Has Anyone Used the Holley/Hooker Exhaust Manifolds?

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Originally Posted by toddoky

You have to be careful making that assumption of fitment as the new Hooker bracket kit retrofits 1973-up clamshell mounts into the car and are quite different from any swap plate/frame stand set-up. The biggest difference would be the clearance that allows splitting the tubes around the steering box, and the engine height position that is obtained with the mounts. If the height of your mounts is greater than you will not be able to acheive the 3 degree engine/transmission inclination angle we desined into the componenents without having interference issues between the collectors and the floor. That would result in you having to tilt your transmission down at the tail end lower the collectors at the expense of worsening your U-joint working angles. Although the may or may not bolt-in with your mounts, they were in no way designed to do so and provide optimized fitment/operational geometry in your finished package.

I bet I'm pretty close. Jegs sells your headers in a kit with the mounts that I have. I have around a half inch of clearance from your 302-2 pan to my crossmember when sitting at close to the right angle. I did have to swap out the engine mounts that came in the kit with Anchor 2283's which raised it about 3/8-7/16 but I have the lower 302/350 frame stands and the mounts that came in the kit were meant for the 327 stands. With the mounts in the kit, I was pretty much sitting on the crossmember with the oil pan.

P.S. Could you write the part of your oil pan instructions in BOLD where it says that some engines need a dip stick plug removed before the new oil pan is installed? You know, so dipsticks like me don't install the whole thing and then notice there is no place to put the dipstick. LOL