{"id":1374,"date":"2012-08-06T22:26:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T05:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2012-08-06T22:26:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T05:26:26","slug":"headers-back-couple-minor-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"Headers back, couple minor things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Headers made it back from Swaintech<\/a>\u00a0with their White Lightning coating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Again a very high quality result, and now that I see how close the headers run to critical components like the starter and power steering, am even more glad I went with it.<\/p>\n

The coating itself should last a long long time, and help the neighboring components last longer too.<\/p>\n

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Thought I’d let the pimpy valve covers make their entry now.\u00a0 They’re the same off-white used everywhere else on the car, though they do look a little different here in the light.<\/p>\n

Still have a few little things to take care of on the underside of the car before the exhaust can go in, not the least of which is the remaining bends to make on the shifter linkage so it doesn’t bind itself up when in reverse.<\/p>\n

Out back, made a couple modifications to the rear swaybar, even though it hasn’t been used yet.\u00a0 One, was shortening the endlinks on both sides by about an inch.\u00a0 The second, was shortening the driver-side arm, so it’s the same length as the non-adjustable passenger side.\u00a0 These two changes should provide a lot more bump travel – with this arm length, the bar arm\u00a0ends will\u00a0contact the floor (if nothing else hits first) at\u00a0its highest point, allowing for maximum travel.\u00a0 You can see it somewhat here:<\/p>\n

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A couple weeks ago I put together\u00a0a to-do list of things I could think of off the top of my head.\u00a0 Presently it has 57 items, of which 7 have been done.\u00a0 4 will require outside help – mount tires to wheels (which themselves haven’t even been made yet), add a slight bend to front swaybar arms (purchased a narrower front center section for the swaybar to allow for more tire clearance, but it requires modification to the arm shape), welding the alternator bracket to the header (found\u00a0a bracket<\/a>\u00a0but should have it welded for better stability\/reliability), and the headliner install.\u00a0 I could *try* the headliner install myself but everything I’ve seen says you need at least 2 people, if not 3.\u00a0 It’s not like newer stuff where it snaps in, it’s a real fabric thing with adhesive and these wacky metal rods.\u00a0 Looks like awful work.<\/p>\n

Each of the tasks on the list are 4-8 hours, so still a long way to go.\u00a0 Will try to take more pictures along the way.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s an artsy one in the meantime…<\/p>\n

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Headers made it back from Swaintech\u00a0with their White Lightning coating.\u00a0 Again a very high quality result, and now that I see how close the headers run to critical components like the starter and power steering, am even more glad I went with it. The coating itself should last a long long time, and help the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,1,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1374"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rhoadescamaro.com\/build\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}