Lincoln Mark VIII Hooks Headers and Super Coupe Performance exhaust install! From Lucore Automotive

The late 90s and early 2000s saw a huge jump in performance from V8s of the era just before it, with the 4.6 modular V8 from Ford and the LS1 from Chevy replacing the old tired but proven 5.0 and LT1 respectively. Running in various configurations the 4.6 Ford motors made very decent power especially for the time and ran in 2 valve, 3 valve, and 4 valve configurations all the way from 1996 to 2010! As a great power plant to work from and coming in all kinds of vehicles from the big blue oval the one thing EVERYONE used to do for modification to their older cousins was... headers.

On this newer generation of cars, removing the stock exhaust manifolds and replacing them with headers is at the least a "challenge" and at most a COMPLETE NIGHTMARE! Freeing up the exhaust it an easy way to not only make more power and improve performance but also adds some exciting rumble to the rear of the car. However, this job is NOT for your casual wrencher to take on in their garage as you'll see in the video even for experienced professionals.

With this project we are working on a 1998 Lincoln MKVIII, our customer provided a set of Hooks shorty headers and a full "True Duel Exhaust" from Super Coupe Performance. Having a prefabricated kit does come in extremely handy and made the actual install side go considerably quicker with us not having to build and bend all the piping however there WERE some fitment issues we had to address between the Hooks and SCP pieces.

If you are considering a Mustang of this era, or a LSC, the sorts of issues we show here are EXACTLY what you can expect. Be ready to break out the torch and specialty tools, maybe grab a drink because you're in a long hard process ahead.

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