TTI for duster

OK I have been reading the TTI set up for and A body, some questions do i need to take off mu torsion bars to install these things?? Would it be better to set up my engine and get it dialed in with my cheap header then put on the TTIs to prevent damage to them fro getting to Hot? I will take any advice I can get :roll:

The TTIs supposed to be designed not to interfere with the suspension. Usually the centerlink goes thru the headers on most designs, but the TTIs don't. Torsion bars shouldn't be any problems.

Chad, I have installed 2 set's in my car. I can walk you right through it. Piece of cake. I have a used set in my garage right now. I am taking the body shop to court pretty soon. I filed the paper's tues. If I lose they will not get my old header's back and they will be for sale. If you need them sooner call John Cambridge. He is great and has the best prices. I'm busy right now but I will help you in the header department. I'm and expert! LOL I've done it 4 time's in 7 year's. :roll: :roll:

Are you talking Big Block??...if so, do the 1 7/8 and 2" have different mounting issues??

hey Brett sounds like a plan, i might go ahead and stick the cheapo set I have on it for right now and the go with the good TTIs once the car is straight.

hey cochez its a small block 340 with P&P J heads 2.02/1.60, I was wondering if the step 1 5/8 to 1 3/4 woudl be better that just 1 5/8?

so what do I want the Chrome, Ceramic coated or the coated with thermal barrier?? Brett What the hell is the diff???

thinking about going the whole system TTI all the way out with the Dynomax Muffs whats yall take.

If you inboarded the springs it won't work...I had to loose the tailpipes and go to turn downs...

rigth now i am not planing on a spring in board, i have 50s on it and they fit fine so i think that will be enough tire for what i plan on doing.

Chad, If you go with the TTI now it will save you a bunch of hassle later. The cheap header's go around the streering linkage. It's not that big a deal but if the budget allow's get the TTI's now and be done with it. The driver side is two piece and does not got through the streering linkage. I installed mine in 2 hours on a hoist. (A MUST) Now that the header's are in let's build the exhaust. Remember if you change header's later the exhaust will not line up, so think about this now.

I have a Dr Gas X Pipe kit. 3" to 2 1/2. Then straight to the muff's and then TTI tail's. This kit can be put in with out bending one pipe. I have the 3/4 spring relocate kit and it fit's fine. I also have the TTI exhaust tips. Your car might not have the slots for the tips.

My 340 was faster with this exhaust than it was with open header's. I also ran my 11.11 with this exhaust hooked up. It was designed by Scott Brown at Straightline Performance. This set up works! Period!! It's not cheap but nothing worth while is. I got all my TTI stuff from John Cambridge. Don't even bother going anywhere else. You won't find a better deal.

Keep me posted on what you want to do. I've been there and done that so I can help you through it. I'll help you get the most out of what you want to do.

Brett

I just got a shipment from John today (it got here ahead of schedule :D ) and he had included a TTI flyer for their X-pipes. Looks good and they have one for the a-body in 2.5" and 3". If you're going to get the TTI headers from John, might as well just get the X-pipe and the rest of the system. At least you know it was all made to work together. Anyway gotta get ready to go the airport :D

I emailed him to figure out a deal on the whole system he has been busy one of his guys is on Vacation i guess.

hey Brett i know you have the thermal coated set up because its the most exspensive but what does it do. Will keep the heat out of the engine compartment. Is It worth the extra $50??

The thermal coating will keep the heat in the pipes and make more power and lower engine temps. It also looks better then the nickel plating that will turn blue from the heat.

Will keep the heat out of the engine compartment. Is It worth the extra $50??

I had a regular set of headers (no coating) in the car at first they heat was crazy compared to my Jet Hot coated headers... You can actually bump 'em (I don't recommend doing it) and not leave skin like the uncoated headers...Jut makes it easier to work in the engine comp when the car is running...

Now Chad :lol: I don't alway's buy the most expensive stuff. Just hate upgrading later and wasting hard earned money. Yes I got the thermal coating and even had them polished for an extra $35. Definately get the thermal coating. My car runs 165 all day and you won't burn yourself to death if you had to work on the car after it's been running.

