dude get a header flange from speedway and get sections of straight exhaust pipe from your favorite exhaust shop and weld them up.
looks like the ol' SBC to me. I've been running straight pipes on my 53 Mercs 337 flatty and couldn't be happier.
Ha! That is a friend 's (Jerry) car . I helped pick it up and trailer it with my pickup. SBC but I get i the picture. Just make your own, jerry did.
No disrespect intended but I think you'll play hell finding a ready made header flange unless it's from somebody here on the H.A.M.B. that's already done it. The only commercial stuff I know of for those engines is Ken Austin's line of intake manifolds.
doesnt speedway carry the flange?((( your right speedway doesnt have it...i checked.)))) anyway all you need is a gasket and you can cut out your own flanges.
Sorry, but there is no such thing as "a gasket" that you can use as a pattern for a header flange. The gasketS consisted of three separate pieces per side. What you need is a stock exhaust manifold to trace. That way you can maintain the correct relationship between the three ports (and their respective bolt holes). OR, a block sitting on a table so you can make three separate flanges, bolt them to the block, and fab your headers from there.
why cant you have 3 seperate pipes. flanges and all? if they are all seperate pipes then flanges being seperate wont hurt anything. he has the manifolds anyway so if he wants one flange per side he can trace those like you say.
Specifically '49-'51 Lincolns and '48-'51 Ford F-7 & F-8 trucks. They look like the Ford /Merc engine puffed up to about 150% lifesize. Nothing interchanges with the smaller series.
This is probably the simplest thing that a CNC plasma cutter can do. The problem is that you need a vector file for the machine to follow. Once you have that, you can pop them out like peanuts.
... and the distributor is in the back and they weigh a LOT. But, I think it would be a neat hot rod motor as you don't see those every day.
I thought i had one awhile back but it turned out to be a 53 OHV, Make an interesting motor in a rod. Lotsa torq, good cruiser, I used to chauffer some old ladies in thier 50 Lincoln when i was a highschooler.
if the flanges are the same as the other ford flattys thehotrodcompany has 'em. alliance members get a deal too.
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