Sanderson SBC Zoomies

Try "Smiley's Headers" from Good Vibrations Racing.

Smileys Zoomie Headers​

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Haven't seen the posters actual headers. The pictured headers seem to have more of a 90 bend. kind of hard to work around. And often a little smaller than the straight sections of pipe. Any way Dave Lewis seems to have answered the question with the best and easiest method.

 

Having just opened this thread I was surprised this method wasn't in earlier. The dent is so close to the open flange you could get to it pretty easily with any rounded object.

 

Drill a hole in the back side and insert a drift punch then tap it out then weld up the hole. I fixed a lot of dirt bike pipes like that.

 

http://www.carchemistry.com/

These guys sell a good zoomie baffle. What comes in the Sanderson set isn't much (similar design to a glass pack inside). Car Chemistry sells the glass pack baffle type too. Sanderson told me about Car Chemistry at the NSRA Nats in 2012.

I use what Car Chemistry calls a zoomie muffler. It lowers the noise level enough. They're removable too.

 

Top row left to right

Pic 1: Sanderson baffle
Pic 2: Car Chemistry Muffler installed in a Dan Olson zoomie
Pic 3: Sanderson SBC


Bottom row left to right
Pic 1: BB Chevy Sanderson
Pic 2: Car Chemistry Mufflers
Pic 3: one Car Chemistry Muffler


Both are removable.

 

Top Row: Pic 1 is the BB Chevy car; pic 2&3 are other Sanderson options.

Bottom row is a fabricated set.

At the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville I looked at every open wheel - open engine car. 95% of them ran some type of Sanderson header.



Dan Olson makes some good ones too.
http://www.olsonmotorsports.com/OlsonMotorsports/Headers.html

 

Not really hard to find the steel bearings.

1 5/8 http://store.harryepstein.com/cp/IndustrialSurplus/CB158.html
1 3/4 http://store.harryepstein.com/cp/IndustrialSurplus/CB134.html

About $5 each. Though I find it hard to spend less then $50 anytime I go near that website!

 

I heard this works on dented motorcycle gas tanks,might be worth a try.
If you can cap the ends of tube,fill it with water and freeze it!
Just might work!
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