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08-30-2008 06:39 AM #12
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For sure add some type of heat sheild plus Jet Hot the header. In the early 1980's had a '28 A roadster that had been on the road for years on stock chassis with 283 and '39 box. Stock rear end. It was put on a new repo chassis with Corvette IRS and Supper Bell with the same motor but a TH350. Around town everthing was fine. First road trip, on first gas stop after apx. 100 miles on interstate made the off ramp.
The brake pedal went to the floor(and no e-brake). The heat from the exhaust 4" away from M/C boiled out the brake fluid.
At 1/8" clearance even adding Jet Hot and "ball peen" clearance, IMO you will still boil fluid. Is there someway to move header? Is it one tube or at collector?
EarlLast edited by OFT; 08-30-2008 at 02:09 PM.
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Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
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