headers,

[skuba steve]

Was thinkin of puttin some headers on my green machine. Its a 1970 le sabre. A few questions..

Are these hard parts to find? or can I find a set that will fit my engine at my local parts source.

Also, besides looking nicer, will there be a good improvement on performance?

Is all the labour invloved in this work worth it?

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

Talk to "Smartin " here on V8 ! He has put headers on his Centurian . I believe he bought them from TA .

Good Luck :Brow: :TU:

[Smartin]

:moonu: :moonu: :grin:


Let's seee.....


I have a set of full length TA 455 headers stuck in my car....I'm not really sure how I did it, but it was fun!


You have the 350 or 455?

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

:Dou: Whats with the poopers ??:Do No: :gt:

[Smartin]

Just givin ya crap Bruce:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[SmittyDawg]

And nobody deserves it more!:laugh: :moonu: :laugh: :laugh:

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

:Dou: You got web cam ? If you do look at the camera !! Yep it's a full moon you 2 !!:moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu: :moonu:

[SmittyDawg]

Careful where you aim that thing! I heard you just ate a sh*@load of turkey tonight!:eek2:

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

Wasn't a pretty site , you say ?? :gt: You have a good Thanxgiving ?? Our's was different but fun !:Brow: :eek2:

[SmittyDawg]

Yep....ate too much at Mother-in-Law's as usual. She's a GREAT cook. You say yours was different but fun......dare I ask? You sure that Shirl would approve of you telling?!!:laugh:

[Smartin]

oh man! This is nutz:laugh: :laugh:


So anyway, Steve...

If you 've got a 350, then I am pretty sure TA has the headers for you. I bet they can walk you thourgh any extra steps you need to take in order to bolt those headers in.

If you can make it work...then do it! It';s worth it.

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

We ate at the boys girlfriends moms. Good food and good people. Just different than the norm.

Oh yea Shirl aproved and we drove the GS !:Brow:

It was a fun ride :laugh: :eek2: :TU:

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

:Dou: No room for any nuts.... Still full of turkey :Brow: :TU:

[SmittyDawg]

Sounds like fun! But must you rub it in my face.....I haven't driven my GS in over a YEAR!:Dou:

Speaking of sons and girlfriends......my son brought his new girlfriend of two months to grandmas for dinner.....tattoo, pierced navel/eybrow/tongue and all!:error: :rolleyes:

That kid does like to give me gray hair......

[68 LeSabre 4dr]

:Dou: Yep I know . 3 of my own and Shirls 2 boys .. O h Y E A it will paint ya grey !:Dou: :eek2: :eek2: :TU:


PS I wouldn't rub your nose in dog chit telling you about the GS ride ! You know me better than that ! :Brow:

[skuba steve]

TA? lol Im not familiar with your american lingo yet.. (im canadian, eh), anyone know if canada has these parts ?

[Smartin]

Doubt anyone in Canada is going to have headers for a Buick 350...

Try this:

www.taperformance.com

Give them a call!:TU:

[Floydsbuick]

Beware Buicks legendary breaking exhaust manifold bolts! That could be a real pain if you break one while the engine is still in the car.

[D BERRY]

Hey Adam is you new avatar a photo shop deal or is that MAR at Wentzville? Used to go there all the time until I found out Gateway was running Street tire cars only on Tuesday nights.

Dave Berry

[Smartin]

Hi Dave,

Nope! Thats up in Milan, MI:grin: I may head out to MAR in the spring though.

[D BERRY]

Adam

MAR is a good facility and a fun place to race but Gateway is much closer to me. The first Tuesday I ran at Gateway I finished tech at 6PM and made six passes, sat in the stands and watched about ten minutes and was on my way home at 8PM.

Dave Berry

:beer

['66HeavyD]

Hey, listen to this funny story 'bout my uncle's GS and his headers. I was out at my uncle's house about 2 months ago, you may have heard of him, his name is Don Colomb, he has a '66 Skylark GS with a Nailhead and it runs 11.91. Anyway, we came out to his house, my bro and I, we had both ridden in the thing but we hadn't fired it up in a while. When we got there, my uncle was putting his shoes on and we asked where he was going, he grabbed his keys and said he was gonna go fire up the beast. We went out there, and it fired up without any problems. My uncle popped the hood to make sure it all looked good. He pull the throttle and reved it up a few times, and it was loud as hell. It's a Nailhead with headers, it's loud, believe me. Anyway, after we let it run for a few minutes and got tired of it being to loud to think, he went ahead and shut it down. He said it souded really good and there seemed to be no problems with it. Well he looked down and saw some black powdery stuff on the floor beneath the engine. He knelt down and looked up under it and just says "Oh my". My bro knelt down and looked, and he said " Holy sh*t, they blew out." And then i knelt down to look, and it was so funny, the headers came down out of the block and started to curve back up, but from that point on, there was no more pipe. The headers had disintegrated where they curved back up and you could look straight into the pipe. I was just like :jd: . Lol, it was so funny.