headers and bracket update.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Sweden/Stockholm
headers and bracket update.
probleme..
The headers i got are cheap headman. And the alternator bracket goes ( stock ) to the nr2 bolt on the drivers side header. I just noticed that I cant usa a longer bolt on that hole cause the pipe bends to near the flang
THe only option I have is to weld a bolt on the the header pipe, and use that as a connetion point to the alernator bracket.
The A/C bracket can i solve with longer bolt.
And the same goes for the oil dip stick. Cant use a longer head bolt there cause the pipe bends to near the header flang.. :crazy:
So either a hose clamp on the dip stick ( but ugly ), or weld some kind of bolts on the header pipe...
damn..
:mad
[Modified by devilfish, 9:56 PM 5/1/2003]
The headers i got are cheap headman. And the alternator bracket goes ( stock ) to the nr2 bolt on the drivers side header. I just noticed that I cant usa a longer bolt on that hole cause the pipe bends to near the flang
THe only option I have is to weld a bolt on the the header pipe, and use that as a connetion point to the alernator bracket.
The A/C bracket can i solve with longer bolt.
And the same goes for the oil dip stick. Cant use a longer head bolt there cause the pipe bends to near the header flang.. :crazy:
So either a hose clamp on the dip stick ( but ugly ), or weld some kind of bolts on the header pipe...
damn..
:mad
[Modified by devilfish, 9:56 PM 5/1/2003]
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Re: headers and bracket update. (devilfish)
Hi again devilfish,
Do you know a good professional welder? Maybe someone with a machinist background? What I do when I'm fabricating is use a piece of card board and cut it to form a bracket that will solve your problem, buy some metal stock and cut to match the card board templet and have that welder put it on.
I assume that your headers are already on the car. Just curious, did you have them ceramic coated? Hedmans won't last very long without it. That's why I went with Hookers with the Jet Hot Sterling Coating, looks like chrome.
Don't give up, we'll get you through this. :smash: :smash: :thumbs:
Do you know a good professional welder? Maybe someone with a machinist background? What I do when I'm fabricating is use a piece of card board and cut it to form a bracket that will solve your problem, buy some metal stock and cut to match the card board templet and have that welder put it on.
I assume that your headers are already on the car. Just curious, did you have them ceramic coated? Hedmans won't last very long without it. That's why I went with Hookers with the Jet Hot Sterling Coating, looks like chrome.
Don't give up, we'll get you through this. :smash: :smash: :thumbs:
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
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Re: headers and bracket update. (Strick)
dident get them coated.. there so cheap and im just going to try them.
The headers is off my car. Yeah im going to weld som stuff on to solve this..
thanks
The headers is off my car. Yeah im going to weld som stuff on to solve this..
thanks
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Re: headers and bracket update. (devilfish)
Thats why they say "do it right the first time" :nonod:
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Re: headers and bracket update. (devilfish)
I have coated Hedmans, and I used threaded rod, about 3 3/4". Next a piece of steel sleeve, about 1 3/4" long,washer,then tightened a nut on to the spacer(sleeve). Next the AC brace,washer, and nut. I had trouble finding something to work as a sleeve, but I found it at Home Depot. Same thing with the Alt, only I had to make a brace out of 3/4" tubing. Flattened both ends, then drilled holes. The dip-stick tube was harder, but I flattened both ends of a piece of fuel line, drilled them, and bent to shape. It's worked fine for over a year. Good luck. I used the first bolt on each side. :chevy
[Modified by Curveit, 1:37 AM 5/2/2003]
[Modified by Curveit, 1:37 AM 5/2/2003]
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Drifting
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Re: headers and bracket update. (devilfish)
:lol: Sorry friend, I didn't notice where you were from. Home Depot is a large hard-ware store. The threaded rod was about 95mm long, don't have a clue as to the thread. It's the same as the header bolts. The sleeves are steel, machined flat on both ends. I think they would be 10mm inside diameter, 14mm outside diameter, and 40mm long.( 3/8"-1/2"-1 1/2"). I have no idea what they are used for, I just happened to find them, and they work.
Good luck!!! :chevy
Good luck!!! :chevy