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Some Red Alert pics
Hey guys,
Was changing my oil tonight (250 mark) and not only did my dad and I make some discoveries but I also took some pictures of my awesome ghetto rigged shift cable bracket.
ALSO - Kyle and Mike you'd be VERY interested to see the pictures too. When we installed my headers I don't remember noticing any issues with clearance but now that my engine is bolted in - I've got less than a quarter of an inch between the headers and the k-frame on both sides. I'm absolutely dumbfounded how there can be THAT MUCH of a difference but the proof is in the pictures. I just wish we knew what we did the first time around that caused the headers to have so much clearance. Whatever it was, we didn't do it the same way the 2nd time around but I think that all the people who had issues with clearance have something to do with the same thing.
So our biggest discovery - look at how much oil is in the red pan. My dad can't remember if it's a 5 qt or a 6 qt pan - I'm guessing 6 - but what we do know is that when we drained the oil after we spun those two bearings ... we had the red pan filled to the point that it was ready to overflow and then had about a half a quart that emptied into our other pan that we have. That means we had about 1 to 2 quarts of PURE GASOLINE in our oil when we spun the bearings... NO WONDER it only lasted 80 miles!!!
Anyway, here's the pics.
Was changing my oil tonight (250 mark) and not only did my dad and I make some discoveries but I also took some pictures of my awesome ghetto rigged shift cable bracket.
ALSO - Kyle and Mike you'd be VERY interested to see the pictures too. When we installed my headers I don't remember noticing any issues with clearance but now that my engine is bolted in - I've got less than a quarter of an inch between the headers and the k-frame on both sides. I'm absolutely dumbfounded how there can be THAT MUCH of a difference but the proof is in the pictures. I just wish we knew what we did the first time around that caused the headers to have so much clearance. Whatever it was, we didn't do it the same way the 2nd time around but I think that all the people who had issues with clearance have something to do with the same thing.
So our biggest discovery - look at how much oil is in the red pan. My dad can't remember if it's a 5 qt or a 6 qt pan - I'm guessing 6 - but what we do know is that when we drained the oil after we spun those two bearings ... we had the red pan filled to the point that it was ready to overflow and then had about a half a quart that emptied into our other pan that we have. That means we had about 1 to 2 quarts of PURE GASOLINE in our oil when we spun the bearings... NO WONDER it only lasted 80 miles!!!
Anyway, here's the pics.
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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