Posts by morelos_old

you know, i'd be willing to give the radio conversion a shot if anyone has a donor they'd give me a bit of time to play with.

internal modification on an AM radio to make it tune FM frequencies isn't technically hard. remember, though, that you'll wind up with an AM-looking radio that tunes FM stations. in other words, it won't LOOK like the am / fm radio. the use for this mod is to put a smile on the listener's face, not to make it look like the am / fm kit.

~ dan ~

did you spend the extra money to get the GOOD tri-y headers? last i knew, there were about three companies manufacturing a 'tri-y' header. the set i bought (middle price range) interfered with my steering and required grinding on the holes to fit right. all in all, they were quite cheap for what i paid. since engine replacement i've used hedman long tubes, and excepting their NO ground clearance, they're wonderful.

if you don't have that problem, i'm sure the tri-y setup will work great! let us know what numbers it spits out.

~ dan ~

thanks much, gene.

speaking of that, the advance on GT K 65 doesn't peak high enough. i have to run it too advanced at idle to get a high enough advance peak. how can i fix this?

lol yeah.. you -might- say i'm a pessimist. watch out for the white car appearing on ebay in the future. it's also got a head that needs repair on one pushrod slot (grooved).

so all in all, you need to watch out. i bet the guy puts it right back up.

that could conceivably read: "I picked this set up as a backup for the set i already had, and after frankensteining the 8 best ones into my car, here are the rest"

i used to order firewall system cases by the pallet to my specs from a manufacturer; i understand what you're getting into, and you're just reading too much into my statement.

that's a very good point. the people who get the product and then adjust it as needed before selling it are generally a much higher-quality distributor.

steve, mike,

it's not that someone cleaned up the clearance issues. check it; there are two major manufacturers of the tri-y header. one is foreign and one is american. sadly, i forget which way this goes. one of them is a near-to-spec reproduction of the dead-on-spec original style tri-y. you can tell the difference because on the driver's side of the car the correct ones will miss the steering arm on all but power steering equipped cars. i'm assuming your ceramic coated tri y headers are the correct original spec headers, since i personally wouldn't spend the money on ceramic headers that didn't fit right and required extra bends and dents.

so essentially, it's the same deal as the OEM exact repro vs. aftermarket repro fender issue: the curve just doesn't quite fit right on the cheaper part. this isn't likely to change any time soon anyway.

~ dan ~

billy, i had tri-y headers on my red mustang, and let me tell you i don't like them much. here's why:

(1) they didn't fit correctly. i had to elongate a couple bolt holes on each side to make them fit my heads.

(2) they didn't fit correctly. the steering arm hit the driver's side header. my fix for this was to turn the wheel into them over and over again with the car jacked up, which created a dent and affected airflow (whether this creates a perceptible change in performance, i dunno).

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now i use hedman long tubes. they breathe great, but here's the problem with them:

ground clearance. ground what? my mustang, with the 1.25" lowering in front and 1" lowering in back, comes within 4" of the ground at the collector plate. check it: i can't get a trouble light between the pipe and the ground, so the lowest part of the collector plate is even lower. i dare say my car may not even be street legal because of this. and you can imagine going over speed bumps.. er.. i mean PUSHING MYSELF over them with the rear tires.

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~ dan ~

i may need a set. the ones on both my cars are rusty, and i don't know if they'll need to be replaced. anyone know anybody who has a pair?