Tri-Y Cut Outs "pre-production" sale.

Pat,
I'd be happy to, but...

1) I don't know how to post pictures. I've searched the FAQ, but I still can't figure it out. I don't have a good place to host photos or files, they are just on my hard drive.
2) I don't have any photos yet. I have some electric exhaust cutouts that I have not finished installing yet and I am waiting for it all to be together before I take some photos.

I've had a hold-up on the e-cutout install. I had to do some fabrication work to the e-cutout flange because Dan sent these to me with the flange bolts welded to the cutout flange. That's great if you are just going to use the covers that come with it. But, the bolt circle of the welded bolts was not exactly the 4" diameter nominal. All bolts had been pulled towards the center of the clear hole through the flange, and the actual bolt circle was offset to the inside almost 0.060". I had to machine the flanges on the e-cutouts to get the bolts to go through.

Secondly, I want to add turn-downs at the e-cutout to keep the hot exhaust off of the body, frame, and floorboard. The cutouts add another 3/8 of flange, plus a gasket, of thickness and the 1" welded bolts aren't long enough to reach through the flange of the cutouts. I am having special shoulder nuts made at a machine shop to accomodate this problem.

It's not Dan's fault. I'm sure he thought he was doing me a favor by welding the bolts to the flange so that I didn't need to worry about losing them when removing the caps. I didn't specify to leave the bolts unwelded - my fault. If they were loose bolts, I could just use longer ones and the problem wouldn't exist. He put up with so much grief from me when these were being fabricated, that I didn't even mention it to him. It wasn't his fault.

If the parts are done, I may have everything hooked up this weekend. As soon as it is done, I'll take some photos. But, I still need to figure out how to post them.

Terry

Man! Sorry Terry. You know what, I sat and stared at thos for about 10 minutes trying to decide if I should weld the bolts on or not. With some other guys mentioning doing this to allow the use of a wing nut, I figured I would. I was definitely trying to help. I wasn't worried about the bolts pulling off center because they were welded with the block-off plates on. So they would always line up on the bolts. At least one orientation anyways.
I never even thought about the thickness of the mounting flange on the electric dumps. 2" bolts would have prevented the problem. I hope you are able to get it resolved.

Maybe the machine shop can machine out an area for a nut on the back side of the flange to allow the nut to counter sink to the 1" bolt. Just a thought.

Also, send me the piuctures when you ge them. I didn't have a chance to take pictures before shipping that day. I would like to up-load them to my site and then post the pictures.

Let me know.

As far as exhaust gases causing any harm, I wouldn't worry about it but that's me. You may want to consider a type of tip. If we move forward with this then I'll see what we can offer. maybe a nice polished oval tip hanging out under each door at the track would look pretty good. Hmmm?

Dan - No problem, man. There is no way you could have known. 90% of your customers would have appreciated the welded bolts and you did the same thing I would have done with the information you had. It's caused a few extra steps for me, but heck, that's what happens when you start modding. Fortunately, I have a 30-man CNC machine shop that reports to me and they are able to counter sink my turn downs and fab me some special long-shouldered nuts that reach down to the 1" bolt. I should have them on next week. I'll send you some pics of both before and after e-cutouts when I get the car back in the air for the install - hopefully next weekend. Your cutouts are top-notch and I'm glad I got a set. It was worth the wait.


John - Those DMH Performance cutouts that you have pictured are what I will be using. Yes, they will fit on the car, at least with Dan's Quad-1 cutouts. It's a little tight, but I've verified that they will fit without interference. Of course, I don't know about the Tri-Y's, but I expect it would be a similar fit.

Pat- The install had to be postponed until next weekend, so it will be another week before I can get thephotos out that you requested.

Terry