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  1. holiday travelers

    in Just plain ol' B.S.

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    I know there are several meets and get-togethers over the next few days, the big one being PF, and I wanted to wish everyone safe travel.

     

    Have fun, be safe and get home in one piece.

     

    And remember-------PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

     

    Happy 4th.

     

    JR

  2. Branson

    in Just plain ol' B.S.

    Posted

    Nope it was a Harley Davidson color- Painted to match his bike.

     

     

    But yes, the car was stupid clean. The owner and his wife were hella nice people too, although his username escapes me now.

     

    cbkeyman

    Curt Boston and wife. Super great people.

  5. Branson Meet Shirts

    in Just plain ol' B.S.

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    I have had a few contact me about the shirts for the up-coming meet, so here is the info.

     

    I am going to place the order for the meet shirts this Friday. We should have record of those that registered, but if you were wanting an extra shirt, please post here and give me an ammount and size, and I will get it placed. I will try to keep a running total here and at 2.6 liter.

     

    Additional shirts are $15. I will deliver them at the meet, or I can mail them out after I return home.

     

    Thanks,

    JR

     

     

  6. 2.5"/3" mandrel bent exhaust NEW

    in Parts for sale

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    PM returned.

     

     

    The 2.5" is surprisingly quiet, until you get into the higher revs. The 3" is a bit too much for me without a muffler.

     

    The system was designed for a 14" muffler, but the longer ones will fit, the rear hanger just needs to be attached to the muffler itself.

     

    Here is a pic of a 2.5" next to a stock take-off (coutresy Scotty Gibb)

     

    http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7807/1000313sz.jpg

     

     

    These really are a quality made product. The shop owner has been making custom high flow exhausts for H and W body GM cars for years.

  7. 2.5"/3" mandrel bent exhaust NEW

    in Parts for sale

    Posted · Edited by jolyrgr

    Made to order exhaust systems for your '83-'89 Starion/Conquest. Turbo to tail pipe with "off-road" pipe and flex section. Direct fit for stock applications. Made right here in Kansas so I can monitor quality. These were built to be "driveway" installable. Those of you that made Branson last year saw us swap one into a Flatty in about an hour in the parking lot.

     

    2.5"-------$295+ actual shipping.

    3"----------$330+ actual shipping.

     

    Call for stainless pricing. Typically $100 additional. 3" Magnaflow cat. converter available to swap in/out with "off-road" section.

     

    Shop has a 1 week lead time standard.

     

    More details here

  16. SS oil line install

    in Just plain ol' B.S.

    Posted

    JR, that oil feed line is the one I won at Nationals in '09. Unless you had a MK1 line in that full SB set, then it's your line. I know because the 90* on the turbo is different than the 90 that was on the line I took off. The one that I took off had a square 90* fitting on the end and the one I won at nats had the gentle bend 90.

     

    That is what I meant, I was typing when too tired. The line you have is the first edition that I put out. The latest versions look like the oil cooler lines. Thanks for the clarification.

  19. SS oil line install

    in Just plain ol' B.S.

    Posted · Edited by jolyrgr

    wow, all that money and that line isn't pre-assembled? they aren't rocket science, but they aren't cheesecake to put together either. The fittings get screwed onto the braided line, but they only go in one direction. if you screw them the wrong way the braid will unravel. it's been a few years since I did the camaro ones so I can't remember which direction.

     

    the first pic of the star-orion lines aren't an lines, they are wannabe look alikes.

     

    The first pic is not of my lines. I believe those are the MK1 lines. Big Al has one of the first generation oil lines on his turbo. The angled fittings were separate from the line and the line fittings were bronze alloy on those. The oil cooler lines are AN flared in steel fittings. AN is an Army-Navy derived specification for flare, thread, and OD tubing size.

     

    It is a $14 kit, so you get what you pay for. The value for what you paid is there, but the lines are going to be way longer than you want, and as you can see, "some assembly required". Brian over at Lower Shores sells a lower (drain) oil line in rubber, made from comparable materials, but he has them assembled and they are the correct length.

     

    I personally like to have the 90 degree fitting at the top of the turbo to prevent kinking, but fittings are the most costly part of a line. With rubber cored lines, it is not such a necessity, but all of my lines are Teflon. If you kink a Teflon line, is it all but ruined.

     

    It does look like you got a "universal" type kit that has extra fittings.

     

    JR

  22. SS oil line install

    in Just plain ol' B.S.

    Posted

    Thanks although my return line is much longer than yours. It gets rid of the elbow on the turbo itself. I feel like it came with way more parts than I needed. I am also installing it on a stock turbo.

     

    Show us what you have and I bet we can figure out where it goes. I looked at his Ebay ad, and it looks as tho it uses the stock fittings, but it also looks like he uses a generic pic as well.

     

    Is this a teflon cored line or a rubber core?

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