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  1. hey mister

    It has a voice....

    The faceplate in the second photo was plastic and a tad too thick, so a thinner steel faceplate was made. I like it much better.
  2. hey mister

    It has a voice....

    Here's the lo-down.
  3. hey mister

    It has a voice....

    I usually hit Summit 2 or 3 times a week. Their "demo" racks keeps me coming back. Anything there usually starts out around 1/3 of retail price. I got my stainless headers off the rack as well as the 2-1/2" stainless pipe kit and one of the Flowmaster mufflers. Anywho, a couple days ago, feeling...
  4. hey mister

    Valve cover bolts won't stay snug.

    I learned a long time ago to not give a rat's rip about what folks think. When ya worry about what others think, ya only wasting brain cells.
  5. hey mister

    Valve cover bolts won't stay snug.

    After checking all 8 of the spreaders, I am happy to announce that the upside down bar has only one buddy back on the downside of 5-7. Strange...because, I was really paying attention when putting them on. I'm just at a loss for how I missed it. Oh well...
  6. hey mister

    Valve cover bolts won't stay snug.

    Aaa, yea...I did that on purpose....yea...that's it.... The instructions said to do that if you need better sealing toward the firewall....yea...that's it.... Aaa, yea....I did that just to see who's paying attention....yea.....that's it. Ok ...I goofed. But here's the really funny...
  7. hey mister

    Valve cover bolts won't stay snug.

    Update: Picked up a set of metal reinforced rubber vc gaskets. Also a set of spreaders and a set of locking head screws. (I had to get bolts anyway because of the spreaders.)
  8. hey mister

    Valve cover bolts won't stay snug.

    If I pull them heads, I'll deck them off on the mill. I'll look into the better gaskets.
  9. hey mister

    Valve cover bolts won't stay snug.

    Ok...valve cover bolts won't stay snugged down. Stock 78 sbc. Stock bolts, stock cover. New cork gasket. Man, I'm getting tired of leaking oil out the back of the head valve galley. And just for the record, the valve cover mating surface on the head is not a machined finish. What might the...
  10. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Took an hour drive to an outing and then an hour drive back. Had a couple buddies with me. First off they commented on the ability of 3 grown men to set in a truck and not crowd each other. The other comment was how the motor/exhaust sound brought back some great memories. On the x-way entrance...
  11. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    I already do. The tone is so mellow and throaty. No tinny sound.
  12. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Not even funny.... I couldn't believe some of the fasteners on this truck is metric and some SAE. Just not funny...lol
  13. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    I knew I forgot to mention something... With the header wrap the bay is so much cooler. Just for that alone, I would do the wrap, inspite of the fiberglass itching. And here's another "slick trick": use toenail clippers to trim plastic zip ties. They don't leave razor sharp stumps that filet...
  14. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Ok, final update and appoligies for the long wind. Exhaust is complete. It has been through a couple of heat cycles. All the bolts have been checked for tightness. It sounds awesome and it runs better; for instance....go to drive-in for lunch. Then go to a store or 2 or 3. Get in, hit the...
  15. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Here's the isolaters...
  16. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    The P.S. bracket low-down. First off, thank you for the compliments. The ps bracket started out as 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 12" square aluminum bar. I carved it down from there. That took about 4 hours of manual machine work. (Not rushing). I have years of manual and CNC machine experience and I'm way...
  17. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Mufflers are: Flowmaster Delta Flow 50 series. 2-1/2" in/out.
  18. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Oh fudge... These pics were of the 46 year old under coating still dripping (on a daily basis) out of the hood. Sorry, I'll get pics of the isolaters up in a few... It was late after a long day....
  19. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

  20. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Lol... That answer to the "which muffler" question was posted as I was in bed... And now, I just got up... Can I at least get a cup of coffee ☕️☕️☕️ before trash diving? Sheesh...
  21. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Got the isolators fab'd up and installed in a couple hours. What a difference! Lol.went for a tool around the block. It sounded amazing.
  22. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Flowmaster.....aww krap, I don't recall...I'll dig the box out of recycling and let ya know...I should know that...
  23. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Inspite of my error, the exhaust is on. Where the header terminates the pipe points toward the ground and turned in a bit toward center. I guess they are all like that, but that just looks silly. So I took a protractor and determined that it's about 7° pointed down and about 7° pointing inward...
  24. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Well...I may have screwed up. In the picture you can see the exhaust hanger is "hard" to frame. No "rubber baby buggy bumper" thingys. And man you can feel the engine vibration thru everything. I will have to cut up that semi mudflap and fab some. Here I thought I did such a nice clean job...
  25. hey mister

    Header swap begins.

    Update: After getting all the tools out and everything set up to get the exhaust in, the sky opened up and I pert-near drowned. It came straight down so hard, I could barely see the house across the street. And over the next 3 hours, it didn't let up much. Honestly, I can't ever recall a summer...

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