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In the early eighties, my parents roadtripped from Southern California to visit relatives in Edmonton. They used my Mom's 49 Plymouth business coupe. They had some trouble in Yermo ca., needed me to bring them a set of points, a condenser, and a few tools. We fixed it (points rubbing block worn...
If you have 275s now, on 8.5s (really 9,5 wide), and you have two inches to the spring, ( and 3" backspace?!? Really? I'd measure to make SURE of what you have now!), anything from 4" to 4.5" backspace on the 17x9 will be an improvement.
247th day of 1968 Dom. (Sept 4). (Or 78, 88, 98. 68 is 100% more likely however).
And 69 runners came with both carters and holleys, four barrels and two barrels (three). But you knew that....
(Holley four digit date code is first three digits, day of the year, last is which year of the decade).
As everybody mentioned, you need more backspace. When Centerline tool made centerlines, you had a choice of two backspaces on the 15x7 and wider rims, plus custom assemblies on special order. (I've got a pair with front half of a 15x7, and the back half of a 15x14.)
The Chinese centerlines...
Well, if the backspace is right for the 9-inchers, (somewhere around 5") the 275s will work good on that width.
345s would fall on my car, but even a 315/65 is a huge tire for a car that hasn't had the springs moved and mini-tubbed at the very least.
How much room for width have you got? Toyo makes a proxes 345/40x17. Almost 28 tall, 14" section.NOT an suv tire. It would need a 12" rim.
305/45x17s are also available.... but all three brands I found in that size are drag radials.
275/55x17s? Kumho, Nitto , and General make em in that size. 28 1/2+ inches tall, 11 something section. The nittos don't look like suv tires (Tho that's pretty much what they are).
If you're looking for a normal driving experience, I don't think you'll be happy with any sort of drag radial...
A few minutes ago.....
Walking out of a CVS, old guy walks in with a walker (older than me anyway) and instantly starts complaining loudly about the DING DING DING that's going off at the store entrance.
If he takes ONE MORE FREAKING STEP into the store, the bell would quit. What is wrong...
I'd pull the belts off, and remove the lower pulley. I would not attempt a torque converter bolt ( especially the little bolts 5/16 vs 7/16)
Besides, how were you planing on turning the engine in the opposite direction to find TDC.?
You could borrow a flywheel turner from vatozone. (If it can...
Yep. Brakes failed, rolled down a hill backwards into a pool, as the telephone truck that went into the pool earlier was being lifted out. (At least, that's the way I remembered it!)
I fell out of my chair in the theater!
Edit: I got it backwards it seems: the 2cv was a pool truck, brakes...
If I was in Canada, I'd either run 180 or 195 in the winter (IF you actually use a 440 powered classic in a Canadian winter), and a 160 in the summer.
If you park it in the winter, I'd put a 160 in it and leave it.
I had a low temp thermostat (170? 180?) In my diesel pickup. I don't remember exactly why, but it got changed by my friends shop to a 195. I hate it.
Engine runs hotter in 110°f local temperatures, trans runs hotter, oil pressure is down. The supposed fuel mileage improvement is nonexistent...
My pet pieve when I was commuting to work, was the countless cars that jumped into the freeway "EXIT ONLY" lane, drive to the end to pass as many cars as possible then try to get back on the freeway.(illegally!)... and then EXPECT to be let in. I never did let anyone in, if I could help it.
N/A small block, stock brodix heads, flat top trw pistons. A mild solid roller. A glide with a brake and 8" 5300 converter, 9" Ford with a spool and 4.57s. 14x32 slicks for the track, 16x33 dirt tires for the street. At (roughly) 2400 lbs with me in it. I could get to in-n-out fairly quickly...