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Not sure what you mean about the starter.

If you mean header tubes and the starter, the closest tube is at least 2 or 3 inches away. can take the starter on and off and connect/disconnect wires without removing any header tubes.

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No, the collectors and mufflers are from Stainless Headers. I just had to weld the muffler to the collector and add the turn-up at the exit.

The flanges and primary tubes are from SPD.

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It looked tighter in the photo I was looking at. The sweep of the pipes gives a lot of clearance.

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Beautiful work, thanks for posting!

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Nice work Todd, I always followed your Malibu build on Team Chevelle. Sure a shame about that car, but glad you came out of it OK.

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Thanks Troy!

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Thank you. Feel lucky to be alive after that accident.

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Next item on the build was to finish up the stainless brake lines in the front. This was really my first time trying stainless which is a bit more of a challenge than your ordinary mild steel hard line. The routing makes this even more of a challenge, but I think they came out pretty well, just very tedious and time consuming.

https://i.imgur.com/Kjn6PK0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zYcqc91.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BVK1ZRT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/HZSZifi.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/XLyKt6J.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1mtOXvL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/TnJS11d.jpg

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My engine builders son does CNC machine work out of their shop so I was able to talk him into making me this custom firewall mount sensor block for the EFI system. This allows the sensors to stay on the inside of the car to keep from passing so many wires through the firewall and the sensors then get plumbed on the engine compartment side.

https://i.imgur.com/eYdSjPj.jpg

Front suspension limiters came in.

https://i.imgur.com/rAln8Kb.jpg

Chassis tag installed.

https://i.imgur.com/Z7LdAB1.jpg

Window new wrapped up.

https://i.imgur.com/CFk6nfG.jpg

Exhaust support rods completed.

https://i.imgur.com/zD4TiYh.jpg

And starting to mock up the radiator and fuel system.

https://i.imgur.com/ouLEefr.jpg

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Davis didn't have the radiator I wanted (with -16 bungs) in stock and it would have been 8 to 12 weeks wait, but they did have one in stock with 1 1/4" nipples, so I ordered that and swapped the fittings out.

https://i.imgur.com/goUmw0c.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/S7AmCea.jpg