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  1. Blue Thunder

    V8 starters, revisited

    Damn, pics saved. Thanks. It makes you wonder what car engineers are thinking(or what type of drugs they're on) when they change stuff for no apparent reason. I thought I had installed a M II starter in my Bronco, but judging from that pic, it looks like it's from a 87 Crown Vic instead...
  2. Blue Thunder

    Aluminum Radiator

    With shipping, and mr. gasket electric fan, it was about $700, bought back in 2000. I don't recall there being a big selection of aluminum radiators back then as there is today. I called them 3 months before I needed it, while on vacation in cali, sitting in a motel, reading a car mag with...
  3. Blue Thunder

    4x4 Lightning?!

    The transfer case and crossmembers are the easy part. The hard part is swapping in the entire front end assembly. Plus you'd be cutting up that nice lightning's floorpans to make way for the transfer case lever. Arrgh As was suggested, drop a blower on a 4x4 F150, or better yet, get a super...
  4. Blue Thunder

    351w heads

    I never knew the 74 302 block had a taller deck, or I wouldve used one. Taller deck = more room for longer stroke & longer rods. ha
  5. Blue Thunder

    V8 starters, revisited

    The II is just a smaller starter, for more clearance with the pan.
  6. Blue Thunder

    Aluminum Radiator

    .040" on a stock 302 block is a good safety limit. .070" is grenadeville. I've heard good things about Griffin. From personal experience, don't call Fluidyne.
  7. Blue Thunder

    How-D Strangers

    Yeah, but I have breaker points in my Bronco! :D
  8. Blue Thunder

    How-D Strangers

    Congrats on the baby girl, Dano! I brought my daughter home from the hospital in my Mustang. When she'd cry at night, the wife and I would take her for a cruise in the II, because the steady rumbling and vibrations would lull her to sleep. Now she's a teenager, and she wants that car. haha. I...
  9. Blue Thunder

    weight question

    My II coupe weighs 2550 currently, with a stroked 302, built C4, 1959 9" rear, mostly stock suspension, and 17" Cobra R wheels, which are quite heavy. I removed stuff that I didnt need, such as carpet and sound deadening material, front bumper and supports, etc, but all the glass and stock doors...
  10. Blue Thunder

    2 '71 mach I(I think?) 14" aluminum slots

    Thanks! That's a shame what happened to your II, damn. I used to run these 14" 5-lug slots on the rear of my II, since I installed the 9 inch, along with the factory style 13" 4-lug slots on the front.(also for sale in the II section) They are a nice, fairly lightweight factory wheel. P.S...
  11. Blue Thunder

    Now I have seen it all!!

    The double wing is for the RICER MODE. VTAK KICKED IN, YO!
  12. Blue Thunder

    95 Mustang V6 in a II

    What about the 4.2L truck V6?
  13. Blue Thunder

    2 '71 mach I(I think?) 14" aluminum slots

    Decent shape, a pair of 14" 1971 Mach I(what I was told) aluminum slot mags. Make offer. sold
  14. Blue Thunder

    Two 13" slot mags

    Decent shape, not sure what they're worth, but I didnt want to scrap them because they're II parts. 2 13" aluminum slots, decent shape, make offer, I guess? I think the tires on them are fair, don't recall. EDIT: **SOLD**
  15. Blue Thunder

    347 stroker

    My stroker has a 5.5" rod, and zero oil consumption at 4000 miles. The old style piston ring support plugs sucked, and caused the motors to burn some oil. The newer ones are improved.
  16. Blue Thunder

    MY friends 78 Mustang II

    There was a local kid years ago that built up his mom's 302 in her fairmont, and he used to bring it out on Friday nights, looking for races. He soon found one, against a bone stock 289 (4v?) '67 Cougar with a 3 speed stick, and the Cat did eat the Fairmont. haha
  17. Blue Thunder

    351w heads

    1969 - 1974 are the only years that the 351W has bigger valves and ports than the 302. (Castings C9, D0, D1, D2, D3, D4) Your compression ratio will drop, too, so the power you gain from the improved flow may be offset by the power(and efficiency) you lose by lowering the compression. You can...
  18. Blue Thunder

    Gotta watch this guy!

    That's a mean little car. Awesome.
  19. Blue Thunder

    Oil Pump Screen for II 302

    Dumbass screeen!
  20. Blue Thunder

    V8 starters, revisited

    I've always had starter issues. Flexplate wears funny, a mild grinding sound when cranking, etc. I've tried a million different combos, too, and they all sucked. I have a Mcleod mini starter, brand new II flexplate, II bell, so it should be perfect, and it was, for about a week. Then it started...
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