What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

I read an article years ago, it may have been David Freiburger of HotRod Magazine where they dyno'd a SBC engine with new perfect headers, they then gave the headers the the old hammer to fit treatment.

The pulls they performed showed no measurable difference in performance.

The dimple was minor . I believe they missed the mark on this one pipe . The front and rear pipes on both sides have a similar dimple . I just made it a little longer.

[Triple7]

Recovering from sinus surgery atm but been converting to serpentine belt not squealing at 3500 rpm is nice. Chasing out a issue with pulley alignment and coolant hose, I may have got the alignment dialed, the upper rad hose I think is going to be solved with a 67 firebird 400 upper hose. We shall see

[72c20customcamper]

Upgrade time

[weq92f]

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Restored my brake pedal today. It's a Lokar unit with 20k miles on it and was in poor shape. All the pads but one had fallen out fairly recently and the finish was looking dull. The last pad jumped to freedom as I was punching the attach bolts through and out of the pedal arm. Sadly, I did not get a before picture as this whole thing started out as fixing a rattle from the brake pedal. The Lokar piece was fitted pretty good to the arm "flange" for your foot and had 4 attachment points that were merely friction based. All the brake work I've been doing lately broke something there or dislodged something but the screws fully tight wouldn't stop the rattling. Anyway, I had to get it on the bench to figure it out... again no pictures

Got the rattle fixed and was ready to epoxy the pads back on there and decided to polish the thing first! Here's the finished product...over 100 bucks to buy a new one but this cost me an hour, some chemicals and some work...

-Kevin

[hdrolling]

Installed some Holly retrobright LED headlights, so much more light output.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Easiest header install I’ve ever done . One glitch the rear bolt on number 2 exhaust wouldn’t make the angle to go in . I heated the header and put a tiny dimple and it went right in . Headman offered to replace them under warranty but it was so minor I didn’t go that route . The headers fit perfectly .

They look good...

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by PowerdbyChevy79

They look good...

We shall see how they hold up as this truck is my worker truck . I use it as a tow vehicle for the other show vehicles and my swap meet truck

[72c20customcamper]

Got the exhaust yesterday . This shipment was delayed 3 days I’m guessing they needed to find pieces . All the pipes were there but most of the installation hardware was missing except this one clamp . Summit is sending out a replacement package of hardware.

[67C10Step]

Daughter, son in law, and I drove it to a cruise in swap meet about an hour north. Didn’t see anything I needed but saw some nice rides.

[72c20customcamper]

Polishing the tailpipe ends . Do away with exhaust tips

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Polishing the tailpipe ends . Do away with exhaust tips

Are those pipes stainless? You're done except for an occasional touch-up. Looks good!

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Are those pipes stainless? You're done except for an occasional touch-up. Looks good!

The whole exhaust from headers to the tailpipes are stainless . Hope to never have to replace them in my lifetime.