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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks Larry....I could be wrong about the spacing to wrap the pipe but worth a try. I have plenty back in Oregon.</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 12:41:21 PM PDT, Larry Stock <larrys@panteraparts.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380"><div><div class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380WordSection1"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal">There is a 2” wide aluminum tape we can use, just to wrap to add some extra material with. The adhesive will burn off just leaving the aluminum foil to take the rattle out if one wrap isn’t too much.</p><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal">Larry</p><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380yqt72667" class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380yqt6525125988"><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">TPR <tpr-bounces@teampanteraracing.com> on behalf of David Carpenter via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br clear="none"><b>Reply-To: </b>David Carpenter <davecarp80138@outlook.com><br clear="none"><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 12:29 PM<br clear="none"><b>To: </b>Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera@yahoo.com>, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com><br clear="none"><b>Cc: </b>Owen Lee Green <oneeyez4263@gmail.com>, Team Racing <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br clear="none"><b>Subject: </b>Re: [TPR] 180 Headers Singing</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal">Do they make any HIGH TEMP DUCT TAPE???</p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal">Just saying!!!</p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal">Lolololol</p></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#26282A;">"</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#26282A;">Show me a man who gets rich being a politician, I'll show you a Crook!!"</span></i> </p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#26282A;">Harry Truman</span></p></div></div><div align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><hr align="center" size="0" width="100%"></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="color:black;"> Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera@yahoo.com><br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 3, 2024 8:55:04 AM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> David Carpenter <davecarp80138@outlook.com>; Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Owen Lee Green <oneeyez4263@gmail.com>; Team Racing <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TPR] 180 Headers Singing</span> </p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Your right Asa....no gaskets to the center balance tubes....just slip joint.....the solution for SS will have to be a temp one...but I am also sure once they are hot at WOT the noise will decrease assuming my 8th grade science class was right about heat expansion!</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">MD</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yahoo_quoted_5461379722"><div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 07:26:27 AM PDT, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yiv6844476965"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">The trouble with welding is that the two sides need to come apart to get the headers out. I’m not sure of the process but it seems to me the slip joint needs to be resized for what had to originally be a friction-sealable fit. His earlier set of 180s had a flat flange and gasket that met in the middle, but it was kind of big and ugly. His current set are so much sexier I’m sure he’s getting laid more. </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">I doubt there is any kind of gasketing there but again, I don’t know how these normally go together.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Asa Jay </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Sent via radio waves</span></p></div></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yiv6844476965yqt02900"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Sep 3, 2024, at 06:03, David Carpenter <davecarp80138@outlook.com> wrote:</span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yiv6844476965yqt88441"><div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Or if still have good solid metal: New clamp or Re-use old one: (new is best, they're subject to STRETCHING & that often leads to what you now have.)</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">ADD some exhaust epoxy paste under clamp.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Tighten clamp 80% & wipe off any that squeezed out.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Let it harden.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Next day tighten 100%.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">You got a good looking engine bay.</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Like Owen said:</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">ME spit balling too!!!</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">CD#3</span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yiv6844476965ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#26282A;">"</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#26282A;">Show me a man who gets rich being a politician, I'll show you a Crook!!"</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#26282A;">Harry Truman</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"></span></p></div></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yiv6844476965mail-editor-reference-message-container"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div align="center" style="text-align:center;" class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"></span><hr align="center" size="0" width="100%"></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yiv6844476965divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#26282A;">From:</span></strong><span style="color:#26282A;"> TPR <tpr-bounces@teampanteraracing.com> on behalf of Owen Lee Green via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br clear="none"><strong><span>Sent:</span></strong> Monday, September 2, 2024 9:23:41 AM<br clear="none"><strong><span>To:</span></strong> Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@asajay.com><br clear="none"><strong><span>Cc:</span></strong> DENNIS ANTENUCCI <TEAMPANTERA@yahoo.com>; Team Racing <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br clear="none"><strong><span>Subject:</span></strong> Re: [TPR] 180 Headers Singing</span></p></div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Maybe set up a couple of collars similar to standard header connector rings. If space required between insert a couple of springs to maintain tension. But I'm just spit balling.</span></p><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Mon, Sep 2, 2024, 8:18 AM Asa Jay Laughton <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">asajay@asajay.com</a>> wrote:</span></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">I tried tightening it previously and got it to stop for a while. I think the flip joint has worn out and become bigger than it should. Something to address when they are taken off next time. </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Asa Jay </span></p><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Sent via radio waves</span></p></div></div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;" class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Sep 2, 2024, at 08:04, Owen Lee Green via TPR <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>> wrote:</span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;"><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Got a TIG? Blaze it in a couple of spots.</span></p><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p><div><div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">On Mon, Sep 2, 2024, 8:01 AM DENNIS ANTENUCCI via TPR <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a>> wrote:</span></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">Pantera is running great. Did not need to change the oil but did so anyway. Took her out for a hard drive and all is well…..EXCEPT the 180’s at the cross over balance tube started rattling. Not as noticeable once the headers are hot but I am deaf too. Neighbor came by and asked if everything was good (he heard it too!)…he put a gloved hand on the balance tube and the rattling stopped. I Suggested he may need to sit in the engine bay in 14 days or I just go faster so I cant hear the sound. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Checked all the header bolts but problem is at center tube where there is a slip connection. But if that is all I have to complain about I am ready. Checked out the new trailer and it is ready aa well. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">MD<br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">TPR mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a></span></p></blockquote></div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">TPR mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div><div id="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380x_ydp32b7aef9yqt93623"><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A;">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">TPR mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:TPR@teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TPR@teampanteraracing.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="ydpbca58c3cyiv8043038380MsoNormal">_______________________________________________ TPR mailing list TPR@teampanteraracing.com http://teampanteraracing.com/mailman/listinfo/tpr_teampanteraracing.com </p></div></div></div></div>
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