Right stuff

[Drew Pojedinec]

You are fine George.  Looking good.

Don't mind us... it's an FE group, we can debate crank shaft slingers for 2-3 weeks and there will be death threats and stuff, don't take it personal.

[George vega]

On to getting the headers off. They are 2 1/8 tubes which I wrapped and that left me with very little wiggle room for the bolts. I always install all 4 bolts per tube. The bottom ones are the worst. Is it front to back to install or the other way around? These are the hooker full race units.

[mike7570]

I use to separate all the tubes at the flange and not tighten them all the way until I had all of the bolts in and started.  With a combination of box wrenches, sockets and extensions it wasn't as hard as some people make out. I don't remember there being any particular order of installing the tubes. Maybe working on the center ones first gives you more room with the ends out of the way.
Of course the first time someone does headers in a mustang they will be swearing like a sailor and have a bunch of skinned knuckles

[George vega]

I've done these more than I care to remember. I've got the two front tubes off today.

[cjshaker]

The Right Stuff has let me down because of porosity. 

A bit late to the party here, but were you using the pressurized 'cheeze whiz' style can? The gas that's used to pressurize the sealant seems to cause it to form bubbles in the sealant. I haven't had that problem since I quite using the pressurized can. I only use the caulk tubes now.

I think different sealants work for different cases and different areas, for different reasons. It's not written in the 'Engine Book Of The Gods' that one sealant must be used throughout the entire engine, or even in one specific area. The sealant you use on a drag car, that gets regular check-overs, won't necessarily work on an engine meant to go 50,000 miles, and vice versa.

[Falcon67]

I use Ultra Seal black on the china walls on my builds and have yet to have any issues unless I didn't lay the bead thick enough.  Also use it on water pump gaskets and such.  On headers, most of us racers use Ultra Seal high Temp - the red stuff.  Use an old Felpro steel sandwich gasket and wipe red goo around the ports, bolt it up.  I see it used on $50K Top Dragster motors LOL.  I put the 732 in my wish list at Amazon, will get a tube next time we order from Bezos Inc.