Fireball Outlaw Drag Radial Rebuild Thread
08-06-2010, 10:39 AM
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Good news. I need to order the rears soon. What did you do with the fronts for the added power, not that I can really compare anything. I went with the long/heavy nose version of the double adjustable, guy from Afco reccommended the big gun ones for the rear, whatever that is.
08-08-2010, 11:19 AM
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got the hood mounted...still need to tweak some of the dzus brackets some but its pretty close.
I cheated and did 8 90* angle brackets that are riveted to the fenders. they are visible with the hood on, but they will be painted body color so they shouldn't be "that" bad...did make for easy panel alignment using them though...just push the fender tight against the hood and turn the dzus...
headlight covers are just sitting on the car so they aren't by any means aligned...
still have 8 more to put on...one on each "extended cowl" area, two on the raised cowl to keep the hood off the windshield (need to build some supports) and four along the front...
I cheated and did 8 90* angle brackets that are riveted to the fenders. they are visible with the hood on, but they will be painted body color so they shouldn't be "that" bad...did make for easy panel alignment using them though...just push the fender tight against the hood and turn the dzus...
headlight covers are just sitting on the car so they aren't by any means aligned...
still have 8 more to put on...one on each "extended cowl" area, two on the raised cowl to keep the hood off the windshield (need to build some supports) and four along the front...
It's already hard to see out of with the the stock hood. 
08-09-2010, 05:38 AM
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I didn't take that picture...but I'm using these mounts I bought from jegs:
I had to notch the fender "lip" around them and riveted them directly to the fenders. You can see where I cut the "lip" in the 4th picture in post 644.
I had to notch the fender "lip" around them and riveted them directly to the fenders. You can see where I cut the "lip" in the 4th picture in post 644.
08-09-2010, 05:03 PM
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new strange axles arrived...the axles, studs and bearings are a total of 6lbs lighter than the mosers 
here's a pic of the lightened flange
here's a pic of the lightened flange
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08-10-2010, 06:41 AM
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messed around with the rebuilt afcos last night (mocking up the new rear)...that new valving is TIGHT. Even on full soft, it took quite a bit of force to compress the shock 
08-11-2010, 04:34 AM
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Those axles are pretty pimp. I made the same mistake a years when I got a pair of QA1s. I pulled one right out of the box and pulled the shaft out of a shock with it set on full hard. I ended up putting a rag over it, leaning it against the wall, and shoving it back in there.