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pay attention to cosmo 49 comments about the final gear. any 235/261 worth its salt will pull a 2.73-2.50 gear and love it. these are torque...
you will notice the swivel arrangement on the rear hsg where it bolts to the leaf spring. this is necessary because of the torque tube. you can...
looks like you have the one piece windshield if so than yes you have a 54. if not than you dont.
maybe some one could post a picture of the "TWISTER" one of the baddest ariz supers ever. also have a great memories of seeing a trophy dash at...
metal man is right these things are flimsy.
being around dirt tracks for years you see the survial of the fitest. if you want to win you run a chevy. if you want to prove a point with some...
actually the iron duke name applies to the monza 151 which is kind of a bastard deal on interchange. the better engine is the 153 chev11 4 cyl...
dont take a short cut and move the wires around instead of useing the home position. do it right and you dont have to remember what was done.
no booze. when i want to drink i go to the bar. old habit from race car days, didnt want a drunk working on my race cars. when i am at some one...
14" drum brake wheel and 14" disc brake wheels are different, not the offset. the disc wheel has more clearence for the caliper. compair a 70...
put the 700r4 in it and try it. i bet you will like it. dont worry about the rear breaking unless you plan on really hammering it.
while it may work for some i dont see any resale value in a frame swap.
if you have the plugs out the engine should turn over fairly easy. if not keep looking, maybe pull the head and see if the cyls have surface rust.
should be screw holes on the rh cowl side where the vin tag was. no vin #,s on the frame. may have used the engine serial on the title in some states.
phoenix was full of car haulers that were here for all the auctions this last week. maybe you can still catch one.
thats a car you should leave alone and drive. why try and make a racer out of a cruiser.
at speed the fan will make little difference. if your car runs hot at low speed its the fan. if it runs hot at at speed or when you are on it hard...
looks like a ford based frame with the lower strut and a arm style. upper control arm are not must11. probably stock products or something like them.
the resister info is right on.
develope more than one interest. i have went through periods where i did other things but the car deal always come back.right now i am in a real...
while i am a fan of must 11 and have installed quite a few i really question the idea of one in a car as heavy as a caddy. maybe that why there...
a while back i bought a nice 99 eldo from the orginal owner and he told he had the dealer pull off the vouges because of the bad ride. you might...
this post brings back memories. i remember loosing a motor to rust stored under the bench in my shop back in kcmo because of the condensation of...
if it runs on starting fluid but not on gas maybe its the gas.
the truck bell is the deal. will accept a saginaw trans.
while dirt track racing i did some of the saftey inspections. one driver asked why i did not look at his seat belts, my reply was your safety is...
the center link and bias ply tires are suspects.
personaly, i would forget the teflon, you wont need clamps either.springs are not cheap any more either. go for it, what have you got to lose you...
rpms are the killer here. these motors run just fine at 2000 rpm. the high the rpm the shorter the life.
the malibu is probable your best bet.
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