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  1. 5.0n66

    What items would you like to see the aftermarket manufactures improve upon?

    smooth upper cowl panels :D - oh yeah and at a reasonable price, the used normal ones are like $500 grrrrrr
  2. 5.0n66

    Electronic ignition for I6???

    another alternative is to get a duraspark distributor (and the duraspark box) from one of the newer 200s at scrapyard. as for the steering rack, to get a general idea you can run a broomstick from both mounting locations (keeping in mind the rack is thicker than a broomstick)
  3. 5.0n66

    underhood roots style blower??????

    wipple with a side-draft carb maybe? would require some fabrication of adapter plates. most side-drafts tend to be 1 or 2 bbl so maybe a Y adapter feeding into back of wipple-charger
  4. 5.0n66

    Yay! I can fabricate!

    congrats :)... fun stuff, what exactly are you workin on though? heh, just out of curiousity... pics will probably make it pretty obvious
  5. 5.0n66

    custom subframe idea.... feasible?

    my front frame rails are dented up pretty badly... so they're going to have to come off anyways for repairs (the flimsy 3-sided stamped ones) my question is though... what about replacing the flimsy 3 sided stamped ones with a piece of 2"x2" square tube that would run from the inside of the real...
  6. 5.0n66

    9" locker in 8" rear?

    if anybody happens to know..... would a 28spline locker (lock-right or ez-locker.."drop in" types) labeled for a 9" rear fit an 8" axle? the splines should be the same I guess the questionmark is on the width of the carrier. be especially nice if it does so I can use it for the 9" i'll end up...
  7. 5.0n66

    Im confused

    the 4 wires might be identified if you have a shop manual for the car... if not though just multimeter it... should be one that has power or doesnt based on lights being on or off..another is probably a ground, then one is the actual tach signal wire from ignition and I think the 4th would have...
  8. 5.0n66

    Need advise on fixing my Mustangs

    dont need rotisserie to cut off subframe... actually couldnt use it since it would become unstable once you start to remove subframe...what you'll need is many jackstands.. at least 2 sets for the subframe and then 2 sets for the rest of car.... for the subframe a set in the front then one at...
  9. 5.0n66

    Getting tired of this, please help: Granada Swap

    hate to say it but sounds alot like a master cylinder with an internal leak... and that seems illogical since It's new...but mine did the same thing after my swap.. new MC fixed the problem and the old MC was confirmed dead on bench after a few hours of tinkering w/ it and an old rearend and...
  10. 5.0n66

    Anyone have a step by step for removing fenders for 66

    dont forget the rocker chrome :D will scratch up paint pretty good if you start wiggling fender off and forget about them (dont ask me how I know :banana: )
  11. 5.0n66

    Under Car Paint

    66Blake96....POR15'ed everything for under 100?? or POR15'ed the rusty spots on whole car for under 100?... I'm planning on doing whole car and it's looking to be around 300$ not including etching and cleaning supplies, what's your secret? :hail2: and to anyone that might know... what's the...
  12. 5.0n66

    Wrapping headers??

    wrapping can be very good for racing applications where they want to keep the heat in the headers and thereby increasing exhust gas velocity and that lowers resistance........ but the drawback is if you arent rebuiulding the engine every few months that all the heat is concentrated on the...
  13. 5.0n66

    how much underbody paint?

    nobody has done a "frame" off restoration and encountered a similar question?
  14. 5.0n66

    how much underbody paint?

    Hey guys, I've got my '66 up on a rotisserie for restoration and I'm approaching the point of finially having all the junk scraped off down to the metal.....does anyone have any fairly accurate estimates about how much paint is required for basically everything but what is painted in color...
  15. 5.0n66

    Help Again!

    from what I remember there is a big nut behind the dash that holds a tube that is contoured to the backside of the dash that you remove after all the lock mechanism and wiring are out of the way
  16. 5.0n66

    SandBlasting: Ideas to dry sand?

    thanks guys, probably will use a combination of everything just to get me started and hopefully the rest will be dry as I need it... the Rotisserie I build based on plans from... here >>http://www.autorestorer.com/articles/art106.html ] http://www.autorestorer.com/articles/art106.html [/URL]...
  17. 5.0n66

    SandBlasting: Ideas to dry sand?

    ok I have my '66 up on homemade rotisserie :).. and I played around with the aircraft stripper and putty knife so I have most of the major accumulations of crud off... but, I go to sandblast and realize I have 200lbs of WET SAND grrr.. anyways has anyone had a similar situation? how to...
  18. 5.0n66

    '66 Smooth cowl

    yeah the more I look at it the easier I think it will be to actually smooth it (great to hear that it's actually been done and turned out well :) ), I think the main problem for me will be finding the upper cowl panel the edges on mine are all ripped up and cowl panel got run over.... if worst...
  19. 5.0n66

    '66 Smooth cowl

    has anyone considered smoothing the cowl and bringing in filtered air from outside through the cowl box side panels?.. My cowl panel is destroyed so I'll have to find another panel anyhow... does anyone know a souce by chance for a smoothed cowl panel for a '66.... if not does anyone have a...
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