didn't finish the exhaust today, but he did send me a teaser pic...
cut-out before muffler is all that's left to do...

 

well...Jerry recorded over the video he took of its idle...
but he got me coming back from the first drive down the MSS test track and then heading out to Buster's shop for the exhaust work...

http://cablebandit.net/videos/firstdrive.wmv

 

dam youve turned around a trans and motor, while ive been waiting on my trans the whole time, or the converter anyway. When u gonna try to hit the track.

 

after some tuning, some break-in miles and a couple of oil changes...at least...

 

video link added above...

 

decided to go with a v-band clamped intermediate pipe instead of a cut-out...alot cleaner look...just as easy, if not easier to open up the exhaust...
3" header collector to 3" y-pipe, over crossmember (I can drop my tranny pan now) to 3.5" collector (for future upgrades) then 3.5" reduced to current 3" intermediate...

finished work:

 

Looks good Al.

 

thanks Dave!
yeah...I like it alot...
sounds really good...can't wait to get it tuned in when Jerry gets back from basking in the FL sun...or is that baking?
drove it home and to work tonight and back...
need to put a few more miles on her and do the first oil change...maybe tomorrow...

 

first oil change today, hopefully...
need to get o2 sensors and WB hooked back up...
haven't had any time for either w/ work...

 

tranny seems fine...of course I haven't romped on it either...
just finished up the first oil change...oil looked good...
very slight glimmer of metal in oil and maybe a 1/16th of an inch of the same collected on the magnetic tip of the drain plug...
so far no smoke, no blow by from the vent on driver side vc and the passenger side vc filter didn't seem oily either...
no knocking or strange noises...
o2's are in and plugged up...still running open loop til Jerry gets back...
gonna go pick up some anti-seize tonight and install the WB sensor...and change the fuel filter as well...it's due...