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Old 09-16-2010, 06:36 PM
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where did you get the 90 degree dzus fastners from?
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Old 09-17-2010, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ty_ty13
i really need to get my strange swapped out for some afcos... i think they sit on 8 or 9 clicks on compression... pretty much all its got

what else are you planning to do while its down?
pretty much everything that was already stated in here...
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Old 09-17-2010, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by camscam02
where did you get the 90 degree dzus fastners from?
I got the 90* brackets on the fender rails from summit. the other 90* ones were made by me.
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Old 09-18-2010, 06:14 PM
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headlight covers are now mounted using 1/4" chromemoly tubing.



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Old 09-19-2010, 04:30 PM
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finished the floors under the car, they are patched up and seam sealed. Just need to throw some paint on them...

finished the "franken-tank" fuel cell...its fully mounted now...


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I just bought a 4" stroke crank...looks like a 427 is in my very near future
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Damn. Looks good. What size turbo would you be using with a 427ci motor?
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Originally Posted by Fireball
I just bought a 4" stroke crank...looks like a 427 is in my very near future

Is that phils crank you bought? So no more 388ci.
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Old 09-19-2010, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by stmz28
Is that phils crank you bought? So no more 388ci.
Yeah he got my Sonny Bryant Billet CCW 4" Crank, looks like another 4.50 second player is coming.
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Holy crap! Just got more serious!
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hi fireball, I have a question for ya. which tubing bender do you use for the small diameter tubing? how about for the large diameter stuff?

thanks
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O SNAP! good luck now that you're getting a little more serious!
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Originally Posted by 71 chevy
hi fireball, I have a question for ya. which tubing bender do you use for the small diameter tubing? how about for the large diameter stuff?

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I have a 1/4" and 1/2" hand bender that I bought from jerry bickel race cars. 1/4" moly bends easy, 1/2" moly takes alot of muscle to do the bend...

the larger stuff...I used a hydraulic bender I borrowed
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Old 09-20-2010, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by eviltwin_1987
Damn. Looks good. What size turbo would you be using with a 427ci motor?
still a 106...
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Hey, thanks for the information.

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I have a 1/4" and 1/2" hand bender that I bought from jerry bickel race cars. 1/4" moly bends easy, 1/2" moly takes alot of muscle to do the bend...

the larger stuff...I used a hydraulic bender I borrowed
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is there an ETA on when you're going to get your car done?
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I can't say when the car iwll be done, I bet the car goes 4.70s in less than 4 hits.
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i'm sure it will too....sounds like its going to be another one of those small block with too big of a turbo never gonna work kinda cars
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Old 09-21-2010, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by brandoz28
is there an ETA on when you're going to get your car done?
should be ready to go in March...
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