Restoring the old Eight Nine Stang

[shane96ranger]

Holy crap, what a day. Nothing like taking ALL DAMN DAY to do a set of headers, They are made by Brentech and fit AWESOME with the GT40P heads. Not bad for 100 dollar headers. I'm extremely impressed with the quality. Every hole was dead on where it was supposed to be, and I was able to use a socket on about half of them, which is a big plus for me. Unfortunately the project is not complete though. I need to take it to the muffler shop and get the socket (ball and socket joints) replaced on the drivers side muffler because apparently when my friend built the T5, one of his guys bent the holy piss out of it. Anyway, here are some pics of the new headers.

I just looked, and these things are the Brothers Performance branded header now. There is a link in my next post (2 down). Thanks JoshT for pointing that out.

This is a before pic

After, obviously

Here's the clearance on plug 7 with a 90 degree plug wire

Plug 7 without the wire, plenty of clearance now

The other side

The other side again

Now the headers are as shiny is the outside!

 

[JoshT]

Look good dude! Did a quick google search for "Brentech headers" and all I found was posts made by you on multiple forums. So I gotta ask where did you get them? Think they'd work on the P heads in a First Gen Ranger?

 

[shane96ranger]

Look good dude! Did a quick google search for "Brentech headers" and all I found was posts made by you on multiple forums. So I gotta ask where did you get them? Think they'd work on the P heads in a First Gen Ranger?

Well, when I bought them they were called Brentech. I just looked and Brothers Performance is calling them their house brand now. As far as the 1st gen Ranger, if regular Mustang headers fit, these should work fine. Here's a link.

http://www.brothersperformance.com/product/4382/Brothers+Performance+Shorty+Exhaust+Headers.html

Sorry for the confusion!!!

 

[shane96ranger]

Here's a small clip of my exhaust. I need to get one where I give her some juice.

 

[shane96ranger]

I knew I wasn't nuts. I found this ad in my catalog that calls them Brentech brand.

 

[4x4b2]

damn nice stang shane, makes me want a fox body

 

[Boggin]

shane, my mustang got shortys. but they were on her when i bought her, i was told they are stock on GT's, is this true?

 

[shane96ranger]

shane, my mustang got shortys. but they were on her when i bought her, i was told they are stock on GT's, is this true?

Well, technically some people call them headers. BUT, they are extremely restrictive in a few areas, most notably right out of the head. There's also a huge dimple where the steering shaft goes by the header. These ones I bought say 12hp over stock. I probably won't notice anything because I'm just swapping brands. Just for the record, I've read that the factory header works on P heads as well.

Here's a comparison of my MAC's and the new headers. You can see either of these is much less restrictive than factory:

 

[shane96ranger]

Son of a...... I got a rock chip today. I need to look into these clear bra's I guess. Holy piss I'm mad.

 

[jhammel85]

Dude tell me about it.

I have a stone driveway and I was mowing the lawn yesterday...You can imagine what made a HUGE chip in my paint on my driverside fender..............

 

[Boggin]

sell the macs? got the engine out of my stang a couple days ago and delivered a couple pieces to the guy building the other engine like base pan, holley systemax manifold, and the valve covers. hope to have her done by june!

 

[shane96ranger]

sell the macs?

Damn, I put them on Ebay on Monday. I didn't know you were interested. I've got 19 people watching it right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...679468257&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MESELX:IT

 

[Boggin]

yup i am most deffinetly interested

 

[shane96ranger]

I took her out for her first beatin' of the summer and snapped a small video. It's from about 20-25mph to about 90 when I let off. She feels a little sluggish, but she always does on the first beatin'.

 

[shane96ranger]

In the above video, you can see how well my intake pulls up top. My 1st to 2nd shift is at about 6200rpm's. It's high time for a camshaft though. I really want to stick to the E303/B303 lineup, but I'm open to suggestions. I have 1.7 rockers, so I think maybe a B303 is too much. I sure love the sound they produce at idle.