Coolblue... Your running 10.8 for compression, you ok on 93 octane pump gas? I was thinking 10.5 would be the limit?
Regarding the rear...
Yes, you can buy a complete drop-in "jack-pot", then, you jack up the rear axle assembly, pull the rear wheels, drums, remove the axle retainer plate, pull the axles. from under the car, disconnect the rear u-joint nuts , pull away from the pinion yoke. Place a pan beneath the rear housing remove the 12(?) nuts holding the carrier assy. Don't worry dude, it won't fall off, for sure! Next go find the "BFH" and start tapping the perimeter of the carrier forward of the parting line. If you're lucky, it'll break loose. If not place a wooden wedge in the parting line at several points around the perimeter of the housing to break it loose. Once successful, the lube will start to spill, catch as a possible, then, pry it off the studs. Now dude, be ready for one "friggin" heavy lump of iron.
So, you only have to choose an appropriate form of locking rear. You can choose , TSD, Equa-Lok, Trac- Lok, Detroit Locker, PowerTrax, Auburn, etc. Most reputable companies can supply a drop-in unit and can be installed in the reverse of removal. You only half to add a high quality gear lube and an traction additive, if required.
Yo Tony,
It's quite possible to run, what might appear to be a high CR, however, it's not so much the static CR, as it is the dynamic CR that occurs during operation and is determined, in part, by the overlap event. The result, of which, is a lower CR.
As an example, I built a static CR of 10.6, however in fact, it is 9.8 in operation. Which was a planned event.
yeah, I usually run Premium gas, but I have even run it on regular (not at the track though) without any issue.
My idle is pretty lumpy, although not as much as it was when I had flowmasters, the magnaflows smoothed it about it.
Sounds less lumpy or it actually changed your idle? from Backpressure?
Definitely sounds less lumpy and probably feels less lumpy. If you youtube my user 'KJDIVES' you should come up with some videos of both exhausts and you can definitely tell a difference.
Nice videos, thanks for that, the car looks great! Why did you switch to the magna flows? I love the way it sounded with the flow masters.
The flowmasters were on the car for years, welded to a rusty 2.25" exhaust with no h or x-pipe. I upgraded to the Magnaflow stainless 2.5" system w/ X-pipe after I put the 347 in. The goal was to get as much power out of the motor as I could with the better system and freer (sp?) flowing mufflers, and to have a long lasting exhaust.
Sound-wise I absolutely preferred the flowmasters, although I probably wouldn't go back to them only because they are so common and when you hear a car with flowmasters they all pretty much sound the same no matter what motor. The magnaflows definitely quieted my car down at idle and regular driving, to put the point that most people underestimate what my car can do.
If I was to buy new mufflers I would probably buy the Corsa Black series. My father has a set of Corsa's on his car and they plain sound mean.
I swear I'm gonna do a cut-and-paste link on this someday. To convert a 64-66 cylinder Mustang to V8, you need to replace:
Rear axle assembly complete
Rear brakes
Rear springs
Front-to-rear fuel line
Front spindles
Front springs
Sway bar
Front brakes
Inner & outer tie rod ends & adjusters
Center link
Idler Arm
Pitman arm
Engine wiring harness
Throttle pedal
Some other stuff I forgot.
If you're planning on changing the trans, how about a nice 5-speed on the engine you have? Then you don't have to replace all that other stuff.
Tore down the 289 this week and dropped the block off at the machine shop yesterday, picked up a T5 and am ordering afr 185's this week, project is moving along.
I'll add, when you get the block back, you might consider chamfering all of valey oil return holes, that is, radius for better oil return.
There are two in the back and in the center. Also, check around the dizzy shaft area too.
A little glytal added to the avlley and crankcase areas help, as well.
Happy Motoring!
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