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GETTIN’ DIPPED & ETCHED PART 11:
>>Anodize, Inc. treats some parts to a cool custom finish
PROJECT UPDATE
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f you have been following the saga of our ongoing build of a wild 2006 Pro Street Mustang, you know that we have been tantalizingly close to some major milestones for months now. With the car still in chassis and the engine still under construction, we had hoped that this month would be the month that might finally get the car rolling or the engine on the dyno. Unfortunately, we simply ran out of month. Hopes are high that the car will be on the ground and rolling again by the time you read this, as Rich Gebhardt and crew work to finally finish the initial chassis fabrication. And, after significant delays getting our intake
manifold finished, we finally had to pull the plug with one shop and plan and head another direction. This hiccup cost us additional time and money—and blew any shot at a dyno pull this month. As the Chevy guys say…“Rats.” Not to be dissuaded, we soldiered on with a few odds-and-ends projects that we could complete with or without the car. One of those projects was to source a pair of cool billet blow-off valves from Nitrous Pro Flow (PN. 333222). These O-ringed and spring-loaded pieces are critical in protecting an expensive intake and fuel system in the event of a backfire. And at an MSRP of $169 for a pair, they
story by
Toby Brooks
photos by
Toby Brooks and Todd Fambrough
This is what our parts looked like after we got them back from Anodize, Inc. The cool pink anodizing is durable and will add a splash of color throughout the build. These cup washers (right) were once highly popular and produced by Performance Engineering (PE). Unfortunately, PE is no longer in business. Although metric sizes are readily available from other suppliers, we ended up having to scrounge eBay for new/old stock standard size PE parts and managed to source a fairly large quantity from our new friend Ron Stroup who had a bunch stashed away in his shop. All the others we had custom machined at an international machine shop. The Summit Racing Equipment -3AN tube nuts and tube sleeves (left) came in black, but we opted to go pink on the nitrous side plumbing, while leaving the fuel side black.
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