Chris ---
Here's where this 'build' started! He'd bought the car from someone that had it listed on ebay --- but he bought it after the listing expired only after agreeing that we'd go to LA to see the car... he wanted to start out with a "decent" body -- saving time and $$$ on bodywork because he only wanted a nice modern "driver" quality car...
Talk about T I M E !! This is a pair of stock cast iron headers that another buddy smoothed - then we had them CERAMIC coated in black... not sure how long this took him - but they sure turned out nice...
The tunnel needed a small amount of massaging to get the Tremec to fit. I basically just sliced it down the middle - then sliced it side to side - then I could lift it and tack it etc to see how much it had to come up - I pie sliced around the factory access -- lifted that piece up and built the new pieces to make that all work.