tbird88
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Figured it would be the most difficult...so I started with the driverside. My priorities were to miss the lower IC tube, oil dipstick, motor mount, brake distribution block, and steering shaft. To be sure the engine/tranny were located properly, I substituted the busted hydraulics with a section of 2" pipe. The height on each one was set at 3" and then everything was bolted in place. A spare lower IC tube was installed also.
I started with #6, first pic is kinda deceiving because it's not as close to the wiring box on the shock tower as it seems because the box was hangin' loose. It actually has about 1/2-3/4" clearance on the box.
Tube #4 sneaks through the loop of #5 with about 1/8" clearance, dipstick needs to be stressed slightly towards the block to keep from touching it. The bracket was broken loose from the dipstick, I tacked it back on but ain't sure it's perfect but like I said a little bending/nudging and the tube should be good to go.
#5 was tricky, wound up with a 180 and then a twisted 90 down to the collector. Came up about 2" short, only 8 J-bends to work with, so I had to add a stub to reach the collector with this tube. It still needs just a bit of adjustment, the 90 is a little too close to the joint on the steering shaft, ain't quite figured out the perfect way to do it yet. Physically, the 90 section of the tube is 1" away from the flex material of the joint itself but the 180 is rolled to the max so I'm kinda stuck on getting #5 perfect. 1" clearance on the flex matl. might be as good as it gets.
All joints are square & true,
'bird
3/8" water-cut flanges
1-3/4" mandrel J-bends
3" collector
It's not pretty, just loosely tacked together for now.
I started with #6, first pic is kinda deceiving because it's not as close to the wiring box on the shock tower as it seems because the box was hangin' loose. It actually has about 1/2-3/4" clearance on the box.
Tube #4 sneaks through the loop of #5 with about 1/8" clearance, dipstick needs to be stressed slightly towards the block to keep from touching it. The bracket was broken loose from the dipstick, I tacked it back on but ain't sure it's perfect but like I said a little bending/nudging and the tube should be good to go.
#5 was tricky, wound up with a 180 and then a twisted 90 down to the collector. Came up about 2" short, only 8 J-bends to work with, so I had to add a stub to reach the collector with this tube. It still needs just a bit of adjustment, the 90 is a little too close to the joint on the steering shaft, ain't quite figured out the perfect way to do it yet. Physically, the 90 section of the tube is 1" away from the flex material of the joint itself but the 180 is rolled to the max so I'm kinda stuck on getting #5 perfect. 1" clearance on the flex matl. might be as good as it gets.
All joints are square & true,
'bird
3/8" water-cut flanges
1-3/4" mandrel J-bends
3" collector
It's not pretty, just loosely tacked together for now.