[DeTomaso] Looking for a right side GTS header

Mike Drew mikeldrew at aol.com
Tue Mar 2 00:19:03 EST 2021


Tom,

Wilkinson offers his own improved system with mufflers modeled after the ANSA GTS mufflers, and completely different headers. The system is just that, a system, and the components are not interchangeable with anything else. 

Mike

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> On Mar 1, 2021, at 19:05, Tom Shinrock via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>    Mike,
>   I thought Wilkinson offered GTS headers and mufflers.   You had
>   commented that they were the way to go a while back.
>   Have things changed?
>   Tom
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   To: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
>   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   Sent: Mon, Mar 1, 2021 8:42 pm
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Looking for a right side GTS header
>   Chuck,
>   Presumably your car has stock mufflers. Only Hall Big Bore headers will
>   fit stock mufflers, and despite looking dubious, Dan Jonesa testing has
>   revealed that Hall headers are really quite good.
>   If you wish to transition to GTS headers, necessarily that means buying
>   new GTS mufflers too.  So be careful what you wish for!
>   It seems GTS headers are no longer available new from the traditional
>   source (Hall). At least, they arenat listed on the website any longer.
>   Itas possible other vendors may have them on the shelf. GTS mufflers
>   are still available from Hall however.
>   I think the best headers for GTS mufflers are PI Big Throat/Mind Train,
>   or Hedmann from Pantera Parts Connection. Factory GTS headers (which I
>   have on my car) have pipes that are too big and a collector that is too
>   small...l
>   Mike
>   Sent from my iPad
>> On Mar 1, 2021, at 18:15, Charles Engles <[1]cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> i>>?Dear Mike,
>> 
>>             You like stories and it is uncommon that somebody only
>   wants a single header.
>> 
>>           The rest of the story:  I bought an orphan *left* GTS
>   header from Kirby Schrader last spring.  It was flawed and I just
>   finished the repair.  If I can find an orphan *right* side header then
>   voila!  I can replace the  Hall Big Bore Headers on Pantera Two.  If
>   not, then I have got a left spare for Pantera One.
>> 
>>           No colorful Hollywood mechanical carnage has occurred.
>> 
>>           Back to recreational Pantera driving after the Attack of
>   the Polar Vortex:  It's *over*!
>> 
>>                                 Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Drew [mailto:[2]mikeldrew at aol.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2021 7:58 PM
>> To: Charles Engles
>> Cc: [3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Looking for a right side GTS header
>> 
>> Chuck,
>> 
>> You canat issue such a request without offering a corresponding
>   story!
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>>> On Mar 1, 2021, at 17:44, Charles Engles <[4]cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> i>>?  Dear Forum,
>>> 
>>> 
>>>                   I am looking for an orphan lonely right side GTS
>>> header only.  Not a set and not the left side, just a GTS header
>   for
>>> the right side.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>                                     Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>>> 
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