| Author | Message | ||
| William Badurski (Billb)
Junior Member Username: Billb Post Number: 172 Registered: 6-2001 |
Terry, These are for Euro exhaust which uses a slip-fit and muffler clamps. I have also made them for USA exhaust cars using three-bolt flanges (from Chevy) and flared exhaust pipe ends. The Euro system uses about a 1-7/8" OD pipe (aluminum or steel), which slips over the headers and inside of the resonator pipe inlets. Also, because the Euro headers use small balance tube flanges on the sides, you'll need to fabricate four small blanking plates from metal and drill two mounting holes in each plate to attach them to the unused header flanges. They are shaped similar to a Chevy thermostat gasket. The system on my car was powder-coated in a silver, stainless steel looking shade to match the stainless resonators. | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 499 Registered: 4-2002 |
Bill, The pipes are straight aluminum, right? Are they a slip fit with exhaust pipe brackets to hold together or are there flanges? This is a mod I would do immediatly! The louder the better... | ||
| William Badurski (Billb)
Junior Member Username: Billb Post Number: 169 Registered: 6-2001 |
Terry, Here's the solution to the exhaust sound. Check the straight pipes ahead of the resonator sections. This will raise the hair on your back!  | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 496 Registered: 4-2002 |
I did see that car on ebay. I have serious doubts as to that being a real sale. The buyer had a zero feedback. That car needed a complete interior restoration, paint, some mechanical work and lots of detailing. Do the math. If you pay $104K for that car, by the time you have a real nice Daytona, your into it for $140K+. Given that $130k will by you a fantastic condition car, I just cant see paying $104 for what amounts to a driving restoration project. It would be very interesting to learn what actually happened and does happen to that car. | ||
| Armen Gugasian (Ag512bbi)
New member Username: Ag512bbi Post Number: 35 Registered: 6-2002 |
Terry, Definitley a "Man's Car". I always say, "If you can drive a Daytona well, You could drive anything"!!!!!!!! | ||
| Don Vollum (Donv)
Junior Member Username: Donv Post Number: 82 Registered: 1-2002 |
That's great! Did you see the no-reserve Daytona on eBay? I almost put a bid in. The eventual buyer was a dealer in northern california, and it went for around $104k, a bit high I thought. Maybe Daytona prices are firmer than I thought. | ||
| Terry Springer (Tspringer)
Member Username: Tspringer Post Number: 495 Registered: 4-2002 |
I tried to post on this last night but it vanished? If it comes up...sorry for the double. I got to drive a gorgeous 1970 Daytona yesterday! Its a Euro car, rebuilt comp. spec engine and fresh transaxle. Red/black. Anyhow, after all the horror stories on truck like heavy steering, terrible brakes, bad driving position, and the wonderful screaming V12 noise... well I'm thinking there are LOTS of misconceptions about these cars. The steering was heavy at walking speeds, but at anything faster than a walk, it was fine. Once moving fast enough for the speedo to register the steering gave great feedback and was very direct. Even at parking speeds it was not that bad. I drove an '85 RX7 for a few years that was much worse. This car had a freshly rebuilt braking system with some apparent upgrades to hoses and such. The brakes were a real surprise. The pulled hard and did not require lots of pedal pressure. They are progressive and give good feedback. I was actually very impressed with the brakes. I did not drive hard enough to get any impression on fade. The driving position was better than my 308. The seat fit me better, more headroom, my hand fell right to the shifter, lots of foot room around the pedals and much easier to get into and out of. Overall a great fitting car. I was disappointed at the sounds. It has a stock air cleaner housing with K&N Filter and a stock type full stainless exhaust. The exhaust had 2 mufflers and 2 resonators. There is pretty much no carb sucking sounds. Also, the exhaust note is good sounding... but my 308 with tubi is MUCH louder. I was expecting a loud, aggressive V12 wail. IT was actually pretty subdued and quiet. With the windows rolled up it was no louder than your average car really. This is something I would have to change! Overall a great driving car. Tons of power and torque, very responsive steering, good handling in a decidedly vintage way. The only thing that really did live up to the "manly car" reputation was the shifting. Despite this car having a fresh transaxle... it took a firm hand to shift. Very deliberate actions required. Perhaps its because im not used to it as yet. When the owner drove, he did seem to shift it easier and downshifts were very smooth. It just requires a firm push when shifting. Not crazy hard or anything. Its just with my 911 you can shift with the fingertips and when your used to it and really get it right, the shifting tends to sorta "suck" into the next higher gear very smoothly. In any event, I LOVED it! What an incredibly gorgeous car. I kicked myself for not taking my camera. Oh well, I should be able to shoot some pics next week. |