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Make sure the regulator is grounded well. If it isn't, it will over charge. I'm assuming this is an original single feed wire (along with the thick bolt on battery feed) style alternator. Doug

I agree the 9 second zone is more intense. I didn't mine doing the cage and other minor stuff. The pain in the but is recertifying the cage every 3 years. The don't do anything except a 5 minte sonic check on a few bars. What is the hell is that? They learn nothing. If it certed the first time...

Anyone can do a nice job. Just depends if you want to take the time. My cage took a while. But I was told if if was going to be tigged to fit the tubes tight. So tight it was. Doug

I had trouble with vacuum leaks that I thought were at teh corner of the tray. Turns out it was the very upper corner of the head gasket. Not much clamp load in that area. Now during builds a little Ultar Grey is added at the top 1/2" or so of the head gasket surfaces. The first time fixed it...

Metal finished is just basically finished welds. Thats why when the tunnel was welded in, it was welded on both sides to add more thickness before grinding. Surely not a necessity, just looks nicer. Don't be afraid to do the tunnel. It was quite easy. The snount bars can stay in the wheel well...

Be careful adding a ton of abitrary caster. From the Chrysler tech paper on bump stee; For every one degree of caster change the outer tie rod moves vertically .100". This .100" movement causes the wheel to steer aproximately 3/32", x 2 for two wheels. Example ; Say you have a perfect toe...

The trans tunnel. Cut th.e hole leaving the throttle pedal mount and the stock tunnel are from the torsion bar cross member rearward. It's roughly overall a 2" larger radius than the stock tunnel. Didn't have a large enough piece of metal. Just welded two pieces together that were laying around...

It was a newer QA-1. I was told was their later deal copying Gerst. I haven't seen a Gerst so don't know about them. When asked about the bump steer they told me I didn't understand what I was talking about. Shortly afterwards they publish the instructions shown in post #3. It's exactly what I...

I've installed them and driven them. They're expensive, (Over $5K) not much lighter, the bump steer takes a huge spacer to straighten it out. The manual rack steering effort is very high as well. I wouldn't do it. Doug

The two items that were a great help for access was pushing the firewall back and enlarging the trans tunnel. The firewall goes back pretty easy with a bottle jack and some wood across the the front of the firewall. The bottle jack on the K frame and a 4x4 betweeen the jack and firewall board...

The ony thing that is tough is the #5 plug. And that due more to header design than the inner fenders. The motor can be out in 1 hour, trans in 30 minutes. We swapped a water pump in between rounds this summer in less than 10 minutes. What do you need to access that inner fender removal will...

The weight you remove isn't worth the amount of effort. The top of the shock tower is an integral part of the suspension. In fact if the car wheelies a lot that area needs to be reinforced. Mines been running long wheelies for 13 years. Body is still arrow straight. With no inners, mud, rubber...

I ran gaskets on the plate on my previous car. After a while they would leak. This car has used Ultra Grey with no gaskets for 13 years, zero leaks. No mid plate in mine. Same trans case and tail housing (1965) since the day it was built . Snout bars outside the engine compartment have two good...

I know where that limiter resides. Mine has not only all the firewall holes welded but the air intake for the heater in the right A pillar and the rubber drain plugs in the floor pan. Good fire protection is something that many don't think about, but they should. car also has a 10lb fire system...

From the results I've seen with throttle pressure cable vs linkage there always seems to be a lot of trouble getting then to function as intended. This is my 2 cents Full back on the lever will give the highest line pressure. If it shifts where you like it at wide open throttle, then that part...

Thinking outside the box Chad Weber took the no ladder format to his advantage in Super Comp. He and his dad hurried up to be first in line in staging so they could run each other. His dad left before the tree activated on purpose giving Chad a free time shot in rd 1. He ended up winning the...

During my dealership days I was the suspension guy. Worked very closely with our body shop doing the parts replacement on a lot of wrecks. Though I didn't do the pulling I was involved in more than one that didn't get pulled far enough. Always pull it as close as you can get it before removal...

I'd like to see a larger picture od th eentire set-up. As I remember this shifter a rear exit cable design and uses a bell crank to swap cable direction. Is this what you have? I believe we extended the line outside the bracket. Doug

I believe those were done by Westlake. I know a guy that worked at Koffel's that was a local oval guy. He had a pair that he raced with. Doug

Use the 3 prong neutral safety switch. Connecting the outer 2 pins to power and the reverse lights will activate them. I was all exicited when I built my car. Found a factory push button reverse switch ( it was original a 3 speed manual) and was going to make reverse lights functional. Then...