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Schumacher Tri-Y's
Here are the much talked
about Schumacher Tri-Y's. From personal experience, I can tell you they're
as good as Schumacher says they are.
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Here you can see
the tubes going down along the power steering box. There's about 1/4" of
clearance. Under power the motor twists away from the box though, so any
amount of clearance is fine. Plug and wire clearance
is great, although I had to bend the dipstick to get it around between
the header tube and PS box. At the lower right of the pic, you can see
where the #7 tube hit the outer sleeve of my column. It's not hard to shorten
the outer sleeve though, and alot of guys didnt have this problem. |
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The collectors having
only two pipes are more tall and skinny which allows it to fit nicely between
the torsion bar and starter.
A stud can't be used
on the starter because it wont slide forward far enough to remove. Bolts
however, work just fine and the starter can be removed with the header
in place. Here's also a nice place
for a proportioning valve. The shifter cable was
only temporary here. I've since moved it near the starter and up over the
bellhousing. |
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The passenger header
has lots of room around it. Nuf said here. |
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The passenger collector
was only 1/8" from the torsion bar, so I had to grind the side of the collector
a bit, but nothing major. Also, I should note here that 3" side exit exhaust
fits without any custom bending, a length of straight pipe and 4 - 45's
were all that was needed. I used standard truck mufflers 29" long, center
inlet, offset outlet.
Another note...the good
headers all have thick flanges. The header bolt kits offered are way too
short for them, as you can see by the anti-freeze that leaked all over
mine. I ended up using standard
1 1/2" bolts.
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