Although this thread has been an ongoing for
years,, When it came time to put headers on my Gremlin, I finally decided on
the Hedman headers # 98316. The quality and fit were great, and the "ball
socket" type muffler flange mount they have is pretty nice. Keep in mind from
my previous posts, I had bought every AMC header that was on the market (4
sets), so I could try each one and decide what was best.These went on a 1973
Gremlin with factory V8 automatic set up. I switched to the 727 tranny.
Although the Dougs headers (# D103) would have been my choice, they were
within a 1/4" of touching the tranny once mounted, so the hedmans turned out
to be the best overall. If you have a manual tranny, then the Dougs would be
nice. The Hooker Super Comp headers # 7105HKR fit also, but I felt the high
price of them was not worth it. The Edelbrock shorty Headers # 65813 just
would not fit at all. I also went with the McRobb mini starter because of
clearance/installation issues.. After trying for hours to get any of the
headers to go in with the factory starter, I gave up.
I had many set backs on this project over the last couple
years, but I finally fired it up last Saturday and it sounds and seems to run
fantastic, so all was worth it. With any luck the restoration should be done
soon and I'll have it on the road by summer.. Here are a couple pics of the
underside and engine compartment.. I posted a video (cheap camera) of the
engine running on youtube,, so you can type in "1973 AMC Gremlin first
fire up" and it should bring you to the video of the engine
running..
Bob in MN
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