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Lots of pictures this post!

This week I received the electric exhaust dump I ordered from Quick Time Performance.  It's a valve in your exhaust that can be opened and closed by holding a switch one way or another. You can do a partial open or close if you wish too.  I'm thinking of plumbing the dump output back into the exhaust system after the muffler to help keep the exhaust out of the car. This car is from 1967 and is less than air tight.

 Also, I installed the rest of the header and I must say it looks cool from under the car, and I put one of the axles in place to make sure it fits.  Lastly, I made some new hydrolastic lines up front with some cleaner angles than stock and then installed two needle valves out back to control how much the suspension moves. 

This is the electric valve I bought for the exhaust.

One axle is in (without boots) and it fits perfect.

Another shot.

  I had the splines cut extra long for more play, turns out I don't need it.

One step closer.

Second half of header is in, I held off to avoid damage until now.

Another shot.

Looking under the car from the front.

Here is one new hydrolastic line with a simple "Z" bend.  The last one looked more like a "ZWSM" bend!

One needle valve per side to control fluid flow.  Some guy who used to race a mini with the "wet" suspension told me about this trick.