Day 2 Vega

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White.
Each tube has JR HEADERS stamped on them.

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The outside heater box needed to be cut down quite a bit to clear the BBC. The problem with this is the heater core that mounts to the inner heater box, sticks out past the firewall 2 inches.

What I came up with is to move the inner heater box toward the inside of the car, so it will bring the core toward the inside of the car.
This was done by fabbing 18 gauge strips with a 90 degree lip and adding them to the inside box.

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Worked on the car a little and fitted the Motion headers. I'm going to have to do a little tweaking, but overall they fit better than the Hooker headers. They can be installed one tube at a time with the engine bolted in place. This will be nice when it comes time for final assembly. No more having to hold the headers in place while lowering the engine in.
The steering shaft will run through the headers, so there will be no need for three steering joints and running it on the inner wheel house.
Also, I should point out that the Motion headers do not require the two rear tubes on the pass. side to run out through the wheel house, so turning radius will not be affected.

BTW, a while back the question was asked about these being real Motion headers. Looking in my V8 Vega book that Schorr wrote, there is a picture of the driver side header, not installed on the car. It's an exact match to what I have.

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I decided to make my own firewall pad, since there isn't one being offered. It was pretty simple. After making a cardboard pattern of the firewall and all hole locations, it was transfered to a 1/8" thick rubber sheeting. Before cutting the holes out, I used 3M trim glue and attached a piece of 3/8" thick jute material to the back of the rubber sheeting.