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Originally Posted by Goosesdad
[B]Hope everyone is doing well. Good here. Still very thankful for Kenny (and his guys) to welcome me into his shop to work on this thing while we are building the new house. This dude is beyond dedicated (crazy)...he is at the shop 7 days a week....so if he's there, I'm there. So thankful for not only the use of the shop but the level of talent around me making sure I don't screw up and offering hands is incredible. Not sure what I did to deserve this but I'm doing my best to do my part to earn it!
Switched it up as Kenny was kind enough to offer one of his awesome fab guys to help me put the #1 header tube on the headers. The way I mounted my steering column put the shaft right through the middle of the #1 tube. American Racing Headers was kind enough to make me a header without that tube and sent me a box of scrap bends along with the seal and collector. First class people.
We spent a day getting this thing right. Couldn't have done this without Adam's help. Next level talent.
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Header done ready for some scotchbrite.
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Kenny spent the weekend with me working on the exhaust. Another next level talented dude. 35 years of badassery....
Parts ready for cut'n.
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We got the it built to the X this weekend.
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Started prepping for the mufflers and the rear, figured we would notch the fuel tank for cleanlyness. I decided to run 3" all the way back, I know many go 2 1/2" after the mufflers but I don't have experience with that, so just made way for the 3".
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Really enjoy viewing your build, your skill set is phenomenal to watch the process evolve.
Wanted to ask a question about you mentioning using a scotchbrite on the headers. Is that to give it a brushed look?
I'm going to have some exhaust work done on some 304 stainless next year and like the brushed look as opposed to the mill finish. Any tips to offer this novice are appreciated to achieve a finish like the pic below, TIA.
