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  1. 70vert

    Sticky suggestion: Header Thread w/pics, model #s, and mods

    I've got a suggestion that could hopefully save a bunch of us money, time, and aggravation. I'm researching shorty headers right now, and I find that there are a bunch of threads with descriptions, parts without specific part numbers, and general advice, but relatively few with searchable...
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    Summit/Northern Radiator Mounting - Summit 380100 ok?

    The shorter Griffin 26271-X and my flex-a-lite fan work perfectly! Got the Griffin today - fits like a glove with the fan I listed above - just enough width and height for this fan! The description doesn't list a petcock, but it even has that at $179! So, these two parts fit perfectly with...
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    Summit/Northern Radiator Mounting - Summit 380100 ok?

    Rather than going with the expansion/fill tanks, I'm just going to go with a shorter, but just as wide, Griffin radiator from Summit. It's a steal at $175 and has the right core width I'm looking for, but is shorter so it shouldn't be an issue. No petcock, no hookups for an auto trans cooler...
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    Steeroids and headers - Hedman 88300 doesn't work - shorties?

    will try from below, they said "no go" from the top with the engine lowered in with headers attached. The shop said it's pretty much a no-go, but I'll see if they'll let me work underneath the car and get them installed as you recommended - that's a good explanation, thanks. My only...
  5. 70vert

    Steeroids and headers - Hedman 88300 doesn't work - shorties?

    Hey all, (especially 68EFIvert) Tried the Hedman 88300 on the recommendation of the Steeroids site and another Steeroids owner, but they were a no-go. The shop is recommending shorty headers that go far back before they go down. It looks like JBA is the safest bet. Does anyone else have...
  6. 70vert

    68 GT500KR Vert Restomod Project

    Adding metal sides to the convert plate - great idea, crucial!
  7. 70vert

    16x8 wheels, or 16" in general? Show me your tires!

    Hey all, (re-posted from VMF, where I didn't get any replies w/pics) Sorry for all the gratuitous tech below, but I'm thinking out loud too and this might help other for reference when searching. Just post your 16x8 tire pics and specs! Looking for performance tire options for a 16x8...
  8. 70vert

    Spindles to help with R&P, rack and pinion reduced turning radius? CSRP/Granada?

    May have found a solution in the Pro-Motorsports' bump steer kit. Talked to the local Mustang shop and Chuck there (you'll know him if you're a Norcal guy) mentioned this. At first I was pretty skeptical of a bolt-on solution, but when you see how it bolts on, it seems like it shouldn't be a...
  9. 70vert

    Spindles to help with R&P, rack and pinion reduced turning radius? CSRP/Granada?

    I think you're on to a few things with that design . . . both saleswise and designwise. It solves a problem a lot of us rack and pinion upgraders face - the reduced turning radius - so there is a market out there. If it is a drop spindle, that should be an improvement over the arc the...
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    Spindles to help with R&P, rack and pinion reduced turning radius? CSRP/Granada?

    Hey all, (using both r&p and rack and pinion for easy search) I know this has been discussed before in threads, but I'm not sure if Degins' granada-based swap helps the rack and pinion issue, or if there are other disc brake conversions that have a spindle that has a shorter tie rod hold...
  11. 70vert

    What to look for in 66 vert project?

    Cowl rust and rocker rust = $$ I think you just mentioned the two most expensive areas in a convertible project or Mustang project in general. Rocker panel work is expensive - if it's outer rocker panels, it's even worse. Try to find a better candidate if you can . . .
  12. 70vert

    Help Stiffen Me Up!

    What rbohm said about the cross-connector and the jacking rails. There might be a slightly better way to do the subframe connectors and an "X" connecting the two, but the TCP combined with jacking rails and maybe shear panels is the best almost-off-the-shelf way to do it, probably...
  13. 70vert

    Crushed oil filter trying to remove it... how to get it out

    ditto on the screwdriver I've done this more times than I care to count. I've never owned a filter wrench. :D Skinny screwdriver is usually OK, flathead so it's easy to puncture the steel, almost anywhere in the middle is OK. Make sure you have enough space to make a decent 1/2 rotation or...
  14. 70vert

    AFR 205s and pistons

    Dart Pro1 heads out of the question? long story, but *both* of my engine builders of a 331 and a 408 used Dart Pro1 heads. The 408 made about 540hp with solid roller and a Super Victor intake. Not sure exactly which Pro1 head they used yet.
  15. 70vert

    TCP strut rods / coil over, loud popping sound

    I know you checked the sway bar ends, but are end links too tall? If it's happening on both sides, it could be that the end links are too tall like they were on mine - not that the sway bar ends need to be ground down or reshaped, just that the end links are so tall that they push the end of...
  16. 70vert

    TCP strut rods / coil over, loud popping sound

    Are you sure it isn't your sway bar end links? J69, Are you sure it isn't the sway bar end links hitting the coilover springs or the adjustment ring and lockring? When I installed my Unique Performance (TCP copy) coilovers, I had this issue with the end links that came with my new sway...
  17. 70vert

    T&L Engines F-up...

    NeMeSiS: Great video! Looks like you did a fine job of building the engine - anything that has that kind of power and is smooth enough to take off in the snow must have excellent characteristics at idle. I had to go through the same complaint to the NC State Department of Justice. Was that...
  18. 70vert

    How good is the TCP X brace?

    no, they already have one. :D You could stiffen up that trunk divider, with its open holes, by welding one of those trunk divider plates to it and make it stronger and extend it to the wheelhouse, but all that would do is to make the wheelhouse, rear subframes, and seat back move as one. It...
  19. 70vert

    How good is the TCP X brace?

    In theory I definitely agree that an X across the center of the chassis is a great id An "X" across the center of the chassis running with the legs running from the front of one rocker panel to the back of the other, with subframe connectors running straight through those legs or welded or...
  20. 70vert

    How good is the TCP X brace?

    I did the Tinman subframes through the convertible subfloor S-Car-Go, what I did is to weld the Tinman subframes in a manner similar to the photo on this site: '66 Mustang Convertible My general theory about frame reinforcement is that it should work with the existing unibody and tie...
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