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  1. Gerald Morris

    1971 Newport Muffler

    Good stuff to know. The big muffler on my '68 looks very similar. I probably will install the dual exhaust I ran on Mathilda, which was made for a '67-68 to start with. Its all in very nice shape. Soon as the weather here cools down, I have that, and several other major projects to do with...
  2. Gerald Morris

    mixing hp and non hp manifolds

    You BET they are! That was the FUD that prevented me from spending cash on one for $89 I saw on eBay. My other reason for not buying is that the extra power one gets from these comes at higher revs, and my ride is used at lower revs 99% of the time. Further reading on this indicates I'm...
  3. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    You're very right w.r.t. quality of conductors and conductive surfaces. I dig Hopster's wares plenty already. I scored a crop of old Bosch platinum plugs early this yr which are holding up well. The old factory ignition does well with what I use with it now, much supplied by Hoppy, rounded...
  4. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Right on! I dig it. Found some 1960s style NOS Anco wipers last week. Sooo superior to modern crap! Refillable, IFF one can find good rubber blades. These should last a few yrs. They were well preserved, and the rubber was fresh.
  5. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Anything made by low morale, low MORAL asiatic slave labor will be of dubious quality at best. Even here, conformist, coercive culture produces workers motivated to "go along to get along" instead of to EXCEL. Managers and officials in such environments do worse yet, punishing honesty...
  6. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Interesting that you're using shorty headers. I've thought about trying those too, but as a city/family driver, I think I would benefit more from long tube headers for low RPM torque. I know from past use that I did get more low end performance even with log manifolds just by installing dual...
  7. Gerald Morris

    mixing hp and non hp manifolds

    They did, and so did this odd Newport. Nice big single exhaust, huge muffler too, which has split. Not too loud YET, but a matter of time... I reckon a modestly priced RH HP manifold might yield a few extra ponies in the high revs, though I seldom use that. I KNOW dual pipes help this motor...
  8. Gerald Morris

    mixing hp and non hp manifolds

    Looking at a low priced 1968 #2806900 got me looking for some cost-benefit data on whether To buy, or Not to Buy... I run a 1965 engine in that car w 915 heads, and having the asymmetric manifolds bugs me slightly, though I RARELY push the engine over 3000 rpm. BUT, I have nice dual pipes to...
  9. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Ah, THIS might be the route to try for Gertrude! Maybe the HP manifold for the passenger side to match the driver side too. This be a FAMILY ride after all.
  10. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Yah, I can believe that. Not likely I'll do it. I've probably reached the acme of performance on stock, single point performance with this 383. It does well enough with the Taylor coil, solid core copper wires and platinum plugs. I got back 270 ppm of hydrocarbons in the exhaust, where the...
  11. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Hall Effect trigger requires less maintenance than breakers, for sure! I like my breakers, but sometimes speculate about using some primitive CD w them. MSD isn't primitive of course. Having got this old motor doing so nicely with the turn of the 19th to 20th century stuff, that I don't...
  12. Gerald Morris

    Headman Headers....do they ALWAYS burn plug leads and arc out on the headers???

    Curious, are you running a breaker point trigger for that MSD 6A? I've been meditating on something like this for our family ride, even though Gertrude runs reasonably well with the venerable Kettering setup the car was designed with....
  13. Gerald Morris

    Gonna get dual exhaust on my 66 windsor...

    I do my own pipe work, which goes easily when one has properly bent pipes to begin with. I ordered mine from some Canadian who sells decent wares on eBay. His stuff went in pretty easily, with the greatest obstacles being: 1.) I ordered a 1967 pipe set for a 1966 car. Not MUCH difference...
  14. Gerald Morris

    Aftermarket muffler close in sound/db as OEM

    I've been complemented repeatedly by my neighbors for the quietude of both my Slab Cs, which both had original single pipe exhausts on them when bought. I plan to exchange the big "sewer pipe" on Gertrude for the dual pipes I bought for Mathilda this summer. The stock C body exhausts ARE VERY...
  15. Gerald Morris

    Gonna get dual exhaust on my 66 windsor...

    Get a lawyer. You paid MONEY for that crap work? Don't feel too bad. If you hire a shop these daze, such Kwollittee is the rule. Swarms of sleazy operators get into the exhaust racket. Avoid them.
  16. Gerald Morris

    Gonna get dual exhaust on my 66 windsor...

    A decent set of aluminized 2.5 inch pipes, bent to OEM spec can still be got for less than $700. As soon as the primary school quarter ends, I plan to convert Trudy to dual pipes. I still have the set made for a '67 Newport which I installed to Mathilda 3 yrs ago, and they're very clean.
  17. Gerald Morris

    Gonna get dual exhaust on my 66 windsor...

    I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND your concerns with the environment you live in, as I dwell on the very south side of Toostoned AZ myself, and copped a nice deal on a 2.5" dual exhaust system for my '66, which I'm planning to put on our '68 now. The pipes are good Canadian steel, and it went on very...
  18. Gerald Morris

    New Muffler Sound Laws and Enforcement

    Yowza yowza! I DIG that Highway Sound! My Walker muffler is about a yard long, and like you, I prefer the throaty sound of WOT w all 4 or more barrels.
  19. Gerald Morris

    New Muffler Sound Laws and Enforcement

    I know ONE Thing for sure: in my barrio, I receive the MOST complements on Gertrude because while reasonably powerful, she runs DEAD QUIET. Most folks appreciate THAT little consideration. The youngsters like the fact that I can keep something as old as their nanas and abuelos running...
  20. Gerald Morris

    New Muffler Sound Laws and Enforcement

    I enjoy the sound of the arselochers running WOT followed by the sound of glass breaking, metal thumping and crunching all at once, then ambulance sirens. I LOVE the Sound of the City in the evening! Sounds like...Civilization!
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