Fixed it for you Matt. Don't want Cole sittin up all night dreaming about a new $40k motor...:D

DSE headers (artwork) will uncork that bad boy :thumbsup:

Thanks Ron. I just went back and fixed that too. Not even 40k could build a 4.85" bore LS


The DSE headers are nice, but 2k could probably be used better elsewhere, like on the Mustang, or for more tires, etc. etc. I am planning on getting rid of the electric cutouts and doing oval exhaust up to the X or mufflers, so I might just cave and get them... I should, but...

Matt, that sounds like a killer setup. Out of curiously, why are you getting rid of the cutouts?

By the way, get the DSE headers, it's only :G-Dub: , LOL. I've been wanting to use the little money guy on a post since I first saw him.

Matt,

What other alternatives (if any yet), are you considering to the DSE's?

Charley has been waiting for a BIG money guy so he can use it in a post....




Nice stuff going on here Mister Matt!

Thanks Greg! I'm trying to get this car to drive as good as it looks.

Al, I'm ditching the cutouts because I never use them. They're heavy, clunky, take up space and even closed I think they leak a little.

Skip, I think the other alternative to the Hooker Super Comps would be a set of Lemons headers. I would spring for the DSE ones right away if I knew they fit with my motor mounts.

So, a couple weeks ago when we were all out at Adams, the lower corner of my brake caliper started hitting the inside flange on the front driver side wheel. I noticed it under hard cornering. I was a little confused at first as to why this would happen now after never having problems in the past. I pulled a couple shims out of the bottom caliper bolt since the wheel hub seemed tight. The fix worked for the weekend, but I figured I should go ahead and replace the hub assembly since the car has seen a few hard miles on it. Today I went out to Adams again, had the same exact problem. Now I'm even more stumped. I changed the brake rotors and pads out over the weekend. I got the rotor and caliper lined up and centered and on the new hub. I figured problem solved, but apparently not. I was running about as little caliper to wheel clearance as possible and never had a problem until now, on just the driver side. What gives? I'm going to swap front wheels side to side, but I doubt that one is bent since I just had tires mounted and balanced two weeks ago. It is possible that there are small differences between the wheels since they were made at different times (one had to be replaced following "the accident") but I doubt it.

That's my rambling for today. Probably doesn't make much sense without pictures. Thinking about what might be wrong is driving me crazy and writing it down seemed like a good idea at the time...

Did the caliper leave a witness mark in the wheel??


It might be helpful to know the clearance when just sitting... and then at least you'd know "something" is moving "X" amount in order to close that gap.

Yes, it left a mark.

I just figured out the problem though. The stud that mounts through the caliper body and onto the adapter started backing out of the adapter. Now to fix it. I tried just tightening it up and it stripped the nut before it, as opposed to working at it should have. I even tried tightening both down evenly so the caliper wasn't skewed. :bang:

Check the other side to make sure it's not close to suffering the same fate. That's one of those deals that happens in pairs.