Wednesday....
Sort of an "investigation day"...no real progress....
I forgot to note that yesterday I noticed that the lower rubber hose from the Y-pipe to the frame pipe will be too long now due to the motor drop..... Not going to worry about that until the trans is in place and the attitude of the entire drivetrain is in it's place...
This will be the theme for a few things, notably the exhaust system too!
Played with checking header fitment...
This is RH header from Set#1. An early Hall Big Bore is my guess. Very thick flange at the head, not so thick at the collector. Finished with an 80's sort of alumicoat....nasty crap...no way to keep it clean like the new ceramics!
Fit on RH side is actually pretty good. I want to see if I can either adapt easily, or construct a new set of the heat shields that were on the original headers....we'll see!
View at the collector. Good location.
Picture from way back....lots of clearance for the a-arms. I like that!
I made a "gauge" of sorts...to help compare set#1 to set#2 for location..ie are they directly interchangeable? Stay tuned...
Set#2 RH
Flange view. A little lower and closer to the frame.
View from way back.
View of template mounted on #2. Note that the other pattern is #1.
SO answer to the above question, will the headers interchange with the mufflers welded up??? HELL NO! What was I thinking.....how silly!
On to set#1 LH side....
This one has evidence of contact with the upper bar of the 4-link suspension...and is very close to the frame rail too! I will probably attack this with a piece of round stock and a hammer to give a little more clearance...cutting and rewelding the pipes is a messy option....
Here is a way back shot of the collector.
Again, will check this all out once I get the ZF back in place... It is a lot of weight to not have in the car to fit all of this....
Today was like Christmas! FINALLY opened the box that Dana of Mangusta Int'l sent me back when I started this project almost a year and a half ago..... What's in this box you ask? A brand new pair of ANSA muffler copies, in stainless!!! And boy are they a set of mufflers!!!! The pictures don't do them justice...
Mounted one up just to see....but I have some concerns about my hangers and if I have them on the correct side etc. Will see what sort of feedback Dana gives me....!
I don't know if my hangers are in the stock location, and I am not 100% sure what side of the hanger the muffler should be attached....
So, that's it for today. Still don't understand what's up with that stupid alternator mounting system...or what I will do about it. Now is when I wish I had some original pictures of the car!!!!! ...way back before people started dorking around with it!!!!
Ciao!
Steve
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