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More progress today. Since I have new headers and I couldn't find the same flanges as I had on the BBC headers I had to do something else. The headers are stainless and I like the idea of the V-bands and they come in stainless too, so I decided to use them. I had to grind out the inside of the flanges so they would slip over the collectors, that took some time. I did the first one and after a few passes it still didn't fit over. The problem was that I couldn't really tell where I had already been over. I took some layout fluid and put it on a towel and wiped it on the inside so I could see where I had been grinding. After I did that on the second one it went much better and faster.
I also got the pipes cut and mocked up to replace the old pieces I was taking out of the exhaust. I am not happy with the end result because the exhaust on the car kind of sucks. I would just get something pre-fab, but I don't want to spend the money on exhaust right now. I'll do something better/nicer once I get the next engine in the car.
Tomorrow is welding up the v-bands to the headers and the intermediate pipes. I'll post some pictures of the welding tomorrow. This will finish up most of the under-car work until I re-do the battery trunk relocation and the emergency brake cables.
If I wasn't in such a depressed state I think I would be more excited about getting all of this done.
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