Since the winter work is done on the 71 it was time to do some things on the Nomad.
I barley drove it last summer but when i did it seems really loud, especially under load (like when drag racing corvettes all the way to Deadman's curve).
Anyhow after a little inspection last fall it was clear where a piece of the gasket was blown out. A new set of gaskets were ordered.
Turns out the one that could be seen was just a preview of coming attractions.
The "Old School" split exhaust was cracked after 12 years of faithful service
-- Edited by BLyke on Sunday 21st of March 2021 01:12:34 PM
Still debating my options, barely drive it since the Chevelle was completed, so for now may go back to Stock
BLyke said
Mar 22, 2021
Pretty sure I'm going back to a factory exhaust manifold. Not sure how much extra power the dual exhaust was providing, it sounded nice, but really was a bit like a baseball card on the bike spokes as a kid. Cleaned it up today and painted.
-- Edited by BLyke on Monday 22nd of March 2021 05:05:48 PM
How much work did you make for yourself to go back to single pipe at the manifold ? You can still leave the dual exhaust and have half of the card in the spoke effect...
BLyke said
Mar 24, 2021
Lost in the 60s wrote:
How much work did you make for yourself to go back to single pipe at the manifold ? You can still leave the dual exhaust and have half of the card in the spoke effect...
Actually it was a lot simpler to remove than it was to make (welded up a bunch of pieces 12 years ago)
Waiting for a new set of gaskets and Carb spacer to finish up. the Passengers side pipe is in the attic incase plans change.
Since the winter work is done on the 71 it was time to do some things on the Nomad.
I barley drove it last summer but when i did it seems really loud, especially under load (like when drag racing corvettes all the way to Deadman's curve).
Anyhow after a little inspection last fall it was clear where a piece of the gasket was blown out. A new set of gaskets were ordered.
Turns out the one that could be seen was just a preview of coming attractions.
The "Old School" split exhaust was cracked after 12 years of faithful service
-- Edited by BLyke on Sunday 21st of March 2021 01:12:34 PM
Still debating my options, barely drive it since the Chevelle was completed, so for now may go back to Stock
Pretty sure I'm going back to a factory exhaust manifold.
Not sure how much extra power the dual exhaust was providing, it sounded nice, but really was a bit like a baseball card on the bike spokes as a kid.
Cleaned it up today and painted.
-- Edited by BLyke on Monday 22nd of March 2021 05:05:48 PM
How much work did you make for yourself to go back to single pipe at the manifold ? You can still leave the dual exhaust and have half of the card in the spoke effect...
Actually it was a lot simpler to remove than it was to make (welded up a bunch of pieces 12 years ago)
Waiting for a new set of gaskets and Carb spacer to finish up. the Passengers side pipe is in the attic incase plans change.