TTIs installed tonight!!

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finally got the TTIs installed tonight, they have been in the loft in the shop for at least a year.... (tranny was bad so I have not been driving it though).

My 360 should be very happy, it was running through the stock 318 manifolds into 1 3/4 pipes then up to 2" through the mufflers. The headers and getting rid of the 1 3/4" pipe should wake it up a bit, but I think it will still be a bit corked up till I get a new 2 1/2" exhaust kit to finish it off.

Oh and note to self... don't leave a 5 gallon bucket behind the wood stove in the shop.... it might not hold water ever again!
 

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Good deal on the headers......the bucket has seen better days....
 
Abodybomber said:
Those fit a lot better than my Hooker headers,nice.
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I'm happy so far with the fit. I did have to put a shim under the driver side motor mount so it would clear the power steering box. I think it was sitting a tad lower than stock, either because of the rubber mounts (maybe not tall enough) or because of the metal part I made to bolt to the engine...I will also be able to get the stock starter in and out without taking the headers off, I was worried about that.
 
inkjunkie said:
Good deal on the headers......the bucket has seen better days....
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yeah, I was using the bucket to stand on while I was fixing the stove pipe a couple weeks ago... then I forgot about it behind the stove... DOH!
 
Dartnut said:
Cool. looks like they fit well like everyone says.
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they do... the directions do not say you need to loosen the passenger motor mount nad jack the engine up but I ended up doing that. I also had to take the 90 degree oil filter adapter off to get the header up in there, but I was able to put it right back on after the header was in place.
 
headers look great,as far as the bucket goes a little fiberglass and bondo its good as new.lol
 
I'm jealous

I thought I was savin' some money, and an acquaintance talked me into "just buy the cheap Hedmans."

1 Had to remove the cheap-*** low temp paint with stripper before repainting with hi-temp

2 Had to dent them in several places, (which voids the warrantee. Yeah, I sent them a flame'n email)

a torsion bar on pass side
b pan rail on pass side
c steering column near firewall, and steering coupler
d man. steering box
e some pitman arm interferance

3 Not sure I like the "new improved" bell collectors. I will admit, they don't leak (yet)

4 Even getting a mini starter in is a trick. (Pulled out old starter, put in mini after headers were on) Had to yank apart center link/ pitman arm to get clearance

Thank Gauewd I have a chassis hoist. Gettin' too old to crawl around under there.
 
yep, I have had 2 or 3 sets of cheap headers on this car... went back to manifolds but when I swapped from 318 to 360, the exhaust ports are a lot bigger on the 360 heads and the 318 manifolds leaked like crazy. I bought these from someone on this site (still unused) and got a sweet deal on them.
 
Take a look at TTIs wwebsite to see how their 3" X pipe looks. I had a local shop copy the idea using a Jegs $100 X pipe setup. With flowmaster 40s the car did not slow down a bit.
 
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