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EnergyFX · 10-20-2004, 07:37 PM

2 " drop in the front. The drop in the front also let me finally yank the helper springs off the rear so the back came down about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch as well from where it had been sitting. Check the link in my sig for a comparison of where it used to be. It looks nice, but... I wonder if there are any of those tri-y headers still available!!! My SuperComps arent very happy with me now, lol.

EnergyFX · 10-20-2004, 07:37 PM

2 " drop in the front. The drop in the front also let me finally yank the helper springs off the rear so the back came down about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch as well from where it had been sitting. Check the link in my sig for a comparison of where it used to be. It looks nice, but... I wonder if there are any of those tri-y headers still available!!! My SuperComps arent very happy with me now, lol.

Beebe · 10-21-2004, 07:33 AM

What pictures are wew supposed to compare?

EnergyFX · 10-21-2004, 08:48 AM

What do you mean? You "should" see a recent picture of the car under the paragraph I typed and if you click on the banner in my signiture line you can see a ton of pictures of the car from last year.

soupman · 10-21-2004, 10:02 AM

What are those rims you have? Are they American Racing?

EnergyFX · 10-21-2004, 12:42 PM

My new ones are Centerline Polished Autodrags, the ones in the old pictures are Centerline Champ 500s.

I bought the Autodrags from a member here on the board. He had them up on eBay.

Beebe · 10-21-2004, 01:08 PM

For some reason I cant see the new picture

racerboy · 10-21-2004, 01:31 PM

EnergyFX,
Your new pic wsa never posted. Nothing to see but an 'x' where the .jpg supposed to be. Can you repost it?

EnergyFX · 10-21-2004, 01:51 PM

It was linked from another site. I edited the post and uploaded it instead.

Does it work now?

tdavidl · 10-21-2004, 07:12 PM

yes sir, works now, lookin good (& mean i might add)....

Formula8 · 10-22-2004, 02:10 AM

Way....way better!!!! What springs did you end up using???

wrench · 10-22-2004, 03:56 AM

That looks sweet! I thought you were going with the Vette Brakes kit? I have the same problem with my Supercomps. Does anyone make a header that is comparable in quality but doesn't hang so low on the drivers side?

EnergyFX · 10-22-2004, 07:36 AM

I am still considering the VBP kit, but I don't intend to sink that large of a chunk of money into the suspension for some time. I went with some custom made springs from Coil Spring Specialties. I simply requested a 2" drop with a 40% increase in spring rate and they spun them up and sent them to me. Springs were $120 and I got a set of 4 brand new Edelbrock IAS shocks off of eBay for just a bit over $200.

Now that I have seen what kind of stuff Wayne Due can produce for 2nd gens... the VBP kit is starting to look a bit insignificant. I couldn't stand the tall stance the car had so I decided to go low buck for now and use my money to press on with improving the appearance. I've been sinking a lot of money into little things like trim pieces and interior items.

The rear of the car is sitting at its natural 30 year sag height. When I went to the new wheels and tires I went to a significantly shorter tire than I had before. It really exagerated the "nose up" stance as well as caused a good 4.5 to 5 inch gap between the tire and the lip of the front fender.

There is a member here on the PY board that recently fabbed up some tri-y headers for our cars. They offer a significant amount of clearance over the SuperComps and for a very reasonable price. Do a search for tri-y headers on this forum and you should be able to pull up the recent topic. I will most likely be getting a set in the comming months.

melhanan · 10-22-2004, 09:02 AM

Looks Great. Hedman makes some stepped shorty headers for Pontiac but I've never seen them listed. I read about them in this article, http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles...nt/index3.html. I don't know the part# but if you e-mail Hedman Hedders they will let you know. I did this once but lost the #. I hope their still available as my 77 TA, w/ Global West 1" 1\2 lowered springs w/ Hookers are speed bump smackers. Matt

melhanan · 10-22-2004, 09:21 AM

Has anyone actually used these Hedman shorty headers. Are they worth a damn? Matt

EnergyFX · 10-22-2004, 10:28 AM

The bigger question would be do they have them for round port heads?

wrench · 10-22-2004, 03:19 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by EnergyFX:
I am still considering the VBP kit, but I don't intend to sink that large of a chunk of money into the suspension for some time. I went with some custom made springs from Coil Spring Specialties. I simply requested a 2" drop with a 40% increase in spring rate and they spun them up and sent them to me. Springs were $120 and I got a set of 4 brand new Edelbrock IAS shocks off of eBay for just a bit over $200.

Now that I have seen what kind of stuff Wayne Due can produce for 2nd gens... the VBP kit is starting to look a bit insignificant. I couldn't stand the tall stance the car had so I decided to go low buck for now and use my money to press on with improving the appearance. I've been sinking a lot of money into little things like trim pieces and interior items.

The rear of the car is sitting at its natural 30 year sag height. When I went to the new wheels and tires I went to a significantly shorter tire than I had before. It really exagerated the "nose up" stance as well as caused a good 4.5 to 5 inch gap between the tire and the lip of the front fender.

There is a member here on the PY board that recently fabbed up some tri-y headers for our cars. They offer a significant amount of clearance over the SuperComps and for a very reasonable price. Do a search for tri-y headers on this forum and you should be able to pull up the recent topic. I will most likely be getting a set in the comming months. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks for the tip. The tri-y headers look great. If I didn't have a ton of $ invested in my coated Hooker's I would buy them now. I guess it is only a matter of time before they get crushed with the amount of street driving I do and with the awfull road conditions here in eastern CT. They really did a great job with your springs getting the ride height perfect. I am glad though that I went with an adjustable setup. I have been working on shedding weight and every time I do the nose comes up.

TURBOWNER · 10-31-2004, 12:59 AM

i INSTALLED ONE OF THE 1ST SET OF TRI-Y HEADERS ON A STOCK 74 SD-THEY ARE BASICALLY EVEN WITH THE FRAME (GIVE OR TAKE .5) PERFORMACE WENT FROM 13.73@102 TO 13.16@106-BUY THEM NOW, YOU WONT BE SORRY.

Trev · 10-31-2004, 05:57 AM

I just checked out your old pictures. The new stance looks great. A significant improvement over the old! Wheel & tire combo looks good too.

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