Superformance Adjustable Clutch Rod

[S Bramlitt]

In regards to your exhaust leak... ABSOLUTELY no reason for a gasket between the heads and the machined surface of the header flange. Perhaps with a set of 100 dollar Hookers!!! I have been using a light coat of high temp Permatex for years and have had no issues. In my opinion you will have more problems with the gasket in there than you did before. Just my 2 cents....

[wanab5150]

Steve, first I didn't supply the transmission kit.... You ordered everything for the install and delivered a ready to drive vehicle. Whether the bracket was wrong or or not, it was your responsibility to do a quality install. The fact that I even had to replace the mild steel (Home Depot) steel rod after it "snapped" was bad enough. Finding the hogged out bracket is not what I would expect to find on a car that was more than $80,000 OTD. If you can justify it then so be it. I can't, and didn't enjoy re doing it.

A simple "sorry, I'll send you the up dated bracket" would have made a former customer feel better, regardless of whether he's already solved the problem or not. But I don't need it now so it doesn't matter.

As far as the head gaskets, as you read it pretty much a 50/50 deal with some using them and some not. I guess you can chuck mine up as your first failure.................What's done is done...... Best to let a sleeping dog lie.

[jhv48]

This is all part of "working the bugs out".

There will be more, they just haven't shown up yet!

My personal de-bugging included

1. Leaking intake manifold gasket. Installer replaced it. I had to buy the gasket.
2. Stuck thermostat (twice). Installer replaced it the first time. I did the second time.
3. Oil temp gauge stopped working. (I replaced it.)
4. Oil pressure line leaking. Bought braided line. Had installer replace the line.
5. Speedo cable replacement. ( I did it)
6. Trans pulled three times to replace pilot bushing. Leaking rear housing seal. (Installer did this.)
7. Slave cylinder replacement. I replaced the first one, installer did the second one.
8. Alternator wire broke, caused dead battery. (I spliced in a new connector and replaced the dead battery as a cell had died.)
9. Stumble on throttle tip in. ( I replaced the Street Avenger carb with a ProSystems DP).
10. Side pipes gaskets blown. (I replaced the gaskets with Remflex gaskets)
11. Side pipes too restrictive. ( I replaced with 3 inch pipes from Full Throttle.)
12. Sumitomo tires worthless. (Replaced with Kumho Exsta XS.)
13. Valve cover leaks. (Just needed tightening.)
14. Water weeping from water pump housing. (Added Barq's stop leak.)
15. Front end vibration. (Aligned and balanced front end three times. Finally balanced the front wheels and tires while on the car. Problem solved.)
16. Reare tires rubbing inside fender wells on hard turns. (Raised rear ride height.)
17. More to be found at a later date.

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by jhv48

This is all part of "working the bugs out".

Maybe it's just me, but it appears that at least half of those issues were the result of the installer not being tedious and rechecking torque values, etc. after initial start-up and break-in. So is this a name you can share with us?

[wanab5150]

I think his name was Jim.....

[jhv48]

I thought these problems were all a part of "sorting out the car."

And, I don't blame anyone for any of this. I assumed these problems were just a part of owning a hand built race car.

I had tons of teething problems on my first Cobra (an FFR) and expected to have them again with this one (an SPF).

I wasn't disappointed!

[madmaxx]

Machined head yes, machined header, come on, we aint that fuking stupid here. Ever heard of thermal expansion, steel flange, aluminium head, no gasket equals leak, header temp is in excess of 800F, no rtv will last in that application it will become hard and brittle. Felpro makes the correct gasket.

Originally Posted by S Bramlitt

In regards to your exhaust leak... ABSOLUTELY no reason for a gasket between the heads and the machined surface of the header flange. Perhaps with a set of 100 dollar Hookers!!! I have been using a light coat of high temp Permatex for years and have had no issues. In my opinion you will have more problems with the gasket in there than you did before. Just my 2 cents....