Spent all day swapping in a new comp cams solid roller and pulling a late night to finish it up ,laid off not much else to do at 11 at night
What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2020]
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Got the passenger header on. Tbh the fitment is pretty damn great for them being A Body only headers.
It's loud.
Take note joesregalproject, if you use headers, you'll want a ministarter. You'll need to trim the starter heat shield regardless. Do yourself a favor and trim the front LCA mounts (or take a sledge to your headers) for a lil extra clearance. The driver middle lower bolt is the hardest thing about installing these. But that's always the case with Buicks. At least the header tubes aren't in front of the spark plugs.
YES I MOVED THE WIRES ON THE HEADER BEFORE STARTING.
It's loud.
Take note joesregalproject, if you use headers, you'll want a ministarter. You'll need to trim the starter heat shield regardless. Do yourself a favor and trim the front LCA mounts (or take a sledge to your headers) for a lil extra clearance. The driver middle lower bolt is the hardest thing about installing these. But that's always the case with Buicks. At least the header tubes aren't in front of the spark plugs.
YES I MOVED THE WIRES ON THE HEADER BEFORE STARTING.
Painted the bottom side of the hood, the hood release and the stereo surround cover.
After what seems like forever, well yeah it's been forever, I painted the wheelwells as soon as I got home. I used some SEM basecoat/clearcoat, and they turned out well. Not perfect, but soooo much better than stock! Here are a couple comparison pics between the two...
Today, for the first time in about five months, I took the '79 out. Drove it to work, oh boy how it needs to be washed. Got a pic much like I did a while back with my '78 and my work truck.
'79 Chev El Camino
'16 Peterbilt 567 Dumptruck
'79 Chev El Camino
'16 Peterbilt 567 Dumptruck
Drove it around town with a buddy. Did some donuts. Watched a very unqualified motorcyclist.
It's ****in loud.
sounds like a dirt car lol
Ran into a clearance issue with the shift lever thing on the trans that rubbed the side of the header and the lil arm that goes from the bracket on the prop valve to the trans that rubbed the top. Put it in a vise and mashed the bend out of it to clear the top of the header, trimmed the little bracket to clear the side of the header. Works better, still need some trimming.
I really like how high up these headers sit. you almost cant see them. Rain put a damper on installing the rest of the exhaust, maybe tomorrow. Work shutdown got extended another week (yay...)
so I have all the time in the world (comparatively) but no money. Gas is cheap tho. Some stations are under a buck fifty for super. Fleet Farm near me has no corn 91 for $2.
It's ****in loud.
sounds like a dirt car lol
Ran into a clearance issue with the shift lever thing on the trans that rubbed the side of the header and the lil arm that goes from the bracket on the prop valve to the trans that rubbed the top. Put it in a vise and mashed the bend out of it to clear the top of the header, trimmed the little bracket to clear the side of the header. Works better, still need some trimming.
I really like how high up these headers sit. you almost cant see them. Rain put a damper on installing the rest of the exhaust, maybe tomorrow. Work shutdown got extended another week (yay...)
so I have all the time in the world (comparatively) but no money. Gas is cheap tho. Some stations are under a buck fifty for super. Fleet Farm near me has no corn 91 for $2.
Musta sold. It was in my saved folder links and it said it sold or isn't available anymore.
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