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One thing to watch out for, is that the more coats of paint you put on the stickier them floors get, so watch it doesnt keep sticking to your feet...
This. Intellectual property isnt a thing in china, everything belongs to everyone, so this is when the cheap chinese stuff happens.. When the...
Again, if you have an old forged crank already, use it and spend the money you save on decent modern chinese rods, if you have a clean slate, get...
There are too many good reasons to use a new crank in my opinion.. the old guys who designed and developed this stuff done a FANTASTIC job for all...
Id just also like to point out that just because something is from china it doesnt mean its automatically junk. There ARE morally sound companies...
The guys are likely going to want to know more about what engine it is and what your goal is for the engine and whether you have the factory crank...
easy. When you decide you want to buy something, just wait till 2hrs before 6 weeks has passed, THEN order it. Thatll achieve the same...
A 283 with a 177 blower FTW! (Not what youre after really i know, lol, but would be brutal!)
How old/new/soft are the rear shocks? Maybe a slightly stiffer rear spring with some new good, or adjustable on the bump side shocks..? Or maybe...
weird. So will not gelcoating over the filler and stepping down to finer grades of paper then waiting the right amount of time for primer to dry....
You dont need epoxy primer on fibreglass as it wont corrode. Figure out if the bubbles are in the paint or gelcoat. If theyre in the paint,...
one word of advice, if anyone starts their thing with “im no body man but..” or words to that effect, dont listen to them
We used some military spec paint on humvee parts for the defence industry, the paint was a single stage that cured through contact with air (as...
Goddamn i want this. I dont think words can adequately express... [ATTACH]
I like your suggestion of wheee to cut, you can gring your weld to match that radius and use no filler but hes going to likely blow through there...
I feel you on this with ems stuff.... the person in me says “im glad to have these” the professional in me gets frustrated... i used lower rear...
[ATTACH] i fricken LOVE that rear wheel/tyre look.. the width to height ratio.. the squareness, how much the sidewall pulls in to the wheel.......
It is REVOLTING how rust free this botched merc is! Aside from that scrape, theres not ONE dent, bit of rust or filler ANYWHERE in it !
oof, OP dan just bought himself a bone stock mint original one of these.. this pic might make him tear up a little lol
To be honest though guys, getting it apart and eyeing up the damage, the cuts were..astoundingly even and square ! Dan lucked out hard in that...
it isnt. Its sold everywhere, napa, autozone, advanced auto, tractor supply, even summit, jegs, speedway etc, they all have various tubs of...
I like it because to me, it represents something you see alot nowadays. People get their OT modern mustangs/chargers/camaros etc off the showroom...
The director wanted it to be raw not a polished rehearsed hollywood masterpiece. Im sure most people would agree that when you spend even a few...
Sidenote-For anyone that laughs at the amount of times they change the jets in that movie too, let us remember that richard ruth built that as a...
Man, if they dont get it then they dont get it. its not meant to be a thrilling action packed film with a beginning middle and end, its meant to...
Can you post a pic of the underside of the seam..? Because, in the body shop world, if theres a joggle joint there, we would cut it where you have...
Cutting it at the seam will only require one lot of bodyfiller to deal with. Cutting next to the seam will give 2 spots that need filler .. the...
Oh it wasnt the metalwork, it was the mud work that comes after
Checkin in.. just call me “the guy who gets things done” By day im a mild mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper... well, cnc...
Cost me $40 at a napa machine shop to have them honed on an o/t 77 f100
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