Sunday, June 20, 2010

The hard part - #1 Driveshaft and Exhaust

Alot has been happening, but I haven't had time to update all my fans out there. I am to the point in this process of having to "send out" tasks. The driveline is incomplete without a drive-shaft. These things aren't rocket science, but if done poorly too many things can go wrong. So, I decided to call out to Florig Equipment in Conshohocken and after taking some measurements I dropped off some parts and three days later - picked up a the central piece to making this car run. You can see it in the middle



Also, the other large part of this process is exhaust. Well - I don't the tools to bend up my own exhaust and felt that it would be easier and quicker to have a shop do it. Well - guess what - not all shops do it. Luckily for me, the local midas at the end of my block has some really cool guys and they agreed to take it on.

It is a complete dual system including stainless steel mufflers, and 2 inch exhaust throughout. I chose 2 inch because I wanted a quiet car and it is more traditional than 2.5 or 3 inch.