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    Header recommendations

    Well, if you want zoomies, get some zoomies, thats what its all about. Be prepared to fight the noise and to get burned, cause you will no matter how careful you be.... I call the damn things ankle biters.... Really, they aren't too bad to quieten down. They will never be as low as muffled...
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    Quiet as possible exhaust

    Well, if anyone wants to know how a particular car sounds, go to utube, click on TBucket runs , find something pretty close to what you have, and then go from there. Once you get your exhaust system that fits correct and you like the way it works, then you can start fine tuning in on your...
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    Complete Rewire Project

    If your using a good efi or electronic ign., you could actually use your ign. or efi to trigger your lockup, using the signal to trip your relay or module. IE, engine vac., rpm, etc.... I have used the brake line stoplight switches to kick them off....
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    Keeping a bare metal frame from rusting

    Cosmoline spray, diesel fuel, primer is the best....
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    Carb or EFI

    Well, its hard to beat a couple of well setup holleys on top of a blower, and there are some carb. mfg.'ers that are resistant to the seperation of the crap E85 thats forced on us. Now, that being said, I love the carbs and have done them long enough to know how to tune them. HOWEVER, EFI...
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    Steering column question

    I've put on some weight the past few years, hard for me to get out....I went the removable quick disconnect steering wheel route....
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    To Wheelie . . or not to wheelie . . . that is the question

    Get yourself a set of cheater slicks or borrow some on rims you can use, OR if you got nice wide MT's, get yourself some 'Moose Juice'.... Find yourself a strip of clean, well packed, sorta new asphalt, air your tires down to 10-12 psi. Grab yourself a 5 gallon bucket of clean tap water. Now...
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    Rear tire size

    Oh Hells Yea Gerry!....try NOT to get traction with those!
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    Rear tire size

    Thanks Guys! Good to be back....its just taken me a while, don't heal up as fast as when I was younger....but its good to be alive, playing with the hotrods and race cars again. Whole bunch of no fun when ya get fragged....
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    Rear tire size

    Well, a Fuel Altered grenaded, tried to eat me alive a few years ago, right after moving my shop. Then health problems from that accident....but have kinda worked them out....better now. I'm just getting old....but back now....semi retired.....
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    Rear tire size

    To each their own....as long as your happy with how it makes your rod look.... Me, I like the super skinnys up front, and the steam rollers out back....
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    New Guy Death Wabble

    Yep, try a 1/16 toe-in.....a steering damper doesn't hurt either..... If you steadily put your foot into it, front wheels can't shake if they don't touch the ground....
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    New Guy Death Wabble

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    Bucket Engine

    Yep, carb conversions a popular, especially with the new ethanol resistant coatings the mfg'ers have come out with. The efi's have come a long way....they're cheaper now, perform flawlessly, look alot better. No flooding problems, improved performance, better fuel mileage....
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    l e d bulbs in dash lites ?

    I recently bought a set of gauges, pulled the bulbs....WTF!....wires soldered to a bulb, directly from Autometer.... I commenced to going off on a tangent! Then I had a idea....Vacuum caps! Got 3 vac. caps that just slide in supertight, got a drill, put a hole into cap, pushed in a superbright...
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    SBC 350 / TH350 / 3.50:1 ???

    Heres a idea, get your stout 350, buckle it up to a good stout 350 turbo, gear it to where you have a nice cruise speed without too much rpms. Theres online calculators for tire size, gear ratios, weight, and rpm to road speed.... Yes, a OD trans lowers your engine rpm. If you just geared...
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    SBC 350 / TH350 / 3.50:1 ???

    ---So why the TH350?--- Because with a minimum of work, can easily stand up to 700 Normally Aspirated Horses, 500 pressurized HPs, is almost as durable as the turbo400, takes about 35 horsepower less to launch than TH400, Plus you can hammer on it that'll destroy all the newer OD Trans. Plus its...
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    Wanted chrome heat shields

    Yea, old thread, if your looking, get a old SS stack shield from a diesel, cut it to suit your fancy, and attach. Many styles, many lengths, cheap and Plentiful.... Modify to make it your own....
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    Ford Motor and Trans questions

    Well, been away awhile. Moving.... Justin, don't limit yourself to just a smallblock. Look around, you might see something else you like! Check out the old FE's, the 390 is a great motor! The 460, they are pratically giving those away because of their gas mileage, but that can be cured with a...
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    Blower vs. Top End kit for 454

    Took me longer to mill out the opening of the P4B Alum. intake and tig the alum plate in for the blower to sit on than it did for me to install everything and get the engine fired up, timing set and tuned..... That blower whine was beautiful, you could hear coming for 3 blocks away....

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