Oh, but I do.

[Mike Cobine]

Post it.

Thanks

[Michael H.]

Re: Ok, coming soon

Mike,

The first picture will be the car still under construction and the headers are quite visible. The 2nd shot is at the track so it's a little more difficult to see the configuration of the tubes. The OLD GEEZER in the engine pic is the very same race partner I had in the 60's and early 70's. We dug him up and put him back to work.

[Michael H.]

Re: Ok, coming soon

Mike,

The first picture will be the car still under construction and the headers are quite visible. The 2nd shot is at the track so it's a little more difficult to see the configuration of the tubes. The OLD GEEZER in the engine pic is the very same race partner I had in the 60's and early 70's. We dug him up and put him back to work.

[Michael H.]

Re: GM BB headers *NM*

[Michael H.]

Re: GM BB headers *NM*

[Mike Cobine]

Braidwood Nuclear Plant - I was there!

Small world. I worked over at the training center in the summer of '85.

Now on those headers, they don't look much different in the picture from the Hooker sidepipes I had on my '66. (Other that a couple of dents to clear the steerign box.)

What is the difference of these vs the Hooker?

[Mike Cobine]

Braidwood Nuclear Plant - I was there!

Small world. I worked over at the training center in the summer of '85.

Now on those headers, they don't look much different in the picture from the Hooker sidepipes I had on my '66. (Other that a couple of dents to clear the steerign box.)

What is the difference of these vs the Hooker?

[Michael H.]

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[Michael H.]

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[Mike Cobine]

Re: Ok, coming soon

Two things you probably already know:

Heat off the headers is tremendous. You are looking at roughly 1430 deg about 2 inches downstream from the port (about where the bend is). I see you have moved the brake lines over far, but I found it heats the master cylinder far too much. I helped it a lot with metal shield rolled in an "L" shape looking at the end placed about an inch under the MC between the headers and the MC.

Also, the heat of the steering box is terrible due to the proximity of the No. 1 tube. Another metal shield in there with an air gap helped. I also had a 2 inch duct that ran to that area to flush fresh air in to keep all this cooler.

[Mike Cobine]

Re: Ok, coming soon

Two things you probably already know:

Heat off the headers is tremendous. You are looking at roughly 1430 deg about 2 inches downstream from the port (about where the bend is). I see you have moved the brake lines over far, but I found it heats the master cylinder far too much. I helped it a lot with metal shield rolled in an "L" shape looking at the end placed about an inch under the MC between the headers and the MC.

Also, the heat of the steering box is terrible due to the proximity of the No. 1 tube. Another metal shield in there with an air gap helped. I also had a 2 inch duct that ran to that area to flush fresh air in to keep all this cooler.

[Mike Cobine]

Re: Left Side GM Headers

Looks real good.

Thanks.

[Mike Cobine]

Re: Left Side GM Headers

Looks real good.

Thanks.

[Michael H.]

Re: Braidwood Nuclear Plant - I was there!

This was Dick, the electrical wizard. His wife worked at the nuc center in Braidwood. He wired all of my race cars since the early 60's. I've know him since I was about 14 years old. We went to reform school together.

I wound up installing Hooker headers on the car a few months after this but I don't remember exactly what the difference was but I do remember they were different. The GM header primary pipes were about eight or ten inches to long and the Hookers were a bit shorter. Brought the torque curve up a bit. I seem to remember different routing on a few of the primary pipes.

This car was fast! It was a dedicated restoration but with a "today" motor. Had the new style heads and that 6 digit GM cam. Made 697 HP on Dickie Kerchers dyno. This car was a LOT of fun to drive.

[Michael H.]

Re: Braidwood Nuclear Plant - I was there!

This was Dick, the electrical wizard. His wife worked at the nuc center in Braidwood. He wired all of my race cars since the early 60's. I've know him since I was about 14 years old. We went to reform school together.

I wound up installing Hooker headers on the car a few months after this but I don't remember exactly what the difference was but I do remember they were different. The GM header primary pipes were about eight or ten inches to long and the Hookers were a bit shorter. Brought the torque curve up a bit. I seem to remember different routing on a few of the primary pipes.

This car was fast! It was a dedicated restoration but with a "today" motor. Had the new style heads and that 6 digit GM cam. Made 697 HP on Dickie Kerchers dyno. This car was a LOT of fun to drive.