Header Tethers - Jury IN or OUT

[Ed Wright]

I feel sorry for the tech guys that have to look for that stuff. Surely they will come up with mirrors with long handles. Still will be a pain to kneel down (even if they aren't old), and try to make out the logo, name or numbers on them. I don't envy them. We fill in our flex plate, flex plate shield, etc, info. If I lied about it, I would be the one they jacked up and checked. :-)

Wesley once suggested I take pictures of those stickers with my phone, to show the tech guys. Need to do that while it's apart this time. Probably a good idea for the tethers too.
Started to weld collectors on a few minutes ago, and found my argon bottle empty. Haven't turned that welder on in a couple of years. To start getting it back in the car for testing Turesday, guess I'll throw away $150.00 on a set of those stupid things. What a crock.

[SStockDart]

My collectors are bolted on with grade 8 bolts and have never.....repeat, never had a collector come lose on either car. My collectors slide on the headers at least an inch and a half.....I have seen collectors (on other cars) come lose and fly off, but they were not secured like mine.
This is not like in 1965 when a SFI flywheel was required on a small block Chevy because the flywheel might come flying out of the car......I don't think that headers spin 8-9 thousand RPM..........and are subject to flying off. Collectors just sit there and if bolted or welded on......they can not come off. Why spend $150 for something that will not happen????


Now that I think about it a little more.....why not treat a collector coming off the same as an "Oil down"...what is more dangerous???? oil under the rear tires or a collector coming off??

Just my 2 cents

[Ed Wright]

There ya go! Fine the guys not taking care of things.

[SStockDart]

Ed, we have been racing as long......but I took 35 years off and came back.... I have had headers and collectors on every car since 1964......I never lost one, and I suspect you have not either....

I would be in favor of of DQ if you loose a collector....instead of adding to the cost of racing and driving more racers away..

[7423]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Started to weld collectors on a few minutes ago, and found my argon bottle empty. Haven't turned that welder on in a couple of years. To start getting it back in the car for testing Turesday, guess I'll throw away $150.00 on a set of those stupid things. What a crock.

Buy more argon, at least you will feel like you bought something you needed. I welded mine.
I never saw anyone under any cars at Pomona looking at tethers. A couple sg racers said that they were asked if they had them. I expected to see mirrors on broom sticks being used by tech. Any one look at that points race in Florida?

[Kenny McCoy]

I had my receipt with me they just wrote down what brand on the tech card. Did see one tech official assume the do you have them position, having the receipt speeds it up.

[Pentastar340]

Thank You CollectorTethers for a Quality Product! Very few parts that buy these days fit,These did! It took about an hour total to install them and that was with a 45 min. break between the two sides.

Leonard A. Johnson 4445 CC/SA