Thread: hugger headers intefere with steering

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I've just installed a mustang II suspension along with a manual rack and pinion. When i was mounting my ceramic coated hugger headers I saw that my steering shaft from my rack went straight to my bottom of my headers. I cant use a support bearing to angle the shaft around the headers because of the suspension upper towers. The only way to gain clearance is to us a late 78 monte carlo exhaust on that side but dont like the look.Is there headers similar to the huggers that are angled in closer to the block.

Give us a little more info if you please. What kind of car, engine, mods, ect.

Use Chevy ram horn manifolds, they hug closer, they might work, '52 Bel Air is the car? the steering box has to be moved over and the Ebrake has to be relocated, it interferes being under the dash where it is, bc of the linkage.

Just to give you an idea on what I'm working which I'm sure anyone could probably relate is a 1952 chevy bel air hard top. So for I've installed a mustang II ultra low with air bags front end and a parallel four link with the shock wave air bags.I had to notch the front of the frame on both side to gain clearnce for my rack and pinion thus bringing the rack shaft upward and its how I came into the clearance problem with my header. I dont have much room to run my one header on the other side unless i use a different non header exhaust manifold. My question to you all is this: IS there any headers out there that rap closer to the engine block.

"I cant use a support bearing to angle the shaft around the headers because of the suspension upper towers."

Sure you can. Use a hole saw to cut yourself a hole through there and run the shaft through it.

you've got to be kidding. Cut a hole right through my upper towar were my upper A-arm lays. NO way. I'll just have to bite the bullet and have one a header custom made.

I'm just sayin' that where there's a will to do it, there's a way.

I have seen cases where headers or manifolds have been set up in a mill and the flange (or flanges) which bolt to the engine heads have been milled on an angle, thus swinging the header in tighter to the block.

Do you have pictures? Take a look at Sandersons sight and see if headers for a Chelle might work, they dump further back rather than in the middle

Pat

Most of the header companies have measurements available to help you determine fit. I did this on my 40 to insure clearance for steering shaft. Speedways cast manifolds might help also. Just spend some time researching and you might find what you need.

What brand of headers are you running? What is the manufacturer part number? Measure from the header to the block and perhaps some of us with tight headers can compare the measurement...... the word "hugger headers" is used by only 1,000,000 header companies.