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Old 11-25-2020, 07:56 PM
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Nice looking shocks. Is cork really frictious? (I made that word up. It aught to be one.)
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Old 11-25-2020, 08:34 PM
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Nice looking shocks. Is cork really frictious? (I made that word up. It aught to be one.)
I've not used it. Did a little research on line and found friction shocks on antique cars used rubber, cork and even wood. Some people have used Masonite. I've used conveyor belt in the past but don't have any. I do have sheet cork so I'll give it a try.
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Old 11-25-2020, 08:58 PM
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I've often wondered if a brake puck would work. (???)

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Old 11-26-2020, 01:18 AM
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I've not used it. Did a little research on line and found friction shocks on antique cars used rubber, cork and even wood. Some people have used Masonite. I've used conveyor belt in the past but don't have any. I do have sheet cork so I'll give it a try.
I learned something today. That is always a good thing.
I just noticed that I used aught rather than ought. OOPSY...
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Old 11-26-2020, 11:16 AM
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Doc, I found a reference to someone using clutch facing so I would assume brake material would work. Or if a person wanted a million mile life, just stick a hockey puck in there.
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Old 11-26-2020, 03:41 PM
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How about cutoff discs? They come in several sizes. Nice and thin.
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Old 11-28-2020, 09:56 PM
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Skip, cut off discs might be too brittle. Never know unless you try. For now, I'll go with cork cuz I have a bunch of it.

Spent quite a few hours on the header and this is all that was accomplished. Here's all the pieces I have from my stack of stuff. Need some straight pipe as each primary is 36" long. And probably should be even longer. My favorite parts store can't get it. Will try NAPA Monday.
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Old 11-29-2020, 04:15 AM
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Love building headers
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Old 11-29-2020, 09:48 AM
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The header flange looks like it cleaned up nicely
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Old 12-07-2020, 09:27 PM
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The OEM header flange is some stainless alloy. Somewhat magnetic. No rust on it at all.

Put a couple hours in on it today and welded the collector on. Managed to put two short tube sections on it after many cuts and trims.
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