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Where's the cops to pull him over for scribbling notes while driving?
a) Yes, they're the wrong studs. .040 interference may well crack the stud hole in your hub if you actually managed to get it in there. Stop...
My understanding is that Dexron VI is a synthetic blend. Were I in your shoes I'd just run one of the aftermarket Dex III compatible ATFs.
The GM spiel: http://www.sandyblogs.com/techlink/techlink_May_09.pdf The broader detail seems to be that Dexron VI is (a) initially thinner for...
That sounds like the Explorer kit for small-bearing 9s. There's third-party adapters for the Crown Vic stuff (which I believe uses a vented...
I much prefer having some hub-centering, and it's not hard to make or have made some centering rings. That said, as others have noted folks...
This is one of those cases, I think, where having to build something as a driver to fairly tight requirements - real brakes, no big-and-littles,...
Dubonnet IFSes had zero camber gain with suspension travel as well, as did many early upper/lower A-arm front suspensions including the original...
I'd be interested in knowing, beyond the fenders and presumably exhaust, what the requirements were for shipping the thing to Der Vaterland?
Bikini-floss fenders...
As I think has been noted above, there's a fair amount of experience with the Scarebird kits over at fordmuscle. I haven't used his stuff, but...
You can get control out of rubber, too. The problem is that while rubber bushings allow the arm to pivot by flexing the rubber, urethane won't do...
Why do you want poly control arm bushings? I could get into my diatribe about what rubber Silenbloc bushings do and why urethane can't do it,...
Decision-tree time. IF you want to run 14in wheels, your only option I think is the '70s Torino brakes. Typically '74-78 LTD II/Thunderbird....
Don't go slamming your pickups, guys, you might actually need to CARRY something someday. Even assuming trans and other crap you're at 900lb,...
No, I hadn't but I have now, thanks. An Alfa P3 with a smallblock Chevy? Oh God, I can hear Alfisti slitting their wrists and bleeding out all...
Anyone got more details on this one? Similar era though different execution to something I'm cutting metal on now, would love to see the frame...
That's beautiful. Someone stuck an old Auto Union and an old Formula Junior in the shrinking-blender. I'd love to hear what it SOUNDS like...
Oh God, you've just brought back my nightmares. Where's the Scotch? The guts of those things was basically an air meter that varied fuel...
PC680 is pretty limited capacity, it'll work fine as long as you're not starting a big-block in freezing weather with a crankcase full of 50W,...
Not that anyone here's going to do this, but my remark earlier is incorrect ni at least one specific application. In '60s and early '70s...
I'll throw in one more suggestion that everyone who wrenches beyond oil changes will eventually find a use for a Wixey WR365, whether it's...
A very cryptic remark. I use Joe, Dave, and the guys at Custom Alignment in Mountain View. They've got a fairly broad customer base between...
Obviously if you lose half of a dual-circuit you're going to have no more than half the brakes, which to many will feel like no brakes at all....
Comparing what's done in those old blower chain drives to cam drives in modern engine design, if you did a chain-drive with serious on-road...
Those control arms and those tie-rods are long enough that the relative difference in length will be somewhat less important than they would be if...
Okay, I can't tell quite enough from your pics to know for sure, but relative to how something like that should REALLY fit, I'm a tad concerned....
For some, 'easy' means buying an off-the-shelf part or contracting out work. That may not be cheap, but it may be far quicker than trying to do...
I think 12:1 is going to be pretty fast for a street box, though of course that'll all depend on the lengths of the steering/pitman arms used....
Yeah, that's it, though the larger and/or later ones mostly came with power steering and the box you're looking for is the aluminum 'bullet'...
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