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Old 08-28-2009, 06:26 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The exhaust divider is a "T" shaped peice that slips into the center exhaust port and divids the large single port into seperate passages.

Problem is the center of the stock exhaust manifold is shaped like the exhaust port on the head and the divider DOES NOT divide the manifold. In other words unless you go to headers, which have divided center ports, the addition of the divider serves little purpose without headers.

To be honest, #1 job is to fix the back window.

Instead of seeking more power I'd invest in better brakes. Your Falcon shares the chassis of the same year Fairlane and both (?) had disk brakes as an option. It is a DIRECT interchange as long as you use the correct master cylinder, brake system divider for disk brakes.

I'd next go into handling improvements such as gas shocks, bigger anti-roll/sway bars. Just invest enough in the engine at this time to get it running smooth and dependable, the current trend with car buffs is to keep the small six and clean up the rest of the car.

As for paint, I kid you not, Hot Rod magazine recently post an article on using , brace yourself, Rustolium applied with a foam roller. Takes some time as you have to wet sand every coat of paint (they applied six coats) because the roller leaves a pattern.

But they did a 61 Falcon sedan for less then $400. And a LOT of elbow grease! And no, I don't think zebra stipes are possible with this method, unless you can get the Portland Zoo to sponser you..

Again, this is one of the latest fads and it directly counters the fad of applying vinyl all over the car's body (same as the advertisements on buses, trucks, and company cars. About $5,000).

What do you mean the car isn't going to rust, are you saying the rain in OR does not promote rust like back here in the East??? Most be nice.

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