Project Chaos: 1973 TA and 1969 Camaro

[chichirone]

Guys, appreciate the feedback. It's a tough decision as we LOVE our cars. Marty, your suggestion of a 1LE is a good one. In fact, the more I look, a 2014 Z51 2LT is leading the list for us at this time. We drove it at Bondurant in March and got hooked. It has become the comparison car for everything we look at, including the TA and Camaro.

We don't see the cars going anywhere soon so we will continue to enjoy them until the right buyer comes along.

[chichirone]

Seriously...are you leaning one way or the other Z06 vs. Z28? [/QUOTE]

I lean towards the Z28. My wife the Z51. Wonder how that's gonna turn out? Ha!

[chichirone]

A while back I mentioned I would post some pics of the Dynatech to Ultimate Header swap.

Here is a before...we had roughly 2.25" of clearance. Not good. They lasted less than a month of driving once we got it off the transporter.


The replacements: Ultimate headers

In the box:


Installation was great on the passenger side:


The driver side did not fit and needed modified:



Once modified and installed we picked up all kinds of ground clearance:

[fleet]

Good stuff Jay.

[syborg tt]

Hi Jay,

Thanks for sharing the info on the headers. I ended up doing shorty's on the 70 for just this reason. I am going to consider these for the new Scott Mock Subframe that is for sure.

Originally Posted by chichirone

A while back I mentioned I would post some pics of the Dynatech to Ultimate Header swap.

Here is a before...we had roughly 2.25" of clearance. Not good. They lasted less than a month of driving once we got it off the transporter.
Attachment 49210

The replacements: Ultimate headers

In the box:
Attachment 49211

Installation was great on the passenger side:
Attachment 49212

The driver side did not fit and needed modified:
Attachment 49213
Attachment 49214

Once modified and installed we picked up all kinds of ground clearance:
Attachment 49215
Attachment 49216

[rickpaw]

Originally Posted by chichirone

A while back I mentioned I would post some pics of the Dynatech to Ultimate Header swap.

Here is a before...we had roughly 2.25" of clearance. Not good. They lasted less than a month of driving once we got it off the transporter.
Attachment 49210

The replacements: Ultimate headers

In the box:
Attachment 49211


Attachment 49216

Jay, is it me or does the O2 sensor bung got installed wrong? Looks to me the bung is at the bottom of the header.

I had the same issue with the Dynatech headers as well, until I flipped the mounts 180*.

Tu

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by rickpaw

Jay, is it me or does the O2 sensor bung got installed wrong? Looks to me the bung is at the bottom of the header.

I had the same issue with the Dynatech headers as well, until I flipped the mounts 180*.

Tu

Pictures are deceiving. The bung is on the part that is parallel with the firewall not the floor pan.

[chichirone]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

Pictures are deceiving. The bung is on the part that is parallel with the firewall not the floor pan.

The pics are deceiving. The header and exhaust runs parallel to the firewall and the bung is tucked up in the engine bay. You barely see it if looking at it from above.

We have been having a great time with the cars the past couple weeks. I will post some pics from the North Texas Camaro Club auto cross and Good-Guy's Lonestar Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway soon. We closed the classified thread. We were able to complete our business deal without selling either car and so now we just get to enjoy them!

[chichirone]

[chichirone]