I'm curious about this too. My rag joint rubs on one of the primaries and would love to fix it. I think you could piece a shaft together cheaper - speedway motors sells all the parts and are relatively cheap. I'll look into piecing one together tomorrowLong day today, but I did get a few things done. Got the pushrods in, but I had to adjust some of the guide plates to make the rockers sit right on the valves side to side. I Primed the motor and added a bottle of STP addative, which has extra zinc. I got the motor in the car, but it's just bolted down. I bolted on the flywheel and new ram clutch. I swore I would never buy a ram again, but Tony from astro performance recommended the powergrip, so I will give it a try. I got the passenger side header loosely bolted up, but I have a question for the driver's side.
The mac headers are designed to allow the steering shafts to pass through, but I see a lot of people buying the $200 flaming river rack to get rid of the rag joint for clearance issues. Had anyone ever simply replaced the rag joint with a universal or direct fit u joint and kept the stock shaft? Not sure if this is possible, but if so this would be the route I would take.
Joe
Long day today, but I did get a few things done. Got the pushrods in, but I had to adjust some of the guide plates to make the rockers sit right on the valves side to side. I Primed the motor and added a bottle of STP addative, which has extra zinc. I got the motor in the car, but it's just bolted down. I bolted on the flywheel and new ram clutch. I swore I would never buy a ram again, but Tony from astro performance recommended the powergrip, so I will give it a try. I got the passenger side header loosely bolted up, but I have a question for the driver's side.
The mac headers are designed to allow the steering shafts to pass through, but I see a lot of people buying the $200 flaming river rack to get rid of the rag joint for clearance issues. Had anyone ever simply replaced the rag joint with a universal or direct fit u joint and kept the stock shaft? Not sure if this is possible, but if so this would be the route I would take.
Joe
Not sure what you have access to Joe, but I built a shaft out of two to eliminate the rag joint back before flaming river or mm had one available. This was early 90s, and I was swapping in a 351w. Not a lot of stuff to choose from back then. All I did was saw up the shafts and heli arc one stock u joint in place of the rag joint. Cost me 10 bucks for a junk yard shaft. If you or a friend have access to a welding machine, it's not a difficult operation.
TIG welding. I guess you could use a different process, but tig is very precise.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_tungsten_arc_welding