I'm sick of rebuilding......
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08/30/09 09:13 PM
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My headers. As some of you recall I had a heck of a time even finding the one pipe I lost during 1 pass at PRP. I had even more holes blow in them last weekend and every time I thought I had it sealed it would blow again. I can't tell you guys how many times I've patched these things.
Well, no more. Yesterday dad and I made a trip to Mich and pick up some new headres from BigFish69. Tom is a great guy and has some killer cars in his garage. Wish I could have stayed and chated longer.
I was surprised at how well they fit the angled plugs of the eddy heads. I only had to ding one tube to get a little more clearnce around the starter. I had to cut off the multiangle ends off the wires and install 90* ends to get the clearnce so I cut them to fit better at the same time.
I'm little concerned about how low they are to the ground though. I thought my oil pan was low and these are sitting lower than that.
I'm gonna have to watch these closly and see what I might need to do. I first thought of rasing it with a motor plat but I only have 1" till one tube would get close to the master. I might just have to cut the tubes and reweld them a little shorter.
I'm curious to hear what you guys think will happen changing from a 1 7/8' primary with 3" collectors to these which are 2 1/8 and 3 1/2 collectors.
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: Hemiroid]
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08/30/09 09:31 PM
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Whew! I thought you were going to say TRANSMISSION!!
I would keep the engine low in the car Bill. Change the height of the header, not the engine IMO.
Yeah, I was kinda going for that with the title
The motor is still sitting in the stock location. I've acctually got the oil pan stuck on a few things which is why I was thinking of raising it in the first place.
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: WILD BILL]
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08/30/09 09:35 PM
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Damn Bill, I wish I knew you were coming... I only live a few miles from Tom. I think your going to have a HARD time loading and unloading into the trailer.... weather you raise the engine would depend on how your car transfers the weight... if you move the engine vertically it will transfer easier(but would it be too much). Give us all your specs so we can figure out if the diameter is going to hurt it
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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08/30/09 09:50 PM
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Dam Raff, had I only known
I'm a little concerned about the trailer as well but It sits pretty low so we'll see what happens.
The motor isn't much.
440 .030 over cast crank, 6 pk rods Hyper pistons sitting .070 in the hole. (probably around 9:1 compression or lower) 555 solid comp cam OOTB eddy heads team G intake 750 NG claw carb
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: WILD BILL]
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08/30/09 10:10 PM
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I think its gonna hurt your low end torque... if you want to know for sure, PM me and I'll run your engine through my header program
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: moparacer]
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08/30/09 10:50 PM
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Hi,Bill! I'll have to agree with my friend,Mike! That big of a diameter tube,on a 440,and heavier car,like your charger,will steal some low-end torque! I have a set of Hedman 1 3/4" tube,3" collector,that you might want to try! If so,I can bring them to Norwalk with me. Let me know! RandyB
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
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08/30/09 11:09 PM
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Randy, I'll let you know on the headers if I might need to do something quick.
And, I think you'ld be surprised at what my car weighs
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
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08/30/09 11:20 PM
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Bill,now you've got me curious! What does the Charger weigh? 3500,3600 lbs.???....
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
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08/30/09 11:47 PM
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Boy are you way off
I thought just about everyone knew by now as I have posted it a number of times
2820#'s with out me 2970#'s with me in it.
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
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08/30/09 11:59 PM
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Dang Bill, your post hit just before I got mine in.
You need to work on those RT's
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: emarine01]
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08/31/09 05:55 PM
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I built the short block many years ago for a completly different purpose.
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Re: I'm sick of rebuilding......
[Re: WILD BILL]
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08/31/09 11:07 PM
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Bill,less than 3,000lbs.???!!!!!! Maybe I should put the GTX on your South Beach Diet! RandyB
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