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Cam timing.
I saw a guy get chucked out of a 69' Cutlass dirt Street Stock at much less than 140mph when an anchor point through the floor failed. I was like...
Yes, at slow to moderate speeds it's better than just a lap belt. I can't tell you at exactly what speed the low-mounted shoulder harness will...
That mounting is horrible in more ways than I care to explain.
Unless you have a ratchet lap belt it takes two people to properly strap in a five-point harness. If you can just sit down in the seat and latch...
Intake and valley pan off. Bolt a plate like this to the valley:...
That's how you lift an LS.
So I'd like to know what it made.
I'm not much of a Ford guy so had to research. That engine was rated at 485 ft. lbs.(gross). I'd think you could get it mid-500s easy enough...
Guy I know who works at a Ford dealership used their Godzilla-powered shop truck to pick up an Expedition dealer trade. He said it was an animal...
Nope
So if it's really going to be used as a truck, go get an early-mid 2000s GM 2500 cargo van and install the motor and trans from it. I hear people...
Aw man, I'm on my phone, when I first scrolled past this one I got excited thinking it was a rear-engined Ranchero. Someone needs to do that...
The right combination of mismatched wheels is awesome. Like big ass aluminum slots on the rear and skinny Cragar S/S or Torque Thrusts on the front.
I'm curious what anyone thinks that car is worth in "as found" condition.
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