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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 02:24 PM
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PARTS FOR SALE IF ANYONE IS INTRESTED.
custom driveshaft heavy walled 2" shaft with billet carrier bearing.slip yolk in the rear like it should have been from the factory all new a year and a half ago has about 5,000 mile on it. paid $675 sell for 400 shipped
still have the driveshaft I will check on the slip on it

Still have the driveshaft? How much slip does it have?
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And the Bel-Air was how fast?
I am leaving you in suspence working on a cool video on the whole weekend I will post it up in the next couple of days.
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After adapting the rack and pinion, were you able to use the stock power steering pump from the lq4/Ls style motor?
yes the pump that I first used is a corvette, the one that is on it now is off a camaro both worked fine.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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Thanks for the help. Been watching your thread like a hawk. A lot of great ideas here
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 12:07 PM
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Another question if you don't mind. What size brake booster are you running? Is it a 7" or 8". I know clearence is tight. Thanks in advance.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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Another question if you don't mind. What size brake booster are you running? Is it a 7" or 8". I know clearence is tight. Thanks in advance.
the brake boster that I am using is a single 7" but of all the things that I dislike about the car it is the brakes I bought a dual 7" that I was going to run but I decided to redo everything this winter insted I think the problem is in the master cyl. possibly the wrong bore size? in any case I have a brand new dual 7" and the single 7" that will be for sale. as wellI am going to go for something more complicated because well thats just who I am.lol. stay tuned for more to come.
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 02:24 PM
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Sorry for the lack of posting, but life has just been insane. We have been working out buggs out of the belair driving the hell out of the car to the tune of about 2,200 miles in the last month and a half. posted up a new you tube video of our adventures to the drag strip check it out and don't forget to let me know what you think.

VIDEO OF OUR DRAG STRIP ADVENTURE!

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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Thats an awesome video! You can tell your stepping it up everytime. Great camera angles and well layed out!

You will see the 11's next time for sure. Seems to need more revs off of the line and maybe some dedicated tires for the higher stall launch. Turn the wick up on the turbos also!!! Great job and glad you made it home in one piece. A true sign you built a complete package.
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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You're making some decent power. I can give you some pointers on your rear suspension. If you want something that is bolt-on, slightly custom, and very adjustable shoot me a PM.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Thats an awesome video! You can tell your stepping it up everytime. Great camera angles and well layed out!

You will see the 11's next time for sure. Seems to need more revs off of the line and maybe some dedicated tires for the higher stall launch. Turn the wick up on the turbos also!!! Great job and glad you made it home in one piece. A true sign you built a complete package.
Thanks again for the interest we are attempting to get a little better every time. definitely needs a better launch best 60 ft 2.3 lol. no problem getting into the 11's next time.

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You're making some decent power. I can give you some pointers on your rear suspension. If you want something that is bolt-on, slightly custom, and very adjustable shoot me a PM.
thanks for the interest going to replace the rear suspension this winter. new arms ,shocks,brakes ect.ect.I will just make everything from scratch. thanks for the offer though.
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Old Oct 28, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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wow were does the time go? just been super busy trying to get all the fall projects done before winter hits. getting the shop ready for all the progress that is going happen to the belair during lockdown season. you gotta love MN. winters! here is a link to the never ending shop build check this out and We will get the next video out soon!http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=48204
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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Nice build man! I read the whole thing. Nice to see another local!

I'm up in Duluth, MN
Thanks for the interest hope to get rolling on the belair again soon so stay tuned.
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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we made another video that you guys should check out. this is something totally different please let me know what you think!http://youtu.be/tZS4X2ul78M
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Sooooo I was fishing around garage journal and found your thread. Your garage is awesome, really digging it.
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 09:00 PM
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Sooooo I was fishing around garage journal and found your thread. Your garage is awesome, really digging it.
thanks for the input.it has been only 23 years in the making and just now beginning to use it the way I had in mind years ago. now hopefully time to make cool stuff.
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 09:45 PM
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here is a follow up to Carl Thomas's trans am video that we helped built the twin stage nos. system wish we had more footage but we will have to wait till spring for good action shots .http://youtu.be/X2ji_UvSeLI
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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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I picked up a rack and pinion like the one you suggested. I was excited. Now Im going to maybe try and machine some mounts like you made. Gonna start a build thread soon. I've been holding off since I don't have the motor yet.
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 12:08 PM
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I picked up a rack and pinion like the one you suggested. I was excited. Now Im going to maybe try and machine some mounts like you made. Gonna start a build thread soon. I've been holding off since I don't have the motor yet.
good for you to do something not many others will try something unknown. please post up the progress as you go on this adventure.
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Great videos
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Great videos
Thanks for the interest! hoping to get to the point we can update once a week but for now it is once a month stay tuned in for more car madness! we have some really cool stuff coming up so please stay tuned.
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Old Dec 30, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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Well after much thought there has been a change of plans in a big way! No more progress on the belair for a while switched gears and decided to build another car that has been sitting in the back yard for about 6 years now.why you ask because the belair is drivable and I plan to keep it that way for a while I put about 3,000 miles on it this summer and enjoyed almost every minute of it and if I pulled the body off to get the paint and body off it will be apart until it is finished and this is one big body and it needs alot of custom fab that will take forever. So after a lot of thinking I made up my mind to build another car this winter so come spring I can still drive the belair and work on this one here is a link to the build thread hope you can follow this one along to. We also have been doing alot of video footage of the process so stay tuned in there is some really cool stuff coming up!

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wow looks like we have some great updates to catch up on .Lots! have been on a mission to keep the belair driveable and some jack *** took me for a a ride when I paid him to wire this thing up. so it was Ron Francis wire works to the rescue.and a new updated Dakota Digital dash to update things a bit. here is a couple of picts. for now and I will try to get things updated a bit more.



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