Motorhomes

[Marc]

Anybody else here have motorhomes that should never have been?
LOL!

[Mister Fiberglass]

ALL you have is the ONE??

I have two Discoverers, one Travco, a 440 powered 28' Southwind and TWO truck campers for two Dodge diesel pickup trucks !!

[1972roadrunner]

damn! nice motor!! what does that run in a 1/4 mile?

[Marc]

Originally posted by Mister Fiberglass
ALL you have is the ONE??

I have two Discoverers, one Travco, a 440 powered 28' Southwind and TWO truck campers for two Dodge diesel pickup trucks !!

All I have is... THE ONE?!?!?!
Nope.
Got more. Sorry!

[Marc]

1972RoadRunner- I'm taking it to the track when I get back from vacation, can't wait to hit the Tech lineup!

[cuda66273]

Tech inspection tip:
Be sure the fridge is full of cold brewsky's, that'll get you thru tech in about an hour...

I feel lonely here...my M/H is a Chebby powered heap.

[Bret]

HA! cool house on wheels . I have a bone stock 78 MH with the 440 that pulls REAL strong . I love it . The damn thing weighs 10,500 lbs dry and it still accelerates going up hill . Great machine .!!!!!!!

[Mister Fiberglass]

NEWS FLASH - Guyz !!

We are going to pick up ANOTHER one .....

'78 Apollo 33 foot - (MoPar 440 power OF COURSE) ..........Triple AC, garden tub, ice maker, HUGE storage etc ........last time out it got 9 mpg - it carries 100 gallons of fuel ...............

We will be KEEPING one of the Disco's, one truck camper and maybe the 27' Travco..........

Anyone interested in one of the others?

[cuda66273]

Well..it's 12:01 and I just finished installing a new header gasket in "Tug" (my M/H)....you'd think that with all the room in that thing they'd have made the access hole a inch wider.....geeze what a squeeze Louise....

Gettin ready for the road trip to the National in Seattle this weekend...Ya!

Race Friday nite...race Sat.....and Nationals on Sunday...life is good!

[and00542]

.....you can drive along AND cook some eggs on that engine! Can it also be used as a heated coffee cup holder?

[cuda66273]

Your right there 00542, those M/H's are furnaces, Fird, Chebby or Mopar. I can't believe the heat that they make! My Buddy has a fird and it has not only cooked the gaskets out of it but cracked the manifold and broken the bolts right out of the head! He figures about a grand to replace the heads with new, we tried to find a set of castings, after paying for 4 mag jobs and finding every one of them cracked between the valves we gave up.

We ordered a set of Thorley Headers for it and they are still sitting on the shop floor waiting for the heads.

I've been lucky with mine all we've destroyed in 2 years is a donut and 1 header gasket. I think they need a 12" chimney coming out of the dog house and out through the roof.

Our rig with 18' trailer, car, Motorcycle, 24x24x96 diamond plate tool box loaded and the fridge full wieghs in at 21,550#'s rolling down the highway....but it sure will be nice at the regionals in Yakima Wa. where temps can easily reach 110 in the heat of the day.

Gimme some BTU's for my B-U-T

Milage or should I say gallonage....loaded 6.7 MPG, without trailer...7.7, good thing it's only 27 miles to the track.

[Mister Fiberglass]

headers?..........you best have some thick flanges for those to live on that rig!

Chubby engines love to EAT exh mans on a MH application.

[cuda66273]

Thorley makes a special header for M/H applications with 3/8" flanges.

Knock on wood my manifolds seem OK at this point anyhow....

I think the previous owner did me a favor and had all the air injection and pump crap pulled off and welded the holes up. I believe...and correct me if I'm wrong but this should take out the blast furnace in the ex. manifold and save the iron.....

[Marc]

I'm running 1 3/4" primary headers on mine, with two 3" three chamber Flowmasters, mounted in TANDEM. (single exhaust)
It's very very quiet!

[Mister Fiberglass]

3/8 flanges SHOULD work !! ......what size tubes? and how thick a wall tubing?

how about yours Marc?

what is an example of pricing on these headers?

[cuda66273]

Call Thorley direct to get all the specs, I just ordered them for my Fird buddy as I have the "Source"...about $340 delivered

[Mister Fiberglass]

340 is a good price IF they are the thick flange and tube headers....what is the tube and collector OD?

[Marc]

Originally posted by Mister Fiberglass
3/8 flanges SHOULD work !! ......what size tubes? and how thick a wall tubing?

how about yours Marc?

what is an example of pricing on these headers?

My headers were $189.00 Canadian funds through a dealership Buddy. They had "Direct Connection" stamped right into the flange plates, so you KNOW they must be newer! LOL!

I have 1 3/4" primaries and 3" collectors, reducing to 2 1/2" headpipes. They tie into a single 3" pipe and go through two tandem mounted three chamber Flowmasters. It is SURPRISINGLY quiet inside, and it has a strange "musclecar" tone from the tailpipe. I caught myself looking behind me for a 5.0 Mustang a couple of times....LOL
Very quiet in the cab though!

[Mister Fiberglass]

Do they have the same deal for a B engine?

Hell - 189 CAN is about 80 USA ....right?.......

[Marc]

I get dealership stuff for CHEAP through a buddy.
I could ask him if you are SERIOUS, but I'm away for two weeks, and don't forget- the part comes to Vancouver BC.
I picked up the aluminum waterpump housing for a big block for under $170 Canadian, that's pretty cheap? (105 USish)