OK I will get the High Grade set think I will have to wait for a couple of weeks on the exhaust though, thats another $500 damn the exhaust is more than I paid for the car :shock:

well just mt luck, Called John to order the thermal Coated set and He was out take 2 weeks to get it in cant wait that long so she will get the cheapo set for now and upgrade later. Got to get this engine in before Craig get here on friday and i still dont have that roller Pilot bearing, hoping it come today. Shit Happens.

Beside it might be better with the cheapos untill its finished painting dont want to have to kill my Painter Like Brett :lol: if he FXXX up a $1000 exhaust i would break someones neck!!!!!!!!

Exhaust gets expensive doesnt it ?

I paid $500 for my exhaust kit. Then I bought an X pipe later for $95.
Thank god I got my headers for free.

John, is the guy for the TTI headers, Fastback how did the xpipe
work out?

Its still sitting in the basement next to all the other parts Ive bought this year. :roll:

yes i changed my mind again. i was going to stick the cheapos on for a while but i going to call John on monday and order the ceramic coated he has those in stock and can have them in a week I would think, that way i can get Craig to help me install them :twisted: Cant wait 2 weeks or them I will be sticking them on by myself. I want to have it running before craig goes Back to Hawaii.

Hope it will be all done by the time I leave, I want to at least ride in it :wink:

that what I want to, I think we can do it. No problem. i will get the tranny in tomorrow and then the rest is cake :D

OK the tranny is in and I ordered the Ceramic TTIs should be here by next week :D I wanted the heat treated but none in stock OH well, me and craig will deff have the best running soon :wink: :wink:

How are you finding time to do all this work, and post too :shock:

pace yourself brother, i also have been working on a house every day and Going to the gym , you got to pace your self 8)

I have a hard time getting car motivated after dealing with them all day. hair on ya bro :D

I'm kind of in burn out stage too. I bought the Goldwing to take a little break and give me something else to do. I'm gonna hit some car shows this summer and have fun that way. I have a tendency to tear sh&t up when I get real motivated :lol:

both of you guys have earned the right to kick back your rodes are sharp enough to go to car show. remeber I won the most ugly interior and I am finaly starting to see some progress. If I was in your position i would hit the cruz or car show and suck up some of the praise that yall deserve for all of your hard work and money invested.

Dont worry i will get there.

Well johns sent out My TTI headers on tuesday so should behere early next weeK, cant wait to get them :D :D :D

Chad, UPS says they will deliver tomorrow. :D

damn cant beat that for service, john you ae a "PARTS GOD!!!!"

I guess thats something else I'll be working on this weekend :lol:

that for sure. this weekend hell tomorrow

Chad, let me know how you and Craig make out putting on your TTi's I have a set now as well and have been waiting (seems to always be someting getting in the way) before I can stick them on.

have fun brother, We still havent gotten the passanger side in. the driver side went right in, I think Craig ran out of cuss words.

you better Jack that thing up 6' and hope for the best.

I think the problem is i have a Lakewood bellhousing and it wont slide buy on the pass side.

well me and Craig finaly got the TTIs in Place, after we pulled teh pass side torsion bar they went right in. The directions should say unless you have a lift and can raise the car 8 feet in the air remove the pass side torsion bar. they look good we beat the pass side up a little but nothing to bad, couldnt have done it without Craig.

The "Hard" side went right in and the "Easy" side was a pain in the butt :?: :roll:

Its funny how thenm things work out i hate puting headers in!But in the end there great! :shock:

well everything fit but with less tha .001 clearance on the starter and clutch rod :shock: Lot of cussing went into that.

Chad, was your motor set at the factory stock specs that TTI suggested or was it out of tolerence? These things are suppsoe to be an breeze to install and now you got me scared that I shouldn't try it in my garage. I have no lift and no added help like you had. My effort would probably be like a monkey xxxxing a dounut the way somem projects go for me.

