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351W AOD Headers?

Can anyone tell me which long-tube headers will fit around an AOD in an '88 T-Bird with a 351W?  Will both Mac & BBK long tubes fit?  Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
William

351W AOD Headers?

Reply #1
Try Hooker or Kooks...I think the BBK's only fit with manual trans applications...I have Mac Longtubes on my 302...not the best in the world, but I got them before Mac jacked up their prices about 10-11months ago.
Project 3G: Grandpa Grocery Getter-'85 Crown Vic LTD 2-door, 351W with heavily ported/polished GT40 heads, heavily ported/polished Typhoon Power Plus upper & lower intake, Comp Cams 265DEH retarded 1*, FAST EZ-EFI, HD T5, 8.8" 3.73 trac lock with extra clutches, 3G alt. swap, '99 CVPI front brakes, '09 CVPI rear disc brakes, '00 CVPI booster&m/c + wilwood adj prop valve.

Parted & Gone-'88 T-bird Sport, 351W swap, ported GT40 heads

351W AOD Headers?

Reply #2
Quote from: Sick88Tbird;174686
Try Hooker or Kooks...I think the BBK's only fit with manual trans applications...I have Mac Longtubes on my 302...not the best in the world, but I got them before Mac jacked up their prices about 10-11months ago.


Hooker, or Kooks headers will be more likely to fit my application, or are you recommending them because they both make higher quality headers than Mac, or BBK?
William

351W AOD Headers?

Reply #3
both are significantly higher quality and as far as fitting with an AOD, you should always ask the sales rep before ordering your parts just to be certain...Mac headers never seem to fit just right and I've heard problems with BBK...plus I don't think they make a long-tube 351 header for use with AOD's.
Project 3G: Grandpa Grocery Getter-'85 Crown Vic LTD 2-door, 351W with heavily ported/polished GT40 heads, heavily ported/polished Typhoon Power Plus upper & lower intake, Comp Cams 265DEH retarded 1*, FAST EZ-EFI, HD T5, 8.8" 3.73 trac lock with extra clutches, 3G alt. swap, '99 CVPI front brakes, '09 CVPI rear disc brakes, '00 CVPI booster&m/c + wilwood adj prop valve.

Parted & Gone-'88 T-bird Sport, 351W swap, ported GT40 heads

Thanks

Reply #4
Thanks for that good advice.  I appreciate it.
William