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The remaining interior parts will show up this week / early next week.
Good to be done with the sound deadener. What a pain in the @ss. Probably 50 pounds over the entire car. Roof, trunk, inside the doors, firewall, floor.
Popped the door mirror on so I could button up the moisture barrier on...
I saw that...what I see at idle tells me no way that is the real problem. Thin oil, bad parts, lack of oil changes maybe. 5.7 may have lower pressure with 5-20 at idle. But so many make it to 200k miles so who really knows.
First of all nobody checks for anti-freeze. I always run some. The cut on the surface looks pretty rough. Looks like it was done with a Storm Vulcan cutter. I'd clean the pits real well. Scrape some JB weld into the pits with a razor blade so it's flat. (dont laugh it works at 15-1 comp). Then a...
If you didn't want front to back fader capability and could verify the original radio ran on 4 ohm speakers; you could run a single 8 ohm up front and dual 4 ohm speakers on the rear deck. Wire the rear speakers in series then connect the front speaker in parallel across the rear connections...
My race motor uses unmodified Clevite 2233HG mains. Race converter that is always loaded hard at the starting line. 5 w 25 oil. Never had a thrust issue in 11 years over 1000 passes. Motor makes around 900hp.
Doug
The ones on the car are 6" bolts. They are old, but not sure if original. Rebuild kit comes with 8" bolts and a +2 inch longer spacer, so the bar will hang 2 inches lower.
I want the car to maintain stock appearance and the 8" bolts just don't look right to me.
Can anyone tell me...
@Don Frelier It's about time, isn't it? Mick Jones was less than kind to Lou Gramm over the years.
Their first three albums were their best - when they had more talented musicians and not just a bunch of "yes" men to Mick Jones. That said, I do like his playing on those first three!
From the Berryman website:
Since the inception of Professional Chem-Dip Carburetor and Parts Cleaner (current part #0905) in the 1950s, the primary ingredients have been cresylic acid, methylene chloride, and sodium dichromate. Cosolvents and additives have changed a little as government...