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Nice. Where are you in the UK?
Yeah, diggin this alot. Love my 54 stock(ish) but the work you are doing here fits so good, that front end in particular. Just a question, how did...
OK, so the slave cylinder bracket set up mounted on the bellhousing fouls on the body mount. Bollox. Will update if there is solution but may move...
Hey Ddooce. Thanks for this tip on the Landy cylinders. Man they are cheap too, even the Lucas ones!! Looking at mounting the master cylinder...
As my 54 is in the good old damp UK I use a wax (Morris Anchorwax) to 'seal' the areas where there is bare or metal or 'thin' paint. It dries out...
Thanks All. Gonna get are heads together on it. Itching to get out on the road in it!! Might be a get it going fix and then drop back on it over...
Got a similar issue but just want to convert to hydraulic clutch on my 54 Belair. Have the stock pedal in and a Tremec TKO600 but the (modified)...
Having read this and a few other comments I'm going to try the rear position flipped and play around with the shifter handle. I'll post up pics...
Just realised you told me pretty mcuh the same on a previous thread I started!! Doh!! Man, my brain is getting fried trying to get as much...
This is good reading. I'm currently trying to source a TKO600 to go into my 54 Belair. I'm trying to get the best 'kit' as possible as the whole...
My stock (other than headers) 235 with stock rear end ratios will sit at 70 OK (using a GPS speedo as the stock is a bit 'vague'). It'll drink the...
My 54 over in the UK
running 27" dia on tyres on mine so hoping to get that nice rpm drop in 5th. seeing as petrol/gas in the UK is at around $8 a gallon at present!!
Thanks for the photos. Nice to see the shifter/ lever in position.
that must be bam, bam, bam, bam through the first 4 with a 4:44!! Killer!!
man, thanks so much for the info and I'm getting pretty fizzy about the whole set up now. I'm running a vovlo axle which is at 3.73:1 (about the...
Centre mount sounds right then. Yeah, picked up it was an optional extra but that's cool. Running the bench seat still too. Thanks all for the...
Hello All. Going to be putting in a Tremec TKO 500 in my 54 Belair behind a 355. I'm pretty sure the shifter position needs to be the mid one...
thanks for all the friendly hello's. at the moment I'm deep in the process of getting everything together for the the impending 350 landing in the...
Hey there. Thanks for that, I need to look at them again. Might need to stretch the budget a bit. Cheers.
Sorry, sorry, sorry. I know, another T5 question. I promise I have spent time looking and searching the archives but I haven't been able to find...
Hi there all. My name is Duncan and I'm from Leicester, England (about 100 miles north of London). I currently have a 54 Chevy Belair, bagged...
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