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Don't buy a bike from Big Phil. Â Have you seen what he does on them!

Yeah that front end graft came out great! Â Probably stronger than stock too. Â The muffler I used is the from the premium 2.5" set from MSA. Â It's a Dynomax center in-side out muffler and it does not look like it would fit up in the quarter panel cheek space, but it does if you tilt it at about a 20 degree angle or so, looking from the back. Â You can run your hand all the way around my muffler the way it's tucked now. Â I really like the idea of the flex joint...manifold gasket saver and cut down on exhaust system vibrations. Â Maybe I'll copy that idea next Spring. Â

One end of the muffler has a middle port and the other end has an offset port. Â I think you have it reversed.

Definitely see improvements in the show. Â My wife actually likes it but not as much as the Brit version of course.

The trouble is, I am starting to believe that everyone IS out to get me...maybe that's a good thing. Â Â

  Might be too late but you can flip that MSA tail muffler end to end and get it really tucked away tightly. I wish they included directions with their kit.  Took me a few tries to get it in the right spot. No rubbing at all like this. Car looks awesome!

 Check for 12volts at the coil + when the key is in the run position.  If it's not, then you know why it wont run. I am not sure, but it is entirely possible that the 12v was feeding through the tach circuit.  Another possibility is that you knocked some connectors loose under the dash.Â

Thus guy is probably legally blind. Â Nothing else would explain that.Â

Nice to have friends with trailers! Â I thought that was a great deal as well. Â Hope we never need it to get back from a track day!Â

"Sold it? Never haha. What made you think that?" -Aziza http://forums.hybrid...post__p__651709 Â Â Â

I wasn't joking about weights and a vise.

 You can make more than 300hp (intercooled) with the stock cam, intake, and porting, just to clarify.  It just begins to get harder and harder (read inefficient) after that.  Not only because of the cam.  Free breathing exhaust, no fueling or timing limitations, decent intercooling, and boost, are the main ingredients needed in the 300-400hp range.  Stock cam and long block will do.Â

 Yeah double and triple protection of newly painted fenders is a must.  Old fenders are easy on the back.  Just plant your elbows wherever you like when you lean into the bay.  Looking great David.  I love the overindulgence of plated hardware.  I told Clive your new nickname will be "GoldenNuts". Â

  Weights, broom handle, hose clamps, vise, and a calculator.  The broom handle and clamps are optional if the handle on your wrench is long enough to hang the weights, or you don't have a lot of weight.. You can use a pail of water.  Test a few different weights to check the full range of use.  Use locktite, cotter pins, or wire, on critical bolts. Torque = Force x Distance

Grade A, First Class work!Â

A lot of what I would recommend depends on the rest of the cars condition and your short and long term goals for the car.  Nice pictures by the way. I wish sellers would take photos like that, BEFORE they sell a "rust free" car to someone.    If you are going to a shop, I am teetering towards the full floor pan replacement route.  Full replacement would probably be just as much labor as patchwork, with a better end result.Â

Exhaust velocity at the tailpipe might also be at play here. Â I find that you get MUCH more stink when driving at part and low throttle. Â I think that at high engine loads, the exhaust stream is fast enough to get mostly out past the tail-wake. Â When the exhaust is moving slowly, it gets mixed into the tail-wake and swirls around the rear quarter of the car..

Traditionally I have made post #2. Â Happy Thanksgiving!

Nice build. Â I think I can use that same build sheet for my car, minus half a handful of items. Â Â How do you like the ACT 6-puck? I got tired of mine and went with a larger diameter street clutch from ACT. Â Much more driveable on the street...well DUH.

Steam suxorz!

Yes they were aftermarket. Â MSA used to sell them. Â I am not sure if they still do or where to get them. Â I made my own simply by cutting out the center area of the lid and installing a screen. Â Not glamorous but effective.

Vented how? Â Custom made or the aftermarket louvered ones?

 Of course I like the British version more, but I still hope that the show continues, and continues to improve.  What the heck else is there to watch on TV???Â

     Tony I agree, and I state that sheepskin society refers to them as such, because of the lack of a college or graduate degree, but such are often smarter and more motivated than the latter in reality.  Not at all meant as a pejorative.  Quite the opposite really.  I more often seek advice, from the experienced machinist, cutting the steel, than from the degreed design engineer, prior to completing a design.  It takes both views to complete the plan.  Really sad when so much credence is blindly placed on a piece of paper, and a person is put on a pedestal, fabricated solely of certified books that have been checked off and stacked.     I am the first in a long generation of family to get a college degree, and I see the merits of one, but the last thing I would do is derogate a hard working man or woman.  You don't know me and I can't expect anyone to read my words and know exactly what I mean but you missed my message.Â

  I have only a measly BSME but I have helped ME Graduate's with their homework.  It's sad to see what some students DON'T learn, but still get the "right to practice" because of the sheepskin.   Sadder still to see the supposed "grease monkey", with more intelligence and motivation than the decorated graduates, struggling to "make it". Â