I just talked with an acquaintance who resides in my hometown and boy am I excited. He is a certified welder and fabricator who does incredible work. I mentioned my problem in that there is no real source out there that makes a custom off the shelf 1-5/8" header and muffler system for our beloved 356 Speedster Replicas. I also mentioned that there are no sources for heater 1-5/8" boxes, roll bars and even turbo headers for our cars. He said no problem and he showed me pics of some incredible header systems he has done and boy was I impressed!
I am going to have him make me a header and muffler combo with heater boxes. Being a mechanical engineer, I am going to design it so it is an "equal-length merged-header system" and the heater box will not be like the stock but different to fit and work with our cars. I am thinking of using either a Dynomax or Magnaflow muffler. The exit options at the moment will be a single Carrera "Sebring type" oval exit or dual pipes. The system can be design with slip connections so that it should be able to be fitted onto any motor with minor effort. Material choices will be stainless or mild-steel and be raw or coated (black, silver, or light-grey).
If interested, email me. I am thinking of possibly making the above mentioned available to fellow Speedster owners. I will use my car as a test vehicle.
Oh yeah, reason for doing this is larger engines gotta breathe and sometimes the 1-1/2" headers and heater boxes will just not be adequate for the powerplant configuration.
Regards,
Tony aka speedy57tub
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