ramair effect. Individual runners never perform as well as multiple runners do unless the engine is singing at a super high rpm (9,000 plus).

Denny

 

[Colonel Smash]

I don't know what it makes for horsepower. I wish I did. I think it gained a good bit of torque because it goes up hills faster now.

It smokes like an old time freight train, but I like that.

 

[Ford Mechanic]

Cool fab work man!

 

[Colonel Smash]

Thanks! I build hot rods out of my garage.

 

[peashooter]

Whoa! Thats funny and impressive. Dittos on the cool fab work!

 

[Heath_h49008]

Nice job!

 

[Heath_h49008]

Didn't we have a thread here where some guy said he had a header/intake for the LDT that made insane power? I just searched and found nothing.

(Not trying to threadjack, trying to relate one to the other)

 

[patracy]

LDT that made insane power?

 

[patracy]

Videos of how it sounds can be found on the website where videos are found. Type in Deuce and a Half with a Header.

Please feel free to share youtube links. Actually if you use the http address it will embed automatically. (Standard ones)

 

[Heath_h49008]

I was trying to be nice!

If you feel frisky, after finding that thread, see if you can scare up that awesome M35A2 lightbar thread that somebody built a couple of months back.

My Google-fu is broken somethin' fierce.

 

[Colonel Smash]

I'm not sure. I tried researching it before I started the project and didn't find any info. In my experience it doesn't make insane power, but enough that it was worth doing.

 

[Heath_h49008]

Don't get me wrong, I love the sound on your vid. I caught it yesterday on my daily "M35A2/Deuce and a half" Youtube search.

There was some guy on here who was trying to sell a header and an intake that he said made something like 350hp on a stock LDT. I'll keep looking for it if nobody else beats me to it.

 

[Floridianson]

350hp I find hard to believe, Its fun makeing stuff but the intake looks like you might have trouble when it rains or you go to fast fording?

 

[Colonel Smash]

Thanks everyone for the feedback. It won't be as good in water as a stock air box, but if I gotta go in a lake I'll just get a boat.

 

[wreckerman893]

I have always thought a header would be cool on a gasser deuce (GM 302 engine) and a custom intake you could mount a four barrel carb on. I think I remember there being a lot of aftermarket parts for the GMC. Hummm...goggle is my friend:The 302 GMC inline six was produced from 1952 to 1960 and is a 4" bore and 4" stroke engine. It was used in military 2.5 ton trucks with the HydraMatic transmission, however that engine was a sealed engine for snorkle/submersion use, had an electric fuel pump, and other features such as a deep sump oil pan. From 1952-1959, GMC manufactured the civilian 302 engine which was not sealed, had a mechanical fuel pump, and used a "standard" oil pan. This engine is popular with hotrod enthusiasts because it delivers tremendous power for an inline six engine, is truck built with a heavy cast block, and can take quite a bit of abuse.

 

[Junkyard Wars Crusher]

Didn't we have a thread here where some guy said he had a header/intake for the LDT that made insane power? I just searched and found nothing.

(Not trying to threadjack, trying to relate one to the other)

Is this the one ?
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...actor-Conversion-With-A-Major-LDT-465-1C-mods

 

[gimpyrobb]

Is this the one ?
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...actor-Conversion-With-A-Major-LDT-465-1C-mods

Nah, it was in the classifieds, I saw it when it was posted, but can't find it now.