YEAH!!! Progress!

Finally got the engine and tranny onto car.

I guess it isn't half bad since this month is the

one year anniversary of us getting the car.

You Like It... You Like It?

Awwww... you know you do!

All I had time for today was the install of the headers, plug wires

and some of the accessories. Dang plug wires takes longer

than you'd expect when you're cutting them to size.

Wiring Time

Now it's time to tackle the spaghetti of wires this thing has.

Nope... not replacing them. Wish I could but can't afford it.

Don't worry.

I used to handle aircraft avionics issues once upon a time...

We can make it better... stronger ... faster...

We have the technology...

Stop Looking at the Hose

Yeah... yeah... I know. Looks horrible.

Ran out of cash for the rest of the year.

I guess I'll have to live with it until I

can the A/C system squared away.

Driver's Header

Here's a side view of the Summit Racing brand

$178 ceramic coated headers. I know a lot of people have

questions about their fit and ground clearance.

I can't see how anyone should have ground clearance

issues with these. They barely hang lower than the subframe.

You'd have to come damn close to bottoming out

the car to do it. Front tires would probably take out the

inner wheel housings if you did and you'd have

bigger problems than a bent exhaust.

Header Side Differences

Here's the difference between the left and right ceramic Summit headers. The passenger side went in super easy. The driver's side was an extreme pain. It wont drop in from the top NOR go in from the bottom (it wont clear the power steering box or dipstick tube). My solution was to raise the front end so the wheels are off the ground then remove the steering box attach bolts and push it down. The wheels will want to pivot in strange directions since the links are still attached (that's why I had the wheels off the ground). Now I had plenty of space and once the header was in place I put the steering box back and the alignment didn't get messed up.