[imposter]

i cut my dougs flanges apart to make it a bit easier to install,. as for the hookers super comps i had them as well they SUCK amazing that after 50 years of making headers someone would change the Jig so they would fit

[Satyr1966]

Back in the early 70s I put a new set of Casler headers on my '66 GTO. The speed shop told me they were made by Hooker. They were awful. I had to make a lot of modifications on them and my upper A arm and of course the Z bar. I had to use several different types of bolts to mount them & they took forever to get on and off. They trapped the oil filter in and the gaskets went bad about every 6 months. After about two years of this nonsense I took them off & put the stock manifolds back on. I've never had headers on any of my cars after that. The Doug's headers look like they might win me over if I decide I want more performance from my mild custom '66. Jerry.

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by Satyr1966

Back in the early 70s I put a new set of Casler headers on my '66 GTO. The speed shop told me they were made by Hooker. They were awful. I had to make a lot of modifications on them and my upper A arm and of course the Z bar. I had to use several different types of bolts to mount them & they took forever to get on and off. They trapped the oil filter in and the gaskets went bad about every 6 months. After about two years of this nonsense I took them off & put the stock manifolds back on. I've never had headers on any of my cars after that. The Doug's headers look like they might win me over if I decide I want more performance from my mild custom '66. Jerry.

I had some cheap hedmans for this car when I was in highschool. They were awful. It took forever to get them in, they didn't fit at all. It was like they were for something else.

[Nicks67GTO]

Got a little done this weekend...

Installed my UMI driveshaft loop. If you want a no frills driveshaft loop with a nice black finish ill recommend this. Fits like a glove and took 45 minutes to install. I also bought a new drive shaft last year with 1350 Ujoints on both ends to replace my stock necked down unit since ill be beating heavily on it. I had a local business do it. They did a fine job. I cleaned her up and shot it with some satin black paint.

I also started my exhaust install. I'll be making a custom setup from parts I have laying around, a chop saw, my cheap lincoln flux core welder and an angle grinder. The first step was having a local guy tig me in an O2 bung for the EFI and a V band setup on the collector of the new Dougs I bought used from a PY member. Hopefully I can say... gone are the days of blown out 3 bolt gaskets and a leaking exhaust collector. I never got one of those 3 bolt setups to totally seal, on any car, ever. Ever. I did the v bands since the O2 sensor is going to be so close and will probably be sensitive to leaks. Ill be adding QTP electric cutouts and painting the whole exhaust with rattle can POR-15 exhaust flat black.

[Nicks67GTO]

Its been a few weeks and I got some more stuff done. From the get go I couldn't stand my X pipe. I threw it together in a hurry and it was easily visible from the side of the car. It hung low, caused issues with getting the driveshaft out, it just didn't seem to jive and looked like hell. So I pulled it, rounded up some scrap 3" aluminized exhaust pipe, a chop saw, 3" hole saw, level, bench grinder, angle grinder, and Lincoln flux core welder and went to work.

I ended up making the new H pipe setup from scratch. All in all it came to about 50 pieces. The offsets were made with pie cuts on a chop saw. I believe all the pie cuts were at 15* except a few extras were at 7*. The H pipe was made with a 3" hole saw. It was all a trial and error thing but it turned out ok. I really wish I had a better welder. The flux core welder just spits slag everywhere requiring that the surface be ground down a bit. It will hold anything and gets good penetration but the welds are never pretty.

This honestly took FOREVER but it turned out decent and fits well making the exhaust pretty much invisible at ride height. Its coated in POR15 exhaust paint and im just going to cure it by running it around for a few hours after I fire it.

I also did some QuickTime Dumps. The dumps are tucked way up there and you cant see anything except a 1/2" or so poking out under the frame from the side by the rear control arm mount. I cant wait to open this thing up with the flick of a switch!