Hello
> Some doofus muffler shop cut the flange off the end of the exhaust
> manifold and welded the downpipe directly onto it (P.O. before P.O.).
> What is the best (still inexpensive) tool to cut through the pipe?
If its not too large you can get a tubing bcutter at home
despot for like ten bucks. I have one that cuts up to 1" tubing but they
make bigger ones.
>
> I'm buying a header because it's cracked anyway. Should I take the car
> to a good muffler shop and having them fabricate something or should I
> buy the exhaust from Rallye or another vendor? If through a vendor,
> any preferences (price, quality, ease of installation)?
>
> Rallye is a bit pricey ($450 or so for the exhaust system) and I'm not
> concerned about originality but do want quality and an attractive sound
> and tailpipe.
I got my mostly stainless steal header from Stan and I like it a
lot. I bought a stainless steal supertrapp from summit and had the
local good muffler place connect the two up with 2 " pipe. It probably
cost about the same as the rallye price .
>
>
> Finally, the '70 has a thingie (technical term there) on the intake
> manifold that prevents the car from going immediately to idle in third
> and fourth (or so I've been told). Two wires go to it; one is busted.
> Do I want this thing functional, or is it best left disabled?
Man I'm glad I have a 69. They had some smog stuff but it was
easy to remove the 70 just sounds like a nitemare with all the extra
tubes and hoses and solinoids and such...
Daniel 69 2000
SF CA
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> Adam
> '70 1600 SPL311-28181
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