Thread: ford step headers

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i will try to post as i go making a set of step header of a ford please no hate mail i do work on fords denny and dave s i have made headers for some years and will post a set on here .i have never try to post a job from start to finsh on here so it may not work out but i will give it a try .i will not get in to deep on the why and how but if any one has a questions i will help so this but may not work out like itoldyouso don but i give it a try

Can't wait to get this info Pat..

Don

well it may not happen can not load the photos

Anything we can do to help you download them?

Don

it said page cannot be displayed

Ok, what are you doing exactly? You've posted pictures before I think, haven't you?

Don

try to post some now this is the start of the driver side

this is some more tubes on that same side

i did get ahead of my self here is way i did this work off the two back tubes and work to the front

here may be a better shot

this tube is made of junk steel and is hard at times to weld but when i am lucky it looks like this i use 347 ss tig rod . when i weld the tubes up i use my mill clamping kit the blocks help get line up so i can weld it with out tring to hang on to it with out C clamps . i use small shims to to help. before i weld i make line up marks on the tubes were i want them to go with a fine tip marker and make O or X on the ends of the lines so i do not weld it on wrong way at this point it gets tack and if they fit up good they get welded

Hey Pat, I see you got the pictures on. Great. The entire level of work on the car looks awesome.

Can I ask a couple of questions? First of all, do I understand that you begin on the back tubes first? Is there a reason why you pick one area to begin on?

Also, when working on the tubes, do you finish up one entire tube then move onto the next tube, or do you keep working down the line then going back to a tube and adding more to it.

Finally, you mention clamping blocks. Are you using them to just wedge the unwelded tubes and hold them for welding, or do you somehow clamp from them?

Great thread, and like I mentioned, I am getting close to building my headers for the T.

Don

here is this side allmost done when all tubes look good i wire wheel them and look for any thing that i miss or need to work off some of the weld if it needs some sanding i try not to do any of this sanding on the tubes but some times it has to be done. i will fire up the mig for tacking up the tubes it is fast i like to use vise-grips to hold the tubes all group up were the collector will be. then i take them off and tig weld in side of the ports. the top of the flange will have a 3/4 mig weld on the out side of the tube i think this helps keep the tubes for moving and cracking in time after this is done i will weld the collector on

the back tubes will be the short tubes so i move them around to get them longer so all tubes will be close to the same size in length. i use the blocks for wedging .sometime i will weld up some stuff if i know that is the only place it can go. but i will tack weld some stuff up if i think it will be moved

So you start at the header plate, shape the rear tube, then move on to the others?