When we gonna see pics etc :?: :?: :?:

Oh Yea, did you keepp Craig out of trouble :P

Steve, you shouldn't have a problem. The clutch linkage and lakewood bellhousing is where all the problems came from. Your set up should be easy. If you follow the directions that came with the headers, you shouldn't run into any problems. If you do, I might have a reason to fly up and help you :D

God Craig, if you come to Ks, you'll be visiting all the Garden spots, let's see,, El Paso, Kansas City. Oh well, I do appreciate the thought of you considering to help, but hopefully I won't need it. Are you at home or still traveling?

I'm still in El Paso, not going to leave here until the 24th. Or until Chads car is running, which ever comes first :wink: From here I go back to Las Vegas then finally back to Hawaii on the 27th.......Maybe :roll: :D

Make sure you keep Chad out of trouble down there.

We sorta gotta keep each other out of trouble :roll: :drunken:

he is keeping me straight Steve.

For some reason guys I don't believe you two :drunken: :twisted:

You know, a real friend will bail you out of jail and a true friend will ask, what the F happend to us last night and how we gonna get out of here?

You guys take care :thumrigh:

Keep us posted on the Dusters progress...

Just about got the fuel system plumbed. The only hold up was having the wrong tube sleeves. The parts guy gave us -6 tube nuts and -8 tube sleeves :evil:

Just about got the fuel system plumbed. The only hold up was having the wrong tube sleeves. The parts guy gave us -6 tube nuts and -8 tube sleeves :evil:they did that to me and my dad when we where working on his lines! :evil:

hopefully we will have her fired off this weekend , she is starting to come together. Just the wiring to do and she is ready.

Sounds like you two guys are on a roll!
Did you taking any pics as you go? Like before and after pics of stuff you do.
Can't wait to see some pics :bounce:

No but i think I will take some todayadn post them, Hope to have the cooling system done today and the I will set the carb, Craig is working on the electrical so we will see how it goes.

Hey Chad,
Are you sure you guy's are working on the car, or the case in the fridge. Your typing seems a little worse as the day goes on. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Jack

who me :shock: :shock: Na we have been at it, Its coming together, the cooling system hit a stall, had to go buy one of those flex hose kits becasue after I installed the new Alum Radiator the stock OEM hoses wouldnt fit, that wasnt cheap. Got the radiator all mocked up and the hoses cut just need to put on the Macrh pulleys and the set the fan. i am going to use the clutch fan one of the only reused parts so i had to throw some paint on it as soon as its dry I can finish the cooling system. I will lety Craig tell yall about the wiring he is hard at it.

Glad to here it isn't going to bad. We want to see pics when you get it running. You know the kind we like, somebody hanging on for their life when you hit the go peddle. LOL

Jack

just a quick couple of photos my girlfrien is draging us out of the house.

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craig fxxx off on the phone , cant nget any work out of him
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Looking good.

I hope your collectors don't hang down as low as My Big Block CPPA's do, ground clearance is a real problem!

C'mon guys. You need to take that thing on a road trip to break in the engine. Just head east on I-10 to Houston and we'll go tear up the streets. Those ricer punks on Westhiemer won't know what hit 'em! :D

You guys deserve a night of fun and suds to toast your progess and friendship.

I think the collector will be fine, Craig has been hard at the wiring. He has the back done pretty much and I got the March braket in for the Alt today so he can finish that in the morning. he is haveing some problem pulling the stearing wheel the roll pin is stuck and he cant get the ignition switch out but once thats done he will have it beat.
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I finished the plumbing on the fuel system today and the cooling system is complete, start on the alt in the morning and then change over the brake master cyl and then set up the grill so he can finish the head lights.
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Couldnt have gotten this far with out Craigs help, He is the man. We may have to roll down to Houston way and eat some rice. I will be coming that way so enough heading back to Al.

Hey I was on the phone with Painful, I mean Painless Wiring :lol: It's not my fault they doubled up on the power circuit and left things like the license plate light and reverse light out then failed to mention it in their manual :? They also don't include any ground wire :roll: The only original wiring left in the car is the turn signal harness in the steering column.

