Who says you can't be fast...and beautiful...
My headers are about 4 years old now and the ceramic coating on them had taken quite a beating. Between the many many excessive heat cycles and the banging off other things in the engine compartment, they had some significant wear. I scuffed them up with some scotch brite, cleaned real good with prep spray and applied 3 light coats of Eastwoods aerosol Ceramic coating that is supposedly good to 1400 degrees. They turned out great so far, once in the car you are supposed to start the car and have it idle for 20 minutes to cure the coating. Can't wait to see how they turn out, can't be any worse than they already were.
Along the same lines, one thing that happens when you build a custom car...and then race the wee out of it like I have the past few years is things hit things, and things not properly placed melt. As I have the car apart, I took this opportunity to assess previous arrangements, plan changes, and put plans into motion. Getting the passenger and driver side engine wire harnesses to stay off of the headers better was a priority. I rearranged the harnesses, re-loomed them and have them secured much better now. This is something most will never see, but I'll know now that things are safer from heat under the hood.
I also noticed some witness marks where the transmission had been hitting the body. Specifically the shifter had been hitting the passenger side of the hole in the trans tunnel enough to actually tear the shifter cover. The cover has been replaced and the hole enlarged. I also used the BFH to make a bit more room for the two bolt heads on the top of the trans that were also contacting the trans tunnel at times. I then applied a fresh coat of Eastwoods Extreme Chassis black to tidy things back up underneath.
Next up, installing the transmission and then back up top to finish a few other detail items.