[TPR] Found the mufflers I'd been looking for

[asajay at asajay.com]

No, one can not.  The stock firewall cover is one full panel from side  
to side, up/down.  The modification needed is to make the center part  
of the cover removable, much like the bulkhead cover itself.

Jack DeRyke wrote up a procedure for modifying your own cover, in a  
newsletter article a few years ago.  Kirk Evans makes a few different  
kits that are two piece firewall covers.  You can get it as raw  
materials that you take to your local upholstery shop and have  
covered, or as a completed set you simply install.  My plan was to get  
a set from him.

Then, once the roll bar or cage is installed, you simply remove the  
center from the firewall cover, then remove the center engine cover  
from the bulkhead.  No need to remove the roll bar or cage.

It's another reason I've not actually installed the cage yet too.

Asa Jay

Quoting David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>:

> Can one install  a roll-bar and still get the access panel for the engine
> off??? I don't think so.  One may want to have the "removable hump" option
> in place before the roll bar is installed. . . . .
>
> Just thinking . . .
>
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <asajay at asajay.com>
> To: <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> Cc: "Steven Donegan" <donegan at donegan.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Found the mufflers I'd been looking for
>
>
> Well, one of your email addresses has been coming through on the list
> just fine (I'll have to check which one).  The other may not be
> registered so it would get rejected.
>
> I wish I were that far ahead of the game.  Wow!  Three grand for a
> rollbar?  That's nuts!  I paid Dick Drenske about $1,500 for the
> customer four point cage (like Dennis') for my Pantera.  It's still
> not installed though.  Some of the bolt holes for the connectors are
> at the wrong angle and I can't install them once the whole thing is
> installed.  I have some welding work on it that needs done before I
> can put it in.  That, and I need to get a removable bulkhead cover
> that's compatible with the cage.
>
> You might take some photos and email the tech inspectors ahead of time
> to ask about harness attachment.  If it's at the right angle and
> distance, you may be fine.
>
> Asa Jay
>
>
> Quoting Steven Donegan <donegan at donegan.org>:
>
>> Apparently I am not allowed to post on the list :-) email addresses
>> are steve at donegan.org and donegan at donegan.org :-)
>>
>> Oil cooler install is today. That leaves the header install and the
>> car is done for September. Given that Grand Touring requires a 5
>> point harness - unless they will allow me to use the 370Z's
>> suspension cross brace as a harness bar I may not be able to go
>> there - a rollbar for the Z costs like 3k$ and I probably won't want
>>  to go that far :-)
>>
>>
>> ____________
>> Steven Donegan
>> SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86
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>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>  From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
>> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:25 PM
>> Subject: [TPR] Found the mufflers I'd been looking for
>>
>> These:
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/OBX-Dual-Muffler-2-5-Inlet-Exhaust-DB001k-/320870939193?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item4ab565fa39
>>
>> ... have been out of circulation for over a year now. On a whim, I
>> checked ebay today and to my total and utter surprise, there were two
>> available. Price for -two-, including shipping is less than -half- what
>> PIM wanted for -one-. This will give me motivation to dig up those old
>> Hall headers and take everything to the local hot rod muffler shop; have
>> them repair the headers, then mount and hook up the new mufflers. Then
>> I can get the headers ceramic coated. I think I found a local shop that
>> can do it. It may not be Jet Hot, but it's closer and probably a bit
>> cheaper.
>>
>> Albeit this is a bit lower on the priority list. At least I'll have the
>> mufflers I've wanted, even if I don't get them installed till next year.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> & Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
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