Chad your motor is looking SWEET! Nice work :thumleft:

thanks Pro street its comming along slow but sure just cant wait to fire her up :D :D :D

Painless also left out the wire that goes from the horn relay to the horn. And the connector for the hi/lo beam switch is for a chevy not a Mopar switch. Just thought I'd let you guys know in case anyone else is planning on using a painless harness :scratch: They also don't include the wire for the second field connection on the alternator :roll:

I was thinking about it for my Duster, just so I'd have all brand new wiring, but after seeing how much stuff they missed, I think hold off for awhile :wink: .
Was this was the universal Muscle car kit? (which means made for Chevys :lol: )

It was the 14 circuit mini fuse harnes it has had its problems but all in all was pretty complete. Just like everything else it was built with chevy as the standard. I dont know why because they make a chevy only harness :roll: We just live in a chevy world but the good thing is that they are always looking at us from Behind :D

I was thinking about it for my Duster, just so I'd have all brand new wiring, but after seeing how much stuff they missed, I think hold off for awhile :wink: .
Was this was the universal Muscle car kit? (which means made for Chevys :lol: )

Considering the kit was for wiring a complete car, it wasn't that bad. Just had to vent a little since it was so chevy oriented :roll: I plan on getting one for my Duster because I think I might be able to save a couple of pounds and clean up the looks quite a bit 8)

Yea that's what I was thinking with mine, since I'll have no need for alot of stuff, it would be nice to clean it up.
Did you run into any other problems with the kit other than what you posted?

The kit is pretty straight forward. If you plan on using a horn, the kit has a horn relay in the fuse box, so completly bypass the stock horn relay. I know this sounds like common sense, but if you go by their spreadsheet you kind of think you need to run the wire that goes to the horn into the relay. When you get yours you will see what I mean. Or it might of just been me :scratch:

well thanks to Craig and all of his hard work we got her fired off last night. Just have a few cooling problems to work off and she will be good to go. Right now she is running a little hot at idle. Im going to ditch the thermostat and put a shroud on her and maybe ditch the clutch fan set up and hopefully that will fix that. She sounds bad as hell.

I just want to officialy thank Craig on the board for all of his help, with out him I would still be floundering around with this thing. His help and know how brought the whole thing together.

THANKS CRAIG, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!

I had a great time working on the car and just hanging out :D Anytime you need help, just let me know. I'm gonna see if I can make it back next month, as long as you don't mind me hanging around :wink:

you know you are always welcome,next time we will do more site seeing and less work.

Is it done yet? :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

the wiring is pretty much done it is running and sounds bad ass, just haing some cooling issues.

TTI get the thumbs up, has anyone used thier 2inch underchassis headers for a 440 in an abody here? I am ready to buy a set.....

there are a couple of guys with big block A bodies but i am not sure if any have the TTI set up best bet would be to open a new thread specific to that application.

I put the TTI complete system on my 70 Duster with their X-pipe. It all went together VERY easy. Their X-pipe is well worth the money, looks real good with good fitment.

cool. I will finish up with the whole TTI system in the end.

Barracuda340s

I have the 3/4 spring relocate kit and it fit's fine.
Is this what you used to fit those tires.
What size are tires and how does this kit work.

TTIs are great dr gas x pipe works well.
Unless you have a keisler 5 speed then header hits center link.One ding and youre donethough.

I am planning on going with them on my dart. right now I am running stock manifolds they reay suck the thredding on the bolts keep baking out the last time that happend the fresh exsaust exeted on my alt, damn nere Ketching my engine on fire. you look at the pic below I have the pipes exiting just bellow the bumper straight out the damn ass to instal it welded the brackets to the end of me seat bolts :oops: so I get alot of rattle from the exaust now the exsaust on my 1971 was done right monted at all the factory mount pionts with turn downs no issues there.
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Experts....puttin these in and such requires one thing......PATIENCE. Last time I installd em it only took 2 hrs, the first time I installed em it took 2 days

i put my TTi headers in quit quick the last time but it takes lots of patience or luck with finding the right angle when you put em in!