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that is a nice ride.shame that you have to wait for a loved one to pass to get it though,makes the whole thing a bit bitter-sweet.NICE!! I will be watching. My grandfather has a 71 XKE V-12 that will be mine when he passes. The engines have such a beautiful sound. Nothing like it.
This build is awesome. I've looked forward to the daily updates every night.
Have you thought about how to run the exhaust? I have to imagine it's pretty tight everywhere for something like that. Maybe under the driveshaft to the rear then over or under the axle and suspension to exit out the rear or exit out in front of the rear tire to avoid crossing the suspension? Or possibly sidepipes and have less routing to worry about?
This build is awesome. I've looked forward to the daily updates every night.
Have you thought about how to run the exhaust? I have to imagine it's pretty tight everywhere for something like that. Maybe under the driveshaft to the rear then over or under the axle and suspension to exit out the rear or exit out in front of the rear tire to avoid crossing the suspension? Or possibly sidepipes and have less routing to worry about?
pft exhaust...open headers baby....
i also love to see the updates on this thing! keep it up gwaii!
I just stumbled across this for the first time....another amazing looking creation Tom!
Makes the work on my mustang seem like a walk in the park....
that is a valid point...open headers are fine,except when they are dumping right into the interior.
I got the shop cleaned out and rolled it out from the back wall tonight actually...started on the trunk floor. Sounds like the girlfriend is getting me my quarter panels for my birthday ta boot! I got the itch to work on it again!welcome to my nightmare...or dream,as the case may be.been waiting over three years to get this one started.i have a lot of more important things to get done,but i just couldn't wait anymore.
get hammering on that 'stang,dude!
good to see it happeningsometimes the hardest part is getting started,but once you do,it's hard to stop.this is a good thing.I got the shop cleaned out and rolled it out from the back wall tonight actually...started on the trunk floor. Sounds like the girlfriend is getting me my quarter panels for my birthday ta boot! I got the itch to work on it again!
I think I understand most of it. But, does the tube go over or under the horizontal rectangular tube that the pipe is getting mounted to? I suppose I could just wait and see but was just wondering...
here you can see the collector,the rectangular tube under it is the line where the wheelwell meets the footwell.there isnt room to go into the wheelwell,so a bit of footroom will be sacrificed.can't give up too much,though,as there isn't too much to start with.the collector will be moved about 3" forward and angled out a bit.the a short radius bend will take it out to the outside.in this space it will also reduce from 3" to 2.5" and then cut down and back.the rectangular tube on the outside is where the sidepipe will run beside.it's tight,but when equipment this big is going into a car this tiny,space is at a premium.