What did you do to your car today

gotago · - wondah whooooaman- Colorado Springs

RE: What did you do to your car today

TOG · - The Other Greg - Olympia, WA

Yes that is very true.😎

aukai · - Aloha Mike - Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii

The hoist works....

66SSFan · - Mike - Olalla, Wa

That’s great Mike! Those headers look amazing.

LaVelle · - Durand -

Cool beans Mike.
Life just got a little easier or at least more comfortable.

aukai · - Aloha Mike - Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii

Thanks Mike, 2 1/4s, kinda tight everywhere. Physically much more comfortable, everything is completely solid, but mentally I have the heebe jeebys being under it just because...... hmm

gotago · - wondah whooooaman- Colorado Springs

aukai wrote:
Thanks Mike, 2 1/4s, kinda tight everywhere. Physically much more comfortable, everything is completely solid, but mentally I have the heebe jeebys being under it just because......

Don't think you'd look good squished?

gotago · - wondah whooooaman- Colorado Springs

-- Edited by gotago on Friday 16th of March 2018 02:52:34 PM

66SSFan · - Mike - Olalla, Wa

aukai wrote:
Thanks Mike, 2 1/4s, kinda tight everywhere. Physically much more comfortable, everything is completely solid, but mentally I have the heebe jeebys being under it just because......

I did at first too and they do move around a little at times when your working on stuff. When I have trucks on mine, I’ll usially put a screw jack stand under the rearend. I hang a tag on the controls when doing that just as a reminder to take it away before lowering it down though.

aukai · - Aloha Mike - Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii

Yeah, squished is what I'd like not to be... smile

gotago · - wondah whooooaman- Colorado Springs

66SSFan wrote:
aukai wrote:
Thanks Mike, 2 1/4s, kinda tight everywhere. Physically much more comfortable, everything is completely solid, but mentally I have the heebe jeebys being under it just because......
I did at first too and they do move around a little at times when your working on stuff. When I have trucks on mine, I’ll usially put a screw jack stand under the rearend. I hang a tag on the controls when doing that just as a reminder to take it away before lowering it down though.

I was too damn hung over to worry about it when we put the BRE 427 in my car disbelief

TOG · - The Other Greg - Olympia, WA

Looks awesome Mike

gotago · - wondah whooooaman- Colorado Springs

Installed my $35 EBay fan. We'll see if it works next month......maybe.

leadfoot067 · - Shane - Graham, WA

took the rear end out of the GMC last weekend,got new spring perches and u bolts.it was kinda just temporarily in there from 2003.its back in now welded . meanwhile im waiting for wheels to come back from sandblasting. still waiting on the hood to return from paint.(1 week delay was my fault).expecting my bed wood to be milled very soon. then it has to dry,then it can be finished to size.then i have to decide on a stain and topcoat for it.i got a carb and a regular hei to make it run reliably,havent installed that stuff yet,(dont have tires and wheels anyways)

aukai · - Aloha Mike - Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii

So I have the car on blocks, and I got some measurements today, then I called Mark Williams for a drive shaft. I have a 1350 billet yoke, but MW has a trickier one. I can get it spun together for balancing, and I do not have to pull the yoke to take out the transmission. Hope the link works. So a heavy car + length of drive shaft, and 7000+ RPM at the stripe = 4" aluminum, and a couple of bucks cry A couple more pictures.

https://www.markwilliams.com/holland_media/drm-tech-media/rapid-release-yokes.jpg

-- Edited by aukai on Tuesday 20th of March 2018 12:49:40 AM

leadfoot067 · - Shane - Graham, WA

i get the hood back today.wheels will goto the painter.the fuel injection has been removed.

Ben · - RAMBO -Mill Creek, WASite Administrator

Digging for gold...

gotago · - wondah whooooaman- Colorado Springs

Was finishing up my electric fan install today, got the shroud on and went under the dash to check the wires on the toggle switch when I noticed ALL of the screws on the underside of my dash are gone! A good launch and it would have been in my lap! Will make a trip to the parts store tomorrow.

leadfoot067 · - Shane - Graham, WA

passenger fender and door are cut and buffed.he took the wheels to paint them.years ago i had removed a few leafs from each rear pack to lower it a bit.now in its current configuration its too low in the back.currently searching for more leafs..they are 2.25" wide

aukai · - Aloha Mike - Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii

Now that I can get the car off of the ground enough to at least sit up, I finished welding the transmission cross member plates to the frame. Now I'm trying to fit the under housing anti roll bar. One adjuster is pretty short, the other is a smidge on the long side. I hate to mess with the anodizing, but it is probably better to have less threads showing. I also have to see if the threads are bottoming out in the long adjuster. The short adjuster has the ARB bracket level, the picture looks off, my camera angles are funky .