Rob, Triple bonus points for the idea of the exhaust tubing insterted into the pan for clearance. Of course I'd have to saw the hole out, dropping a lot of funk into the pan in the process, meaning that I'm back to removing the pan, which I REALLY don't want to do because I've already disconnected everything twice to lift the block for the exhaust manifold install and another error that I won't get into here. If I have to remove the pan, I'll put something less aggressive in - I just don't need the grief and potential on-road exposure that this thing is shaping up to deliver. I knew a guy in the 80's that drove over a crappy transition where they were doing road-work that sheared something like this off the car, so I can live without that. I took the car out of the garage to put the exhaust on last night, and bashed the crap out of the pan on both my in-ground lift, and on the lip of the trailer. It's beginning to get OLD, and although I was planning to put a bash-plate on to protect the pan, I'm starting to think that the grief isn't worth it. What's an extra few quarts if you're not doing drag-racing? Here it is from the front: http://imperialclub.com/temp/Kenyon/1972%20coupe/Deep%20Sump.jpg By the way, here is a picture of what the HP exhaust manifolds look like installed - I tried them anyway when I got past my impatience and reverted to persistence. http://imperialclub.com/temp/Kenyon/1972%20coupe/Exhaust%20Dump.jpg It does not show in the photo, but you can't get the darned thing installed with both the steering AND the exhaust stud in place. That's the ND mini-starter in the foreground that I installed because they work better and take up maybe 40% of the volume as a stock unit. I'm normally pretty stiff about staying stock on my cars (and this sump is a reminder why), but this car will be "different", so I'm trying some go-fast stuff out. http://imperialclub.com/temp/Kenyon/1972%20coupe/Engine%20-%20Done.jpg Anyway, I'm one curse session away from just ripping the thing off and going with stock or shallow or whatever. I forgot to put a magnet in there anyway, so what the hell? Lastly, here's the $8 repaired steering wheel, Color doesn't count, and I'll fill in the space on the collar and paint it to match the interior, which will go from avocado to black. http://imperialclub.com/temp/Kenyon/1972%20coupe/Steering%20Wheel.jpg -K --- Rob McCall <Rob_Mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kenyon, > > OK, shoot me now, but I'm going to make an oil pan > suggestion. If it were > mine, I would clearance the pan so the center link > would clear. Notch the > section of the pan that is interfering and weld in a > section of tubing, like > some exhaust pipe that was sliced length wise to > fill in the void. Blast > the pan and paint it to hide the modifications. Or > maybe use a repro Hemi > pan. (I deserve a shot for that last one). > > I'll give the modified center link/pitman arm/idler > arm ideas some more > thought and check with some of my suspension gurus. > There are many angles > changing there that will effect your steering > geometry. Not necessarily in > a good way. > > Rob McCall > '67 LeBaron > > -----Original Message----- > > Subject: IML: Drag link modifications - advice? > > This is a pair of photos of my car's drag-link: > > http://imperialclub.com/temp/Kenyon/1972%20coupe/steering%20linkage1.jpg > > http://imperialclub.com/temp/Kenyon/1972%20coupe/steering%20linkage%202.jpg > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > Kenyon Wills __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm