Valve covers and headers!

[devldog84]

My fellow brothers, Just wanted to see what everyone is running? I'll be doing a couple of performance mods within the next few months to my stock '78 and as far as the valve covers go, just kinda wanted to dress it up a little bit. I've got the new 4bbl carb and intake right now sitting in my room. Next is a comp cam. Wasnt sure what headers though, or valve covers. Its a 400M.

Just wanna see what others are running and any helpful advice. Thanks fellas!

 

[Bully Bob]

Hi Dog..,

B4 you get to deep into this.. & I'm sure some on this board can spell this out for you.

IMHO.,

Engine, carb/intake, cam, headers, timing need to be "compatable" ..!!

You can actually lose performance if this is not done correctly.

I would suggest you "GOOGLE/YAHOO" Ford small block 400 engines.

There you will find what the pros know & do to these engines.

For example the wrong headers can cost you low end torgue. :huh:

 

[devldog84]

Yeah, I've been trying to research everything that could work ever since I got my hands on it. The post was just to see what everyone has had that works and what doesnt with their 400M.

 

[Red Green Jr]

Summit Racing has a set of headers for the 400M. they are $120 for the pair, its a great deal so thats what im running

 

[devldog84]

Hey Jr, thanks for the info. Are they the ceramic coated? Which ones are they?

 

[muddrivermike]

If you can (I didnt) :angry: Put the extra buck out for ceramic..EVERY set of headers Ive gotten over the years that had just the black paint,burned off within a couple of hours. After that,they start to rust,look like shit,and start to fall apart..I know when I build the 460.Im getting the fenderwell headers from bronco graveyard,And not the painted ones.

 

[devldog84]

Yeah, I took a look at the ceramic hedman headers, they were nice but pricy and the ones on jbg only have the black coated ones for 400M 