Hey man since it's been a few months how did those headers turn out are rhey working pretty good for you with no problems? How is that black coating on them holding up? I'm guessing it's just black spray paint..
Just doing my research before I start buying parts for my 2000 ranger..Having to buy heads as both of mine are cracked. Trying to find a good shop with good reviews to buy heads from. There are a few on ebay but I'm hesitant to buy them off of ebay...Gotta find headers for it also my old manifolds are junk.
Did you replace your lifters,pushrods or Rocker arms? With 235k miles on my 4.0 my rockers are showing noticeable wear on the tips but the lifters don't look to bad.
Just trying to do my research before I start buying parts.
Jeff,
Sorry I missed your post a few months back. I sold the truck (see post above), but last I heard it's still running strong. The "paint" on the headers was pretty weak, when I bashed the header in it was coming off from heating it with a torch, I didn't have a lot of confidence that they would look pretty for long, but they just gotta make the bad gas go to the right spot.
I replaced as little as I could. The engine only had 80k miles, so I wasn't as concerned for lifters, pushrods, rockers, etc. They all looked fine, and IIRC, the price to replace all of that was pretty high.
I put a link to the company that I got my heads from (King I think). I would buy those again. The shipping was quick, the packaging was good, and the parts looked to be of good quality. Obviously, I can't say how they hold up, but I sold the truck to a friend's brother, so I expect to hear when it has a major issue.