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Thread: Part 12 – Headers and Sidepipes

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    Part 12 – Headers and Sidepipes

    My car had been previously fitted with custom headers and sidepipes from Sanderson in South San Francisco; the headers were one piece from the heads all the way out the side of the body and connected to the sidepipes with a flange just below the front edge of the door. I didn’t like the looks of this and decided to use the standard Unique 427 sidepipes. Although it would have been easier to just order the proper headers from Unique, I decided to use the headers I had and fit them to the sidepipes. Making a flange was the easy part, welding it to the header pipes in the exact location was a little trickier. With the sidepipes installed on the car I fabricated a guide that when clamped to the frame would show the exact location of the sidepipe flange. This guide could be removed and reattached to the frame as necessary to line up the header pipes.



    Without too much effort, and the help of the guide, I was able to line up the flange and the header pipes and tack weld them together.



    I then cut off the excess pipe and finished the welding.



    The results.



    To be continued…
    Rod
    Roseville, Ca.
    289 FIA #9152 "The Flintstone Cobra"

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    Very Cool.
    It looks like you are having way to much fun with the welder.
    Tony
    Unique 427 #4279480 Precision Engine Machine Company 427 s/o 483.47 stroker close ratio toploader 3.31 jag rear

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    Tony, It's alway fun for me to get away from the "work" side of life.
    Rod
    Roseville, Ca.
    289 FIA #9152 "The Flintstone Cobra"

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    I know exactly what you mean, Rod.
    Tony
    Unique 427 #4279480 Precision Engine Machine Company 427 s/o 483.47 stroker close ratio toploader 3.31 jag rear

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    Thumbs up

    OK, sorry I'm late for this one...

    Nice jig for lining things up, Rod. Looks like it worked well!

    http://www.uniquecobra.com/forums/sh...8010#post84199
    Paul

    289 USRRC
    1964 289 5-bolt block
    Toploader and 3.31 rear

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slither View Post
    OK, sorry I'm late for this one...

    Nice jig for lining things up, Rod. Looks like it worked well!

    http://www.uniquecobra.com/forums/sh...8010#post84199

    Paul, Your Fired!
    Tony
    Unique 427 #4279480 Precision Engine Machine Company 427 s/o 483.47 stroker close ratio toploader 3.31 jag rear

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    But, I was only a year late...
    Paul

    289 USRRC
    1964 289 5-bolt block
    Toploader and 3.31 rear

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