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Planning Passenger Side and Shifter Placement

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Building Headers on Street Outlaws Shane's NEW Blackbird Vega

What happens here

With the driver's side header completed and meeting the desired aesthetic and functional standards, the focus shifts to the passenger side. The creator explains that once a design is finalized on one side, it becomes a 'blueprint' for the other, making the mirroring process easier. He then brings in Shane, who sits in the car to determine the optimal placement for the shifter. They discuss whether the shifter should be a push or pull type and decide on a position that allows for comfortable reach and operation from the driver's seat. They identify that the steering column might need to be moved to accommodate the new shifter position.

Goal: Mirror the header design and determine shifter ergonomics

Tools and materials

  • Shifter — Determining optimal placement for driver ergonomics
  • Steel Tubing — Frame components to be adjusted for shifter placement

What they say

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test fit it again make sure it's good then move on to the other side where I could do it all again this is only the second time I've ever made headers the first set headers I made were the ones on the Escalade but I think the hardest part about it is just figuring out what you want it to look like like as far as the routing of the primaries and which tube and the collector they're gonna go to and what you know the path they're gonna take and once that's figured out then going to duplicate it on the other side is you know it still takes time but it's a lot easier because you you have a game plan for what you want to do you don't have to figure it out as you go so I'm gonna tack this up up over there make it happen freaky show up Bob I know I look like an idiot pointing the camera in my face so we try to figure out now how many I'm gonna put the shifter right there I don't like my sister angle I don't either I know some guys like it angles I don't I just like it straight so I was gonna put put it up here with another like a drive shaft loop tied into this drive shaft tunnel and put it up here but you know that's what three inches or so gonna hurt nothing drivers position I mean I can reach it and do every I mean is it a pusher a pole its push but it's automatic automatic sure it does all the ships in for me except for manually you have to do it you have to set it I think I'm gonna put it right there seems gonna make a little peg and yeah what kind of pieces I'm gonna cut a piece of tubing notch it check it on there and then this probably right there for height that's pretty far up I think it'll be alright I'll be just fine yeah the column and all that it was all way up here and I riding like I was in a baja truck or something I don't know what they were thinking anyway a lot to

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