Search results

  1. ashford

    Anti Theft ideas?

    i like the electric fence hooked to the drivers seat idea. one idea i had was to isolate the starer solonoid from ground via rubber etc. and hooking your horn switch to the solonoid for a ground, one downside though your horn dont work with the steering wheel. something that would work too is...
  2. ashford

    Hissing Carb

    the low speed air bleeds do make this soundwith a bigger cam. im not entirely shure where they are at on an edelbrock but the high speed bleeds are brass tubes sticking out of the boosters where they are attaced to the body. the low speeds should be near these. if you put your finger over them...
  3. ashford

    In the middle of T5 swap...Help!!

    are the bolts that hold the tranny to the bellhousing metric?? yes
  4. ashford

    Lifters not getting ANY oil

    sounds like a tough one if it wasnt for the 80 psi your reporting id say an oil galley plug blew out. i have primed new engines before where right after the drill started to pull hard it lost some torque to it. once it was one of the plugs behind the cam sprocket the other time it was the plug...
  5. ashford

    anyone actually rebuilt their rear themselves??

    bearing manufactures have extremely tight tolerances so if you keep all shims the same it should be just a simple bearing swap. the caps on the side bearing races are just like main caps on an engine put em back in the same spot. pulling the inner pinion bearing and side bearings off the carrier...
  6. ashford

    289 was built by chevy ???????

    don't forget the 400 or the 250
  7. ashford

    this doesn't sound safe to me...

    bending the pitman will change tie rod geomety in relation to the control arms givng you bump steer. i fought with this so bad after i did the granada swap on my falcon to the point where i gave up and did a mII conversion
  8. ashford

    Safety quetion

    if your only doing it short term a good fan pointing out the door and one across the shop will suffice. where you need respiratory potection is when painting. my first time painting a car i got really fluid and giddy by the time i finished the second coat of primer. that only lasted till i went...
  9. ashford

    *** Ultra Rare 1967 Mustang? , Please help

    if it was ford that made that car look for casting numbers or stamped numbers that go C7XA or C6XA
  10. ashford

    In the middle of T5 swap...Help!!

    here ya go http://www.speedwaymotors.com/xq/aspx/display_id.898/qx/Product.htm i bought one of these it is correct p/n 6051520
  11. ashford

    Quick question on rings

    im assembling an old I.H. 152 4-banger for an old scout for a friend. with his rebuild kit came chrome rings. what i need to know is what lube to use for assembly. with moly rings i use 10w or wd-40, with cast rings i use sae 30 or 15w40(made a mistake years ago, used bearing saver lol) ive...
  12. ashford

    Old Gas Disposal?

    my dad has a lawnboy thats 30 years old and still uses it
  13. ashford

    Windsor Heads on 302

    what popped into my head is world product windsor heads or windsor jr.
  14. ashford

    D. Hearne and others, junkyard help please!

    im pretty shure that the 250 has the same bell housing as a 144-170-200 and thats different from a sbf. it's the 240-300 that share the sbf bellhousing
  15. ashford

    D. Hearne and others, junkyard help please!

    for the dist go to napa and ask to look at the book. they have an option for a steel gear dist on all years, don't know why but they do. it cost about $65, with any duraspark core its cheaper. they even had one on hand when i bought mine. to the best of my knoledge you can pull an oil pan and...
  16. ashford

    Holley Avenger OR Road Demon

    i have a road demon 625, absolutely hate it. either that or i got a bad apple. it get way lean when the secondaries are partially open. that would be the secondary transition circuit and theres no way to tune it.
  17. ashford

    Desiel mustang?

    im a truck mechanic and i absolutly cannot stand the sound of the little things. maybe because my neighbor warms his up for 15 min every morning at 6 am. ok so im biased
  18. ashford

    Are composite leaf springs worth it on a street ride?

    the early g-body(lumina, cutlass supreme,etc) gms had a single composite spring in the rear
  19. ashford

    Desiel mustang?

    also it would really piss off the chevy guys if you passed them while pulling a boat.
  20. ashford

    Desiel mustang?

    about 4 years ago in summit's professor overdrive a ? was asked "should i put a 450hp 351w or a 450hp powerstroke in my mustang, i have both engines currently im my garage"
Top Bottom
Back
Forums
Menu