Dirty D - 73 Duster Street/Strip Build
I removed everything in the engine bay as part of the rebuild and most of it is not going back. This includes the heater, wiper motor, and smog equipment. Rather then weld up the holes they left behind, I decided to have some blanking plates made. I drew them up in CAD and sent them of to sendcutsend.com to have them fabricated and powdercoated. Pretty basic stuff, but functional. I hope the blend in a little better when theres more stuff in the engine bay. They stand out a little too much for my liking, but maybe I'm being picky? I also wish I would have removed the stupid harness clamps and brake line clamps as they serve no purpose now and are ugly as hell.
I also designed a plate to cover the heater motor hole that accepts a hard grommet for the Terminator X harness. It came out pretty good if you ask me.
Also ordered a Pypes hybrid exhaust. 3" off the collectors and 2.5" after the mufflers. I wish it was 3" the whole way, but this was the only stainless system at an affordable price point so I'll take the hit the 2.5" gives me. It's still gonna take a decent amount of fab work for me to make the whole system work which is a bit disappointing. Oh well.
I removed everything in the engine bay as part of the rebuild and most of it is not going back. This includes the heater, wiper motor, and smog equipment. Rather then weld up the holes they left behind, I decided to have some blanking plates made. I drew them up in CAD and sent them of to sendcutsend.com to have them fabricated and powdercoated. Pretty basic stuff, but functional. I hope the blend in a little better when theres more stuff in the engine bay. They stand out a little too much for my liking, but maybe I'm being picky? I also wish I would have removed the stupid harness clamps and brake line clamps as they serve no purpose now and are ugly as hell.
I also designed a plate to cover the heater motor hole that accepts a hard grommet for the Terminator X harness. It came out pretty good if you ask me.
Also ordered a Pypes hybrid exhaust. 3" off the collectors and 2.5" after the mufflers. I wish it was 3" the whole way, but this was the only stainless system at an affordable price point so I'll take the hit the 2.5" gives me. It's still gonna take a decent amount of fab work for me to make the whole system work which is a bit disappointing. Oh well.
