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12-27-2017, 04:25 PM
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Wow it's cold here today, I'd put a NG radiant tube in the shop this fall thank god, so it was nice and warm in the shop. -21C this morning. I tacked up the headers today. It took a lot longer than I'd figured (doesn't everything?). I wanted to get the angles right, twisting them a bit so they'd be more parallel with the bottom of the car. They aren't finished welded yet, but I bolted them up to confirm the fit and the left turn can make it right to the stop now! Dropped my angle gauge and broke it, so it was slow going with a machinists level.....but in the end I managed to get everything tacked solid, looking right and both sides looking the same. I still have a few more days off of work so I hope to make some more progress this week. 
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#242
12-27-2017, 07:30 PM
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'Tis a little frosty here as well.
Are you running those pipes wide open? (I don't think I can get away with open headers here, either.) Ontario, I understand, has strict regulations... what's the plan? .
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#243
12-27-2017, 07:56 PM
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Hi Doc. No, I'm not planning on running them open. I bought the 21" extensions with mufflers, and I've also bought some 3.5" pipe to extend them even further. I'm intending to extend the collector with the 3.5" pipe, and then put the extension/muffler/turnout so that it turns out close to the rear tire. I hope that will keep the noise and fumes behind us. Not that I'll put a whole ton of miles on this thing - as my wife says, we're too old to be crawling in and out of this thing!
Thanks for checking in.
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#244
12-27-2017, 08:16 PM
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Sounds good. (Pun intended.) I've heard enough open exhaust and breathed enough fumes... race cars excluded, of course.
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#245
12-27-2017, 11:50 PM
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Nice work Bill. Thanks for the update.
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#246
12-28-2017, 07:23 AM
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Nice job on the headers Bill
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#247
12-28-2017, 04:39 PM
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I always appreciate the feedback....and especially when it's positive
Still mighty cold here, but managed to make a little progress today. I didn't want to weld while my help was here, so we started pulling in the wiring. Wow that's tedious work. Some of these pictures might be a bit repetitive....
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#248
01-03-2018, 03:32 PM
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Back to work tomorrow, so my progress slows once again.....
Set the car down on the wheels today, rearranged the shop to give me a little more room around the car. Ordered some odds and ends to finish off the headlights and parking lights, etc. Both doors and the trunk lid latch now, so now I can insulate and install the door glass. I'm determined to have the car roadworthy and driving in 2018!
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#249
01-03-2018, 06:07 PM
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BillM said: I'm determined to have the car roadworthy and driving in 2018!
You're to the point now, you couldn't quit working on it. It's coming together visually and will make you stop and do something every time you pass by...
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#250
01-03-2018, 06:42 PM
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Nice work.
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