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

Tue Mar 27 11:09:03 PDT 2012

Good, that's what I thought.

No need for anyone to go through the 2 day roll-bar install only to say: 
"Gee, wish I had checked the timing . . . ."

My Cleveland is on the floor, now for some fun!

BTW: never a sign of overheating, Weiand water pump and windsor t-stat.

cheers,

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <asajay at asajay.com>
To: <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Found the mufflers I'd been looking for

> 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
>>> www.sscc.us
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>  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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